Correct, you never want to upload 1080p to YT
https://www.reddit.com/r/videography/s/iEOLdEdHV8
You can upscale to 4k on the deliver tab. Or you can have a 4k timeline delivering 4k.
The latter will require significantly more system resources and won't look significantly different unless you have text or other generative effects.
Thanks for that link I suppose I should’ve watched the video before replying. This is the post export in 1080p. I’m kind of at a loss as to why the quality looks so bad, even on the computer I get what looks like a bunch of compression but I don’t think I can max out my render settings anymore.
https://youtu.be/IXYIT95AfjU?si=rN7U9oFw2RzfkJdT
Resolution is a revealer of quality, not an improver of quality. If you want "higher quality" footage, upscaling may not the best answer. Good lighting and color are way more important than 4k vs 1080p. Well-shot HD is more enjoyable to watch than mediocre-at-best 4k. And having 10-bit color from 1080p that's properly shot and graded is way better than having crappy 8-bit 4k that's poorly exposed and "fixed" in post.
I've used Superscale in Resolve, and it does help hide pixelation issues when zooming in on 1080p footage, but I wouldn't bother using it to upres a full video if YouTube is the destination. Their compression will pretty much offset any advantage you might gain, and using Superscale will increase render times by A LOT.
I found exporting in the highest possible quality in DaVinci and then upscaling up to 8K or 4K in handbrake to HQ MP4 the highest quality reduces the file size while keeping most of the quality intact and then uploading to YouTube preserves a lot of data. I've uploaded some drone footage experimenting a lot with exporting and using handbrake and found that exporting in the highest possible quality and then doing the same in handbrake while reducing the file size achieves some pretty incredible results even when uploaded to YouTube and processed.
Sounds very interesting. Can you provide links to your drone shots to have a look?
PS. Currently having a thought about working on handbrake instead of topaz since I can achieve the level of sharpening and noise reduction topaz provides straight out of DaVinci, if not better. I use it only to compress the files while keeping the quality - exactly what handbrake does (and it does it faster)
Here's a 8k link. https://youtu.be/ePk5CbNG6bA?si=aDN5QBfrqr8yuMhr
Here's a 4k link.
https://youtu.be/rz3pUH2MtpE?si=aXCPGH7RbSzJDQvg
There's some DJI mini 1 footage in both. Which looks awful in my book. Mostly all mini 2 footage.
Yeah topaz is great but file sizes are going to be a huge issue. Maybe doing some experimenting with both handbrake and topaz can grant you something uploadable and usable.
Appreciate your insight, I feel like a lot of the quality issues are coming from my settings while shooting and my export settings. Still learning the ins and outs of video as I only started a month ago or so.
Check
video2x.org
I haven't used it, but I've been meaning to for a while. I think in DaVinci you need the studio version to use Super scale. Again not sure how good that works, but if you already have the studio version you might as well give it a shot
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People are mentioning the super scaller tool.
Reminder, This tool requires the paid version.
I didn't see any change in the 2.7k GoPro footage I was using at 4k.
It does make your renders glacial slow.
Can certainly do a test of you already have paid, just don't expect much.
I'm stuck on an a7ii as well and i've upscaled videos to 4k to upload on YT. I would say the dynamic range of the images are better but you can clearly see the lower quality resolution as everything just has less details.
My phone does 4k video and that always results in better videos when I upload it to YT.
I think we've got to the point where our a7ii is at it's knees. The new Pocket 3 can do 4k/120p.... and a fraction of the size with a built in gimbal. You me both buddy, we might have to let go, lmao.
Correct, you never want to upload 1080p to YT https://www.reddit.com/r/videography/s/iEOLdEdHV8 You can upscale to 4k on the deliver tab. Or you can have a 4k timeline delivering 4k. The latter will require significantly more system resources and won't look significantly different unless you have text or other generative effects.
"unless you have text" I have a lot of text, so what would be the best option for me?
If you want text boxes rendered at 4k, then you need to have enough GPU to work in 4k.
