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Related: is there any "high resolution" version of setup.bmp (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grassmunk/Chicago95/5670fde8ce33b33d37622b888278aa9cdbe5eea2/Ext

Related: is there any "high resolution" version of setup.bmp (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grassmunk/Chicago95/5670fde8ce33b33d37622b888278aa9cdbe5eea2/Extras/Backgrounds/Wallpaper/Setup.png https://raw.githubusercontent.com/grassmunk/Chicago95/5670fd...) that does not kill the spirit of it? I tried upscaling it, but it's like upscaling pixel art... I guess my best bet would be retaking the original pictures (the OG MS Natural Keyboard, CDs, etc.) and recreating it, but it sounds like plenty of work

pbhjpbhj 3y ago
How about scaling with Midjourney's img2img (if it will do a wallpaper size image?).
creata 3y ago
You probably already thought of this, but this looks like a 1-bit dithered image (maybe Floyd-Steinberg?) so maybe you can blur it to get something like the original image, then scale it up, and apply the dither again.
wildrhythms 3y ago
For dithered images I find waifu2x with the noise removal at 'None' to be pretty good at scaling these things up without destroying the dithered shapes. Unrelated (Maybe related actually) this tool for applying old-school style dithering to an image with a bunch of settings and dithering algos: https://doodad.dev/dither-me-this/ https://doodad.dev/dither-me-this/
- gattilorenz 3y ago
  I actually tried waifu2x from mobile, and it looks good! Not sure if it will work as a desktop background, but thanks for the tip!
post-it 3y ago
You could scale it without interpolation, giving you a crisper image at larger resolutions without blurring or smoothing.
- gattilorenz 3y ago
  yes, technically that is possible, but it would give you an image with... big square blocks instead of tiny pixels. I'm thinking of achieving something like https://github.com/nestoris/win98wallpapers https://github.com/nestoris/win98wallpapers, and maybe Midjourney's img2img (as the other commenter suggested) might be able to do something like that, I don't know.

pbhjpbhj 3y ago

How about scaling with Midjourney's img2img (if it will do a wallpaper size image?).

creata 3y ago

You probably already thought of this, but this looks like a 1-bit dithered image (maybe Floyd-Steinberg?) so maybe you can blur it to get something like the original image, then scale it up, and apply the dither again.

wildrhythms 3y ago

For dithered images I find waifu2x with the noise removal at 'None' to be pretty good at scaling these things up without destroying the dithered shapes. Unrelated (Maybe related actually) this tool for applying old-school style dithering to an image with a bunch of settings and dithering algos: https://doodad.dev/dither-me-this/ https://doodad.dev/dither-me-this/

gattilorenz 3y ago
I actually tried waifu2x from mobile, and it looks good! Not sure if it will work as a desktop background, but thanks for the tip!

post-it 3y ago

You could scale it without interpolation, giving you a crisper image at larger resolutions without blurring or smoothing.

gattilorenz 3y ago
yes, technically that is possible, but it would give you an image with... big square blocks instead of tiny pixels. I'm thinking of achieving something like https://github.com/nestoris/win98wallpapers https://github.com/nestoris/win98wallpapers, and maybe Midjourney's img2img (as the other commenter suggested) might be able to do something like that, I don't know.