How To Super Scale Your HD Videos to 4K (and Above) in Davinci Resolve
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
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How's my clickbait thumbnail? Haha! No other way to demonstrate this technique with such a small image!
Let's hope that you can actually see what the super scale is doing on RUclips. It's very subtle, but it's a massive help when you want to add that boost in sharpness to your image, or to match with other cameras. I use super scale a lot in my work, as I mainly work with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 2.5K and the Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera, which shoot in 2.5K and 1080p respectively.
What you'll also find in the world of UHD blu ray, is that many films (especially films that are a few years old) have actually been upscaled to 4K from sub-4K resolutions. I have no technical insider knowledge as to how this is done exactly, but I'd imagine it's a similar function to the Resolve super scale.
Overall it's a great way to boost footage from lower resolution and older cameras and works much better than a simple export and upscale to 4K. 
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The vibe of this video:
“Welcome to the future video utopia, where we now have the technology to make your dreams come true.”
That dude looks like he time traveled straight from 2008. Great vid!!
Watching this on my 70” 4K TV this looks amazing. I’m actually really impressed, especially with the old camera super scaling
This was so good, thank you for this and yes everyone should definitely buy the toturail for his grading. Best spent money ever.
Thank you so much that means a lot!
You mean the £15 tutorial on lighting?
Thanks for this! One of the best upscaling vids i've seen. My results from my tests came out great.
Thank you for the direct comparison between the Super Scale vs. regular upscale to 4K!
I've watched four different trainings on this feature and so far you are the ONLY one to get the math correct on upscaling 1080p and which "x" multiplier to use for 4k, 6k, and 8k. Just wanted to say nice work for actually getting those numbers correct and not confusing me further ^_^
Edit: Also, beautiful footage and music selection :)
Happy to hear I came through on that one, it can be a little confusing at first! And thank you so much! :)
Thanks for sharing. This is hands down one of the most relevant videos on the topic so far.
Great work, Ellis. As always.
doesn't work in free version :(
I also recommend looking into Gigapixel video upscaling.
amazing thank you so much. your channel is what most channels pretend to be. it's important to learn from actual talent!!!
This video is so underrated. Thanks for your share, friend. Give him your thumbs up!
Keep it up!
Thank you for sharing! Don't know how this popped into the feed this morning, but glad it did :-D
Thanks for the tip man! Very useful when you're working with footage that was shot in different resolutions. The catch is that is only available for the paid version. Cheers!
Wow i didn't know about this feature!!! This is really awesome!! Thanks a lot sir.
I must check this out. I've just switched from Vegas Pro, it's OK. But Resolve is on another level. Love your channel. I'm learning colour grading at the mo. I might just check your video
great tutorial thank you! also fantastic footage!
Make a long-term review of awesome BMMCC!
What the benefits, what the cons and how u shoot (what settings, exposure) and how u rig it up!
That's not a bad idea :D
Game changer! Thank you! I've also been using Resolve's new Speed Warp to get almost perfect 120p HD from my 60p EOS-R footage. It does take a lot of time to render but results are amazing.
Thank you! :) yeah those newer speed warp functions they implemented are absolutely great!!
Nice Vid bro, thanks a lot!! finally a real upscale techinic that works!!!
Really useful informations, thanks a lot!
I really like your video about simple lighting setup.
Thank you! I'm planning on doing some more lighting tutorials soon, I may have one to upload next week :)
Rob I am so pleased you did this video. As I am going to try and purchase the Panasonic S5, Panasonic Gh5s, Panasonic S1 and Panasonic Gh5. Over the course off time. My laptop is i5 processor so the HD would work ok. So the plan is to shot in 1080HD and then upscale to 4K
Hi Rob, do you use a third party add on to use the BMMCC buttons? Thanks
Actually I don't! I'm so used to those awkward buttons I've got the muscle memory in my fingers to easily change settings, etc haha. Although it does get a little awkward in some setups!
@@RobEllisCinematographer same thing haha
This just fixed a massive issue I had... sweet!! Never thought to use this before but its great!
It's a bloody useful function! What was the issue?
@@RobEllisCinematographer Quite an odd one! Fixed a lyric video that had some issue with a layer and the colour red in after effects. I dont know why it worked, but it did!
With the OG BMPCC 🤘😎🔥🔥🔥
You just change my life
That was great. Thank you!
great interesting video!
Awesome, I was hoping for a video on this topic! Now I just have to wait for RUclips to process the HD version...
Apologies, it's taking a ridiculously long time haha!
so good, thank you
This was eye opening...
