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Scyrous

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  1. In your opinion. It's one of the most popular anime of the decade for a reason. And an average score of 8/10 on MAL/IMDB and whatnot hardly classifies as 'utter garbage', even when compared to the manga. So, @balvorn, I suggest you just watch it and decide for yourself. Personally, I enjoyed both seasons.
  2. Hi blubbso. Welcome to Kametsu! I appreciate you creating a thread instead of leaving a comment on the existing thread mentioned above. There's a bit more effort involved, it's more in-depth, etc. I like that. Enjoy your time here! If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
  3. Darksynth is dope. Basically metal with lots of synthesizers and dark/satanic elements.
  4. Yup, I make them myself using After Effects. People complained about the text in my previous signature not having the right perspective (although it wasn't even my intention to match the perspective, but whatevs). Since I have nothing else to say about my avatar I might as well tell you a little bit about my most recent signature (you seem to like it, hehe). While you may not notice it from first glance, this one was very tricky. The original shot has this flower in it, which I had to mask out by duplicating a bunch of areas from previous frames (this mostly applies to the right half because that's where the flower appears). Then I have to blend the areas together by feathering the masks. So the waterfall you're seeing is actually a combination of multiple duplicates, each of them timed slightly differently. All because of that damn flower. But probably the biggest challenge was dealing with the length (as you can see in the video, that shot only lasts for ~2 seconds). Shorter length usually means the loop (repetition) is easier to spot, which would ruin the effect. But I think it turned out pretty alright. Then for the text I used overlay mode (means the text reacts to the brightness/colors of the clip underneath it), added a tiny bit of vertical blur (to match the water coming down vertically, kinda like motion blur), plus some subtle waviness to simulate the water refraction (or whatever it's called), because water bends light and all that fun stuff. I thought it was a neat little detail to add. And just for the heck of it I added some more particles too. Should be more noticeable if you look at the top right corner (these particles aren't visible in the original clip). So yeah, that's the process behind it. Took about 2 hours. But I guess I did a fairly good job since proper editing (in this case removing the flower, etc) isn't supposed to be noticeable. More on that here, if you're interested. Phew. Sorry for rambling.
  5. Well, the S is for Scyrous... don't know what else to say. I made it many years ago when I was messing around in After Effects. Oh and blue is my favorite color.
  6. The only advantage I can think of would be the 4:3 aspect ratio (though I don't know how common that is anymore, even for tablets). Perfect for (old) anime that was only ever released in that aspect ratio. But when it comes to modern 16:9 material, I'd rather use my laptop/TV.
  7. Uhh, yes? This was announced like 2 months ago.
  8. Uhh not quite. Simply upscaling 480i/480p material to 1080p won't yield similar results right off the bat. It 100% depends on the source. ATLA has very distinct and sharp/aliased black lines which makes it easier for Waifu2x to upscale. Simpsons DVDs are a little worse in that regard so it won't look nearly as good.
  9. Cropping = getting rid of bad borders = awful? That's like saying AA or dehaloing is bad, even though it improves the source (when done right). Upscaling is preference. If there's an HD upscale which looks better than the original SD source, you bet I'm downloading the upscale instead. Proper DVD rips? What do you even mean by that? The vast majority of DVDs contain issues and problems that need to be fixed using post-processing (in most cases that means Avisynth). Simply ''ripping'' a DVD doesn't solve anything. You'll have untouched 1 GB episodes with all sorts of issues... no thanks.
  10. I asked @Catar a while back but it was mostly just iTunes / low quality TV rips. Not really sure how I feel about these obscure links and partial .rar files but the images look pretty decent. Shame about the missing episodes and desynced audio though. But to answer your question, I do believe this is the highest quality version of Drake & Josh I've seen so far.
  11. $45k until season 3 is unlocked, 10 days remaining... who knows. I think my biggest concern is the video quality, since these Blu-rays will be upscales of lower quality material. So worst case scenario we might get a shitty upscale paired with high-quality dub w/ 5.1 lossless audio. Interesting to say the least.
    1. pixxelherz
    2. NeutralHatred

      NeutralHatred

      I think it's backwards.

      You become a little less stupid looking.

    1. manc4life

      manc4life

      One more since you are going to be doing Alderamin and more later to motivate you into finishing monster girls fast.

    2. Scyrous

      Scyrous

      I'm already finished with my part for Monster Girls. :P

      Just waiting for other people at this point.

    3. Dab is a Cunt
  12. Take care Alice. I do hope you enjoy your well-deserved break.
  13. Not an anime, not a cartoon, has nothing to do with [Kametsu]... I'm as confused as you are. I'm guessing the uploader didn't realize this subsection if meant for [Kametsu] projects only. Will just have to wait for IkarosBD to move the topic elsewhere.
  14. Uhm, @IkarosBD? Pretty sure this doesn't belong here right? Unless I've been living under a rock for the past few weeks, PowerBen10 is not part of Kametsu staff whatsoever. How was he able to submit this thread here in the first place?
  15. Thanks for tagging me @Catar. First off, check out the AV guide Catar linked. If you are serious about this you need to learn about Avisynth/Vapoursynth and filtering. Which could take weeks, depending on your learning capabilities and how far you're willing to go. Aside from Waifu2x you need to learn about source issues (detelecining, denoising, dot crawl, haloing, etc) and how to improve the look of these rips. That being said, having proper quality source material is an essential part of the job. Are these DVDrips of yours encoded or untouched VOBs/ISOs? You want the latter. Second, as this is a common rookie mistake: don't mess with the 4:3 aspect ratio. Don't stretch it to 16:9. It'll completely ruin the image and make everything look 25% wider. Circles will turn into ovals, characters will become obese, etc. The only people who can present you with a true 16:9 copy are the creators, if they choose to remaster the old episodes. Highly unlikely. Edit: to clarify, the creators/studio 'should' have access to the animation cells and whatnot. They can re-create entire episodes by filling in the black bars with newly created backgrounds/animations.
  16. Thank you for saying this. I actually found Kametsu thanks to Reddit. In a sense, it was my Avatar 1080p remaster (that originated from Reddit) that got me more invested into muxing, uploading things and eventually joining project crew here. Association, country, ethnicity or religion is all irrelevant. How you find Kametsu doesn't matter. What matters is how you treat the Kametsu, the rules, guidelines and of course the community as a whole. Reddit is not our enemy - and I will never prejudge a redditor, 4chan user, or whatever association lead them to Kametsu. Let's all keep an open heart and work on ways to improve the longevity of these download links instead.
  17. Scyrous

    Hallo

    Hi Terry! Nice to have you!
  18. Please stop spreading lies. You know as much as anyone else right now: nothing. We don't know if there will be a season 2. But given the success of the novel and anime series, it's likely. Either way, it would take a while for season 2 to appear anyway, simply because there isn't enough material to adapt.
  19. *is planning to encode over 15 Pokémon movies* How could you... Oh well. Your signature makes up for it, hehe.
  20. Scyrous

    Hello!

    Welcome Matthew! Hope you have a good time here. Of course it's cool to be here! What do you take us for? We're the cooliest.
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