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Post #1134483

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DrDre
Parent topic
kk650's Regraded Raiders of the Lost Ark (blanket yellow tint removed from blu-ray) (Released)
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Date created
23-Nov-2017, 3:24 PM

Synnöve said:

Out of curiosity, are any of you using monitors calibrated via 3DLUT in a light controlled room? If so, what are you monitoring your video feeds with and how do you know what you’re looking at is accurate?

Also, with regards to the Blu vs the HDTV cap: from what I can see on caps-a-holic, it doesn’t seem that the Blu-Ray capture is generally lacking in detail (barring some shots) insomuch as it simply has had the grain removed and the contrast lessened (contrast effects perceived “detail”). Additionally, the HDTV capture’s grain is larger and has horrid compression artifacts. I’d wager that, if the blu was re-grained and regraded properly, it’d look better than the HDTV capture or print-scan.

Well, working in the field of image processing I can tell you, that you cannot remove grain without also removing detail. That sadly is a mathematical certainty. So, regraining is not going to bring back detail that was lost. The bluray is less compressed for sure, but overall the grain free look will result in a softer look to a film, that originally was quite grainy.