Uploaded January 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Been awhile... Been quite a long while. But I'm...back? Maybe? Eh...
Ah...anyway... This video is simply a test. There has been a lot a people really excited about the AI Neutral Network thing and wanting to use it in upscale projects. This has brought a few people in who want to take on that challenge. And I look forward to those projects being completed if they can. I'm not saying I'm going to be doing any of this myself. I mean...I might if all the others fall through. But we'll see. Gigapixel is what's being used to make these upscales here happen. It's the same program the guy is using to upscale the FF7 backgrounds, but without all the tweaks. Downside to using this program is that it seems to move the images to the left slightly. Which seems to cause a few errors... Probably can be fixed with enough tweaking, I think. And I haven't used anything on the upscaled images to sharpen them. Only thing used in this video is reshade and it's shaders to sharpen them in-game.
I might upload a few more videos using this method just so people can state their opinions and thoughts. But if there is one thing that has come from all this is more people wanting to contribute. And, to me, that's a good thing. Looking forward to seeing what this year brings.
Been awhile... Been quite a long while. But I'm...back? Maybe? Eh...
Ah...anyway... This video is simply a test. There has been a lot a people really excited about the AI Neutral Network thing and wanting to use it in upscale projects. This has brought a few people in who want to take on that challenge. And I look forward to those projects being completed if they can. I'm not saying I'm going to be doing any of this myself. I mean...I might if all the others fall through. But we'll see. Gigapixel is what's being used to make these upscales here happen. It's the same program the guy is using to upscale the FF7 backgrounds, but without all the tweaks. Downside to using this program is that it seems to move the images to the left slightly. Which seems to cause a few errors... Probably can be fixed with enough tweaking, I think. And I haven't used anything on the upscaled images to sharpen them. Only thing used in this video is reshade and it's shaders to sharpen them in-game.
I might upload a few more videos using this method just so people can state their opinions and thoughts. But if there is one thing that has come from all this is more people wanting to contribute. And, to me, that's a good thing. Looking forward to seeing what this year brings.






![Final Fantasy VIII (PC/Steam) - Battle With Ifrit w/HD Mods
Happy 4th ladies and gents. I figured today, Ill upload another video(or two) to show that progress is not dead on FF8 modding. Right now Im working on reupscaling my HD boss mod and battle backgrounds(and finally get those edges sorted out), and adding more to the Rebirth Flame mod. Oh. And collecting missing hashes for Project Eden and...more things. And you can guess how fun this all is... Anyways, enjoy.
Im also using GeDoSaTo for downsampling and post processing effects this time around.
I might also be using some of Mcinduss GFs in this video... Hope he doesnt mind me showing them off as well. ^_^; You know... For progress.
Mods used:
Roses and Wine by DLPB:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=13715.0
Additional audio packs by DarkMatta and Dr_Jun_Manabe:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=16148.0
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=16521.0
Tonberry v2.04 by Omzy, JeMaCheHi, and maverick:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15945.0
SeeD Reborn v3.2 by Mcindus:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15320.0
HD PS1 Font Replacement by Yagami Light:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=16355.0
Tripod v1.1 by Mcindus:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15301.0
FF8 Controller Buttons by Mcindus:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15905.0
Project Eden v1.0 by Omzy:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15292.0
HorizonPack v2.1 by Mcindus:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15859.0
[WIP] BattleField Upscale v1.0 by Mcindus w/others:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=16434.0
Lunar Cry v1.2 by Mcindus:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15977.0
Apocalypse v1.0 by FatedCourage:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=16549.0
Rebirth Flame v1.1 by Shunsq, Mortael, and FatedCourage w/ textures provided by Magochocobo and edits by Devina (weapon textures from Crestian, Mortael, and FatedCourage):
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=16022.0
GF Upscale by FatedCourage and Mcindus (Personal Use Only. Wait for Project Hellfire by Mcindus.)
Project NORG by Damocles233:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=14416.0
Unofficial Bad UV Texture Patch by MaKiPL:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=16327.0
GeDoSaTo Downsampling Config v1.1 by Mcindus:
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=15988.0 Final Fantasy VIII (PC/Steam) - Battle With Ifrit w/HD Mods](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RzP-MrcU2Gs/mqdefault.jpg)