Hi Rob. Your videos are wonderful...love this tutorial! What is your workflow for best settings to upload the superscaled video to RUclips? I assume you set up your resolve project as 4k, import HD footage, Superscale and render as 4K for RUclips upload? What codec and settings are ideal for RUclips export out of Resolve?
Thanks, Todd
A massive change!
Hi Rob, great tutorial. I wanna crop(zoom) until 40% in some parts of my videos but my camera do not have 4k. Do you think is better downscale 1080p to 720 because parts crop or mantain 1080p? i am asking because i read that up to 40% crop in 1080p on youtube the majority of people can not see de difference.
Hey Rob, in the color correction chain, is super scaling taking effect after that or before? It looks like in this video when you add grain that the scaling is taking place afterwards and sharpening the grain is that right? Would you have to render a scaled clip and then color correct it to have the scaling take place first?
@Rob Ellis Is there any obvious downsides to doing an upscale apart from the time it takes to click on some Noise reduction? (or why should i not be doing this all day everyday on every project?)?
This is wild. Just gave it a go on a short clip and noticed it does indeed eat up my gpu - suddenly so slooow. Your videos are all really great, especially your most recent ones using this superscale method. Curious, what kind of processing power are you using? And how long does it take you to render one of these videos superscaled for youtube?
Back here because I forgot the finer points! Super helpful video!
Time to test this on my old dvd collection lol
Great! Thanks!
Anything like this in Premiere? I guess if you had Resolve and wanted to edit in Premiere you could export it in an intermediate codec after applying superscale but that would add quite a bit of time to the workflow.
Am still trying to figure out the difference between upscaled and superscaled!!!!
Unfortunately, when you try to do this in the non-Studio (free) you get a overlay that says "DaVinci Resolve Studio". While it is unfortunate that we cannot use this feature with the basic version, I can understand Black Magic reserving it for their paying customers. As I use resolve more and learn more of what it can do for me, I am seriously thinking of upgrading the the Studio version. The Superscaling feature is one more reason for me to want too.
Thanks for the tutorial.
.Wonderful tutorial my friend.I have two questions.1) Can I apply super scale after editing and coloring? 2) Is there a difference in quality in 4k from the conversion with super scale and the original from the camera?
Hi very nice tutorial. In this situation it seems not important to rec in 4K so I reduce memory usage; if i rec in UHD and then I upscale x2 to 4K, is the result the same by rec in 4K ? thanks
How I noticed the difference in quality from upscale versus superscale, is in the guys hair. it was more muddy looking with just upscaling, but, when you did the superscale, the hair looked like it was shot in higher resolution.
When you're comparing upscaling vs superscaling, is the upscale the "typical" way of upscaling using 3rd party software?
wow excelente.....
Wow, this literally changed my life, thank you so much! Is there a reason you do it after the color grade or can you also do it before and get the same effect?
It's a very intensive process, I do it after the color grade so I can grade without slow downs :)
Rob Ellis Alright, thanks! So that means I can also just super scale the clips before if I want to grade them in a different software and it would be the same effect?
Thanks for your awesome tutorial. If I want to superupscale from 1080p to 4K and render in 4K what should my timeline setting, image scaling setting be if I intend to monitor the color grading using a decklink graphics card? THe issue I am having is that the footage is zoomed in the preview monitor.
Thanks for watching! :) set your timeline to 3840 x 2160 Ultra HD - and try image scaling at Scale Full Frame with Crop. I'm not 100% on that working, but if that doesn't do it, work the edit in 1080p then change the timeline resolution to 3840 x 2160 before you render it out :)
do youi think i can finally get my old canon 70D to match my bmpcc6k footage with this?
Wow awesome didnt know you could do that in davinci
seriously impressive. What did you shoot this gorgeous footage with?
Everything is either with the Blackmagic Cinema Camera 2.5k and the Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera - 5:29 - 7:51 are shot with the Nikon D800. Thanks Louis! :)
I didn't evenknow this feature existed. Thanks
Great tutorial! Do you have beginner video tutorials for new Divinchi Resolve users?
wondering how the new magic matte could be used to isolate from background so you don't have to process the entire frame
can you copy the superscale effect and paste to multiple clips? ie your whole project in one go? Thanks!
Pretty sure you can just highlight all the clips on your timeline and apply it that way :)
A few questions:
1. What do you mean by 'upscaled to 4k' when you compare that to superscaled? What kind of upscaling? How is this done?
2. Is that really just superscaled grain with the girl on the phone? It looks super noisy on her face...Is this just what very sharp grain looks like (it seems to move around, like noise...) or is it noise created by upscaling film-grainy footage?
