Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider

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Tomb Raider | 4K Upscaled Pre-Rendered Cutscenes
By NomNom
All the cutscenes have been upscaled to 4K using software that contains AI models that have been trained to upscale. The bitrate has been increased above than usual, as there will be noticeable loss of quality between Apple ProRes 422 (after upscaling) to Bink 1 Compression. The file size will be approximately 2-3 times larger than the original cutscene file size.
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Introduction
Originally, these files are rendered at 1080p. When switching your monitor's resolution to 4K, this can have some ugly side effects when playing back Pre-Rendered video files.

Using AI upscaling software, I have applied appropriate upscaling methods, which added few extra details whilst keeping the clarity of the video as original (with deblocking).

The average bitrate of these video files has been increased. By default, I would have let Bink allocate the bitrate automatically, but I have not in this case, due to the amount of detail missing when the video file has been compressed.

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Screenshots [Outdated]
(NOTE: These screenshots are taken in JPG format to accommodate 2MB upload limit. Expect the results to be slightly better than these screenshots.)
Original (1080p)

Upscaled 4K

Original (1080p)

Upscaled 4K

Original (1080p)

Upscaled 4K

Grim's Face Left: Original | Right: Upscaled 4K
This screenshot is in PNG, as you can tell the clear clarity difference between the two.
Download / Installation Instructions
Download 4K Remastered Pre-Rendered Cutscenes - Google Drive[drive.google.com]

File Size: 4.8GB

Instructions
Simply drag and drop the folder into Steamapps --> common and let File Explorer replace the files!
Note: Make sure you backup the original movie files just in case!
Credits
The only person being credited in contributing to these upscales is:
Gh0stBlade[www.tombraiderforums.com] - For converting definitive edition cutscenes from PS4 to PC, without this, we would not have DE cutscenes which are generally higher resolution than the standard cutscenes.

Thread on TR Forums where Gh0stBlade converted the PS4 cutscene to PC.[www.tombraiderforums.com]

^If you are seeing this, let me know if you want to be added to the contributor of this steam guide.
19 Comments
NomNom  [author] 11 Oct, 2024 @ 1:20pm 
Yup, you will always see the difference.
ZEN_47 11 Oct, 2024 @ 11:19am 
So even if you play on 1080p you will see the difference? or not worth it?
Eclipse 14 Jul, 2022 @ 1:24am 
They are so good! it was about a minute into the first cutscene and I realized "oh yah, this is the mod files, these look great!"
NomNom  [author] 14 Jul, 2022 @ 1:15am 
No worries. :)
Eclipse 13 Jul, 2022 @ 8:03pm 
thanks for making this!
Richard Guyot 28 Dec, 2021 @ 9:43am 
thanks
NomNom  [author] 28 Dec, 2021 @ 9:41am 
Maybe, if I do, then it'll probably would not be done till a while later as I am focusing on upscaling another game at the moment.
Richard Guyot 28 Dec, 2021 @ 9:00am 
could you upscale the original videos and not those of the definitive edition Ps4?
NomNom  [author] 11 Nov, 2021 @ 12:54pm 
Fixed. I need to update all the guides honestly.
Death Skeleton 11 Nov, 2021 @ 9:48am 
Download link is gone.