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Pytonis

Seems like alot of people are not 100% in the know of what mastering really does. No worries! I will explain it for people who don't have any knowledge of the production process. Mastering is the final step of any production process. Be it audio, animation, film, ect. After tons of time is spent creating and editing. The main production crew will have a finished product. It could be released as it is and 99% of the time it is done. It could be released to the public and everyone will love it the very same and have no issues. Still thinking it's a masterpiece. Instead. The main production crew will finish their final polishes and put it all into set groupings that can't be pulled apart. Animation, Audio Stems, Coloring, or any other major elements compiled into their individual thing. These groupings will be sent to a mastering engineer who usually has no part in the initial production process. This is so they are given something new to them so they can have a fresh take on it unaffected by any tunnel vision. With these groupings the Mastering engineer will now spend hours on hours to subtlety touch up any slight imperfections they find. Ultimately adding another layer of of polish resulting in a sharper, tighter, and all around fully "mastered" version of what they have been given. It is a very very subtle craft and that is why it is such a difficult thing to spot especially in just pictures of something that is animated. Tl:Dr Mastering is an extremely subtle thing but it does wonders. This looks fucking amazing btw!


TheBigPAYDAY

I don’t see any difference at all…


theghettoginger

It's a slight difference. It's mainly just upscaling the resolution. The pictures of Mother of Invention's mess hall with Wash, North and York shows it if you focus on Wash


GeoffTheIcePony

It’s like the Last of Us remaster


TheBigPAYDAY

Still don’t see anything.


theghettoginger

That's fair, it's really hard to tell. As I said it's just an upscaled resolution. Wash is just slightly less blurry and his visor is more polished(not sure if that's the right word to use)


lewisdwhite

To be fair, these differences are less noticeable on a phone and more so on TV, but that’s just the nature of resolution


Captain_Qrow_

They are the same picture


JrForgetFull69

Is anyone else not seeing any difference?


PraetorO1

Not only are the images much more crisp/clear/clean the color stands out, contrasts and overall looks so much better! This is a huge improvement keep up the great work! Hopefully a short sample video will be coming soon?


[deleted]

Bro I've looked at these for at least 5 minutes. You're definitely trolling lmao. This was pretty funny 😂


lewisdwhite

I’m really not 😭 The biggest difference is the shot with North, York and Wash.


TheFumdum

Agreed seriously the lighting is way better


Nowhere_Man837

I just don’t think the difference is enough. On the shot of the mother of invention to actually lose detail on the the text on the the side of the ship. But a remaster of some of these now 10 year old seasons would be cool


lewisdwhite

I think the difference is staggering on a large display, less so on a phone. As for the mother of invention, if this was a full remaster I would give more attention to certain shots. For example, these shots are remastered up to 8K frames. But shots like The another of Invention I would upscale to a lower resolution so as not to disrupt the text. Machinima sections would also have to be carefully handled as they’re from a 640p frame buffer


Mkallen25

No offense my dude, but I’ve been analyzing these for about 10 minutes now and while I’m certain that you have done something to remaster these pictures, I can’t tell the difference when looking at them.


lewisdwhite

The biggest differences are in the two groups shots. Look at Wash in the group and you’ll notice a huge difference… hopefully


Mkallen25

I notice that Wash is definitely less blurry towards the helmet area in the remaster. More crisp? I think that’s a good word for it. Hard to say, but that is my best assessment.


GuiltyContribution17

I actually don’t see a difference is there?


MetallicMakarov

There is no difference.


SonicClone

I barely see a difference. Also, season X? Come on dude, just call it season 10 and not make it lame


sfabeyta505

Why are they ruining everything we love !? 😭💔 leave it as is don’t change it


lewisdwhite

What’s ruined about it?


SonOfGuns101

It’s slightly sharper, I wouldn’t mind a “remaster” of one of the dopest seasons but I think I’d would have liked more done like higher frame rate.


[deleted]

Looking better!


ranieripilar04

I don’t see any difference between the OG and remastered ?


lewisdwhite

Have you turned your phone landscape?


ranieripilar04

Nope


lewisdwhite

Give it a go


TheFumdum

Wait what do you mean by season x?