3. How are you adding grain in the clip of the girl in the hat?
4. Is the railway shot of Teignmouth/Bishopsteignton in Devon? It looks super familiar!
Right on
Hi, is there a difference made to the image rendering other than sharpening, which is something you could as well just apply without calling it "superscaling"?
It’s just a marketing gimmick.
Hey Dominik, a standard HD to 4K upscale for example, will just enlarge a HD image to 4K, whereas super scale actually improves detail - so you're in a better position to sharpen that added detail.
rob ellis: shows 4k footage
me: watching on 2k monitor -> "uhm ok" XD
I've followed your instructions and they work, the big problem is across my screen it says: Davinci Resolve Studio with rows of dots. How do I get rid of that? Thanks.
Thank you. I assume that those examples were in a 4k timeline. Did they?
Hi Rob, just to clarify when you say upscale you mean change the settings of the 1080P timeline to 4K and then use the super scale function to super scale to 4K and export in 4K correct?
For the whole superscale process yes! A standard upscale would be the same thing but without using superscale :)
Hi, how would I go about upscaling 640x480 SD footage to HD? Would it be 1280x960 with Super scale of 4x?
Super scale of 2x would get you to 1280 x 960 :)
I have the nikon d800 amazing camera now with this my camera is a beast
I absolutely love this feature especially with BMMCC RAW capability.
Are you also still using your BMMCC?
It's bloody great! I do find that RAW footage takes to the upscale sharpening a little better too. Yup I'm still using the BMMCC :)
@@RobEllisCinematographer I do find that BMMCC's cDNG easily competes with newer 4K cameras as well in the sub 5k USD category. Might be just a placebo I don't know.
@@broaf Definitely, a good image is way more than about just resolution and whatever they did in those older Blackmagic cams, they just nailed it!
Question: Say you've shot in (whatever, but let's say) 4k, but during editing, you zoom in on the image to have a close-up. Is there any value to using superscaling in that situation?
No, because Resolve is already up scaling this to match the timeline resolution. Also please watch this demo (I wasn’t involved in it) to better understand resolution: yedlin.net/DisplayPrepDemo/index.html
I guess you could, as you'd be super scaling 4K to 8K (or above), but if you're only outputting the final render to 4K it might not make a huge amount of difference. A more common scenario would be if you zoom and crop into a 1080p clip in a 4K timeline and then render out ot 4K.
Resolve does upscale to match the timeline resolution, but the super scale will help to improve the detail on the up scaled shot so when you do things like cropping in, you have a bit more detail to work with, or when you render out to a higher resolution, you're in a better position to sharpen that added detail to match other shots natively shot in that higher resolution (or just a general boost in resolution/detail)!
I was already discourage to upscale 1080p to 4K by other people, being the only advantage is the higher bitrate youtube compression. But after seeing this, the results are like night and day. Do you think this will work well with game footage?
In my experience you should never be discouraged by people telling you not to do something - do it anyway and find out why it does or doesn't work for yourself :) I can't see why it wouldn't work with game footage, give it a go! :D
Whats your output settings for youtube? The quality of your videos look great
I'm covering that in a quick video next week! :)
@@RobEllisCinematographer awesome cant wait!!
Hey rob, can you make a grading video for the bmmcc.
Hey! I have a 21 minute colour grading tutorial available on my website for £8 which works for any camera - including the BMMCC. Check it out if you're interested - www.robelliscinematography.com/downloads. Cheers! :)
@@RobEllisCinematographer This is WELL worth it, absolute steal!
Great video. 1080p is actually Full HD. What about 1280x 720 HD super scale to 1080p or 4K?
Sorry for this question Rob. But does the guy on the right @ 4:02 have a social media platform? I'm trying to show a new hair stylist the hair I used to have. And his matches it almost perfectly.
Look for robbiecoles on Instagram :) you might have to scroll down a fair bit!
@@RobEllisCinematographer wow thank you! never thought you'd reply!! thanks again!
I might be wrong but surely 2x super scale doesn’t scale 1080p to 4K? 4K is 4x bigger than 1080p and 8K 4x bigger once more.
Hey Sam, so I simplified it a little in the video by only mentioning the pixel height (1080p, 2160p, 3240p, 4320p). So in the case of 1080p being super scaled 2x, the 2x scaling is applied to both the width and height of the pixels, which does mean 4x the pixels in total. So 2x 1920 x 1080 becomes 3840 x 2160, or 4K. Hope that makes sense!
