Name the three paths without merging their claims

Keep the original H3 result, the provider's complete-system regeneration path, and an independently selected post-production upscaler as separate records. MiniMax's repository snapshot checked on August 15, 2026 describes H3-Base output and a hosted H3-Regenerate-2K module that was not included in the initial open-weight release. That documented module boundary does not establish current access in SEELE, and the public discussion signal does not establish that any third-party processor is integrated, superior, compatible, or commercially available. Record the exact product, version, account, date, and settings for every path actually tested.

• Original H3 output
• Official regeneration path when verified
• Separate post-production processor
• Unprocessed delivery baseline

Use one source and one delivery target

Start from the same preserved source output and avoid comparing a selected highlight with a different encode or generation. Define the final raster, crop, frame rate, codec, bitrate, color handling, audio handling, and destination before processing. Save each intermediate file and settings record. If a service resizes, interpolates, denoises, sharpens, reconstructs faces, or changes compression in one combined preset, list those operations instead of calling the result only upscale. A fair comparison isolates what changed and prevents extra restoration from being mistaken for recovered source detail.

Inspect temporal behavior before choosing a path

Compare matched crops and full-motion playback for edges, fine patterns, faces, hands, text, particles, grain, gradients, camera movement, and shot cuts. Look for ringing, halos, invented texture, crawling detail, frame-to-frame flicker, identity changes, line wobble, over-smoothed surfaces, and new compression artifacts. Record processing time and cost only when directly observed in the dated account context. Select the smallest path that meets the declared delivery checks, preserve failures and reviewer notes, and avoid turning one clip into a universal statement about H3 or an upscaler.