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"Three Brothers" Harry Potter animation open matte restoration (Released)

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I worked a lot on the “Three Brothers” animation, to get rid of the logo; this is my best attemp - far from perfect - with an alternative dub found on youtube, by Chazz Rauenelle
https://mega.nz/#!JqBWDYDS!ZJtyE9VghZH4d65eT0kzMlDplLDJSAKsfW4Esgf-6CE

Three alternatives: leave it “as is” (I’d like TO not choose it), find a second open matte source (the best and fast way), or find a crazy person who would like to take the honor and responsability of fix it, frame by frame, using also few images and a bad quality 4:3 version (the only way to get the perfect delogo version without a second source).

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Thanks for doing this. However, as you can see, the logo is still quite noticeable and distracting.
The best bet would indeed be to find a 1080p broadcast without logo; sync it to the BD and add the Eng DTS track. But that’s easier said than done.

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Yep, I’m aware that the logo is still noticeable in many instances; as I wrote, another 1.78:1 version would greatly help - until the logo isn’t placed in the same top left corner…

Of course, a 1080p would be ideal, but if it would not pop up, a “simple” SD version will be better than nothing!

I did my homework, as usual, and I searched all around the world, literally (yes, from my couch, of course 😉 ) and I haven’t found one - yet… I’m a bit sad, because this would be the only one title in the saga that risks to get not a proper restoration/reconstruction…

Posted the picture (same linked by Vauka here before) on FanRes: https://forum.fanres.com/thread-1481-post-29136.html#pid29136

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None of the other open-matte scenes are significant. If the aerial battle and the Locket’s destruction were open matte, then it’d have been something. Also, the nature of the film is such, that it looks better in the cinemascope format.

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OF COURSE I am interested! This really looks much better!

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Mixed the two sources to get the best possible quality - increased details, lower noise; sadly, as they have different color grading, and low bitrates, the logo (actually, the TWO logos) are barely visible in few instances… but if you think that main source is 720p@2000kbps and second is 576p@600kbps, result is not that bad… https://mega.nz/#!56IC0QwL!hgRwt3ynv9Y7vD-w1qm0DJBFxF8zQsKVkejzIhUlz4c

So, if someone is aware of a better source, please drop me a PM!

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Andrea, the audio is a different narration than the one by Emma Watson in the film. Also, the music is missing. Can you not use the original Eng BD audio?

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I can, of course, but I prefer this 😄 nice work, don’t you think?

The original audio tracks would be used for the project, don’t worry…

Now, focus on video, and tell me your opinion.

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