Rob Ellis that makes more sense now. Thanks
I only have a rather crappy 1080p 60fps in my b cam; if I shoot in 1080p, superscaled the footage to 4k then export to 1080 will I get some benefits ?
Yes! I've super scaled 1080p to 4K then exported to 1080p and the resulting file is still sharper and clearer than if you'd just straight exported to 1080p with no super scale. Just make sure your timeline is set to 4K :)
so i literally have to change timeline settings to 4k after i'm done with my edits right ? so that i can superscale the video and export it in 1080p ?
Hi Rob, are you using the free version or the paid? I downloaded the free version and it added a watermark to my footage immediately after I super scaled the clip... Can you please help?
The super scale is only available with the Studio version
Yup, as above, only available with the Studio version. I think I should probably change the video title to avoid confusion!
Its super hard to tell due to youtube compression, a zoomed in A-B comparison, Toggling it on and off would have been nice
They didn’t do that because superscale is just a gimmick.
this is great! but correct me if I'm wrong isn't 2 x HD 2K and 4x would be 4k ?
HD is 1920 x 1080 in most cases - 1920x2 is 3840, 1080x2 is 2160 - 3840 x 2160 = 4K :D thanks for watching! :)
@@RobEllisCinematographer Thanks for taking the time to explain. Just came across your channel. Great content!
so just to clarify, 'super scaling' is not 'up scaling'? 'up scaling' is done first, by changing your timeline resolution, and then you apply 'super scaling' to further polish and sharpen the image? Great relaxing tone throughout, nice work! Cheers, Nick
Essentially yes! :) thanks so much Nick!
How do you superscale 2.5k to 4k? First superscale x2 to 5k and then reduce video to 4k?
what if im shooting in 4k? any trick like this one? or shall i use same steps but putting 4k like the same video size
Yup, I believe a 2x scale with 4k would get you to 8k, so it's possible, but probably not something anyone really needs to do yet haha!
@@RobEllisCinematographer lol thanks
Is this the same as up scaling to improve quality?
Sort of like upscaling on steroids :)
What is the difference between super scaled and upscaled or is it merely semantics?
upscaling is basically just outputting at a higher resolution. You start with 1080, and output 4k. Of course you don't gain anything here quality-wise, just size. While superscaling involves filters to make the final product look better.
@@moonthink8288 so does the video look different?
On the pocket 4K I can shoot 120fps at 2.6k... how can I upscale to 4k?
what program is this ?
is it possible to get to 4k from 240p without repeating the process twice?
put a noise canceling over your audio file or blend it in and out to avoid this noticeable begin if u start talking. However nice video :D
I think the audio is perfect. Most RUclipsrs (like Pete McCanon) tend to blow the db's for their music, and their talking is very soft. The way it's done here is PERFECT to me.
I've fixed the noise issue in subsequent videos :) thank you!
Rob Ellis nice
4k is actually 4x the resolution of 1080p.
1920*1080= 2,073,600
3840*2160= 8,294,400
8,294,400/2,073,600=4
4 times
Correct! In the case of the superscale, 2x scaling is applied to both the width and height of the pixels, which does mean 4x the pixels in total. So 2x 1920 x 1080 becomes 3840 x 2160, or 4K :)
@@RobEllisCinematographer ah I see interesting. Wish they made that clear in Resolve
I wonder why when i do it theres no change in my footage on screen
Do you have the studio version ? What are the specs of your computer ?
@@melenchonlecon yes, I have studio, and 2080ti,32g ram, 4.0ghz processor
@@830Video then I don’t know sorry, I never tried superscale by myself ☹️
This is the only feature that makes me want to switch from premiere
I switched a few years ago, performance and stability were my main reason and I don’t regret it one bit
@@angeldqwerty those are great reasons and I agree but I feel like you're so much more restricted on what you can do there instead of premiere
Wow.. I mayby dont need to upgrade my gear :)
Nice video, ty.
But the noise on your microphone is very very disturbing beside the nice calm music
Thanks! Totally, this has been addressed on subsequent videos :)
so superscaling is a higher quality upscale im gettin this vid is showing
My computer melts everytime i touch the upscale option
That is witchcraft
Sadly it’s not on the free version
That's a massive pain, it was at one point - I just checked and they blocked it from the free version when they released version 16 :(
Rob Ellis I’m going to cry now
How to create hitherto non-existent information about your footage out of thin air!
Thanks!
Ps.
I wish I could turn that music(?) off. One of the most annoying background noises I heard so far.