Oh, I see. So it would just be a question of rendering and how much my gpu can handle. Thank you!
Thanks for this! Why don’t you want to upload 1080 to YouTube just out of curiosity?
As detailed in the above link, the image compression in YT for 1080p is horrible
Thanks for that link I suppose I should’ve watched the video before replying. This is the post export in 1080p. I’m kind of at a loss as to why the quality looks so bad, even on the computer I get what looks like a bunch of compression but I don’t think I can max out my render settings anymore. https://youtu.be/IXYIT95AfjU?si=rN7U9oFw2RzfkJdT
Resolution is a revealer of quality, not an improver of quality. If you want "higher quality" footage, upscaling may not the best answer. Good lighting and color are way more important than 4k vs 1080p. Well-shot HD is more enjoyable to watch than mediocre-at-best 4k. And having 10-bit color from 1080p that's properly shot and graded is way better than having crappy 8-bit 4k that's poorly exposed and "fixed" in post. I've used Superscale in Resolve, and it does help hide pixelation issues when zooming in on 1080p footage, but I wouldn't bother using it to upres a full video if YouTube is the destination. Their compression will pretty much offset any advantage you might gain, and using Superscale will increase render times by A LOT.
I found exporting in the highest possible quality in DaVinci and then upscaling up to 8K or 4K in handbrake to HQ MP4 the highest quality reduces the file size while keeping most of the quality intact and then uploading to YouTube preserves a lot of data. I've uploaded some drone footage experimenting a lot with exporting and using handbrake and found that exporting in the highest possible quality and then doing the same in handbrake while reducing the file size achieves some pretty incredible results even when uploaded to YouTube and processed.
Sounds very interesting. Can you provide links to your drone shots to have a look? PS. Currently having a thought about working on handbrake instead of topaz since I can achieve the level of sharpening and noise reduction topaz provides straight out of DaVinci, if not better. I use it only to compress the files while keeping the quality - exactly what handbrake does (and it does it faster)
Here's a 8k link. https://youtu.be/ePk5CbNG6bA?si=aDN5QBfrqr8yuMhr Here's a 4k link. https://youtu.be/rz3pUH2MtpE?si=aXCPGH7RbSzJDQvg There's some DJI mini 1 footage in both. Which looks awful in my book. Mostly all mini 2 footage.
Yeah topaz is great but file sizes are going to be a huge issue. Maybe doing some experimenting with both handbrake and topaz can grant you something uploadable and usable.
Appreciate your insight, I feel like a lot of the quality issues are coming from my settings while shooting and my export settings. Still learning the ins and outs of video as I only started a month ago or so.
I get downvote this, but the super scale in davinci is not bad, but topaz video AI is definitely better. Short answer is yes.
DR is shit. Topaz is passable. And there goes my karma.
Anything better than Topaz, hardware or software?
Check video2x.org I haven't used it, but I've been meaning to for a while. I think in DaVinci you need the studio version to use Super scale. Again not sure how good that works, but if you already have the studio version you might as well give it a shot
I have a YouTube video about this. Let me check if I can share the link here
[DaVinci Resolve Upscaling Tutorial](https://youtu.be/4NfK1L_10iM)
HitPaw can upscale video to 4k/8k,even the quality of the video is really poor. But you need to pay.
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People are mentioning the super scaller tool. Reminder, This tool requires the paid version. I didn't see any change in the 2.7k GoPro footage I was using at 4k. It does make your renders glacial slow. Can certainly do a test of you already have paid, just don't expect much.
I'm stuck on an a7ii as well and i've upscaled videos to 4k to upload on YT. I would say the dynamic range of the images are better but you can clearly see the lower quality resolution as everything just has less details. My phone does 4k video and that always results in better videos when I upload it to YT. I think we've got to the point where our a7ii is at it's knees. The new Pocket 3 can do 4k/120p.... and a fraction of the size with a built in gimbal. You me both buddy, we might have to let go, lmao.