>>1430288I edge preserve each step roughly at setting 2 until it is above 3000pixels then I ramp to 4 anything above 4 or 5k pixels I will do it anywhere from 5 to 10 depending on content noise and jaggies. Again, all judgement call.
Pretty much just killing time as crap copies off hdds, leech dir was nearly full so off goes some crap. I will try to take a look when I get up or later on the afternoon.
That youmu I
>Upscaled to 1550, EPsmooth#2>upscaled to 2200, EPsmoth#2 >upscaled to 4400, EPsmooth#4 >upscaled to 6600, EPsmooth#7 >sharpened >resized down to 1920 wide,>unsharp mask, crop save. The miko's I did a outline separation (well best I could) overlaid it and then smartbured it to death to attempt to kill the banding. Applied multiply on the separated lines. A chunk of windows reimu's hair was included since I was unwilling to spend 30min cutting it off the layer. This one I downsized in 2 steps to allow me to crisp up things a bit more yet continue to have a final resize pass to smooth things a bit.