Notice that last one (King of Hell) is my not so new standard. No filters and then resizing to 2000px or bigger. It's easy and it works. Sakura Taisen, King of Hell, Kazan.
I will only post info of those releases which differ from that. Main question seems to be at save settings.
Saber Marionette J v2 (cropped by Saras)
-box blur (radius 1)
-reduce noise (strength 2)
-resize (heigh=1550)
-reduse noise (strength 1)
-levels (black=55 gray=1 white=245)
Saber Marionette J v3, v4 (cropped by Saras)
-box blur (radius 1)
-box blur (radius 1)
-reduce noise (strength 2)
-resize (heigh=1550)
-reduse noise (strength 1)
-levels (black=55 gray=1 white=225) I felt v2 came out
in too dark tone. I normally would have increased gray value but there
didn’t seem to be much of light grays so I just lowered white. Should
look better that way.
Saber Marionette J v5 (cropped by Saras)
-levels (black=36 gray=1 white=225)
-box blur (radius 2)
-reduce noise (strength 5)
-reduse noise (strength 5)
-resize (heigh=1550)
-levels (black=27 gray=1.12 white=240) Denoice, and
lot of it. Do you prefer it that way?
Eiken (cropped by Saras)
-levels (black=75 gray=1,75 white=255)
-resize (heigh=1550)
-Topaz denoise
-Main
*noise threshold 9.5 sharpness 2.03
*noise suppression 1
-Advanced
*noise threshold adjestment
*radius 3.2=1,04 sharpness=0
*radius 1.6=3,09 sharpness=0.64
*radius 3.2=3,64 sharpness=-0.64
..
it’s friggin’ joke when you don’t know what your own settings mean. Still I would say it
gives MQ. And anyone who disagrees better be able to give HQ by batch
themselves.
A.I. Love You (cropped by Saras)
-levels (black=67 gray=1,55 white=245)
-resize (heigh=1550)
-Topaz denoise
-Main *noise 4; sharp 1; sup 0,9
-Advanced *r=1 s=0 *r=1,04 s=0.84 *r=4 s=-2
Revolutionary Girl Utena v4
-levels (black=67 gray=1,55 white=245)
-resize (heigh=1550)
-Topaz denoise
-Main *noise 0; sharp 1;
-Advanced * s=0 * s=0.13 *s=-2.26
Traveller of the Moon v1
-levels (black=75 gray=1,21 white=255)
-resize (heigh=1300)
-Topaz denoise
-Main *noise 0; sharp 1;
-Advanced * s=0 * s=0.13 *s=-0.13
Ragnarök
-levels (black=70 gray=1,47 white=245)
-resize (heigh=1550)
-Topaz denoise
-Main *noise 5,3; sharp 1; sup 0,9
-Advanced *r=0,25 s=0 *r=1,04 s=0.52 *r=1,04 s=-0,32
Sakura Taisen (scanned with brighter and less
contrast then usual)
-levels (black=66 gray=1,39 white=230)
-resize (heigh=2000)
-levels (black=8 gray=1 white=247)
Get Backers v1(v.2) and v2 This was a complete mistake. It's not needed, they look like shit, and wrong settings too.
-levels (black=85 gray=1,00 white=225)
-resize (heigh=2000)
-Divided histogram into layers by curves. From colors 25 and 230. For
more info go here: LINK
-Topaz denoise to layer with grays
-Main
*noise threshold 26.8 sharpness 1
*noise suppression 0.9
-Advanced
*noise threshold adjestment
*radius 3.2=4 sharpness=0
*radius 1.6=4 sharpness=0
*radius 3.2=0,25 sharpness=0
-save with PNG-8 (selective diffusion[by mistake] colors=7
dither=100)
King of Hell (v17-v22)
-I gave it normal strong leveling and resize to 2200px
-Then I saved it with my new favorite settings. PNG-8 (adaptive colors=8
"no dither” pngout)