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SkellingtonJack

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#1110659
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TITANIC 35mm Preservation! (a WIP)
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If the movie is close to the trailer, it will be great! The photography is almost palpable, definitely not as an over digitalized frame. It’s just an opinion : the less corrections, the better the result. I don’t think it is important to remove or reduce “yellow” because it’s not the same one you can see on a blu-ray. Studio remasters try to digitally emulate a chemical treatment ; I think it is best to leave intact. 😉

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#1103207
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Halloween [spoRv] *BD-25 RELEASED*
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I think it worth it. If you consider the BD master you can see that there is a green tint covering everything. Futhermore, lights (day and night) are heavily filtered by a typical digital process giving a dull look, perfectly unatural ; contrasts are boosted. In motion, the difference between the two masters is manifest :

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#1102944
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Halloween [spoRv] *BD-25 RELEASED*
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spoRv, I don’t know if the Criterion edition has brightened darker or darkened brighter scenes - I am not convinced - to match the cathode tube era limitations, but my DVD from Opening edition with the LD master still looks the best to me, better than the THX or the BD. I am pretty sure that you agree with me. At least, I felt a doubt within you when you said years before :

“…what am I supposed to do now? Pretend that I discovered nothing, and continue the project as it was intended lately (regrading the BD with the 1999 THX DVD colors)? Regrading the BD using the laserdisc colors, as I intended to do from the beginning? Look at all the shots in the movie, and decide that if two (or three) have the same colors, this is the one to use for the final result? And what if all three are different?!? Maybe I could release two versions, the first with 1999 THX DVD colors, and the other with Criterion Laserdisc colors…”

Do you plan to regrade the movie on the basis of the criterion edition ? It shall be great. Here a couple of screenshots to remind what is obvious to me :

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To my mind, THX (Lucasfilm) were a pioneer in digital treatment while the LD master belonged to the analog era. THX adds a yellow (orange?) tint. What do you think? 😃

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#1102290
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kk650's Regraded Titanic (1997) IMAX (blanket yellow tint removed from 3D blu-ray) (Released)
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That’s better KK650. But I wonder if it’s not a little too cold, too blue maybe ? If you compare the sky and the sea, they tend to be respectively white and grey in the LD master, while in V2 they are almost of the same color and indistinct. I can’t wait to see the final result !

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#1102234
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kk650's Regraded Titanic (1997) IMAX (blanket yellow tint removed from 3D blu-ray) (Released)
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I think I have found !

Here a couple of screenshots close to yours. You will see that colors are much more filmlike. The second DVD was filtered with this yellow tint, not as much as the bluray, but it’s really different from the LD master. That’s why I’ve never watched my 2nd DVD or my bluray. I prefer my low resolution DVD print. I was hoping someone could find a 35mm copy, but if you can correct the IMAX version it will be great too because this version is truly immersive, but colors are so bad… I used handbrake to obtain a widescreen version from the letter box DVD. Then, with Nvidia Shield TV and MPV android player (oversample scaler) plus a Matchbox HQV Vida (between the shield and the TV) the result is ok with 4 meters of distance for a 55" . Of course, the IMAX version is better in terms of resolution, depth and sharpness. 😃

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#1102088
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kk650's Regraded Titanic (1997) IMAX (blanket yellow tint removed from 3D blu-ray) (Released)
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What an amazing improvement you made ! Congratulations ! The movie is very close to the 2nd DVD ! I personnally prefer the LD master that came out in letter box with the first DVD in which colors were even more natural I think. But the work is already outstanding ! I hope it shall be accessible elsewhere than Myspleen which is, alas, hard to join without any invitation… 😉

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#913001
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Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI - Grindhouse 35mm LPP (Released)
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Hello, Harmy. I thank you very much for releasing the last episode. I want to expose my feelings about the silver edition. I don’t like much the solution adopted by The Team Negative One because the image is completely flattened by the different filters used to correct the picture. This imaging depth problem is significantly viewable when you compare to ESB and ROTJ grindhouse which pictures are naturally sharp and precise with 3D volume. TN1 should have worked on a better copy instead of correcting a so degraded one. I am still missing a true SW grindhouse version without any massive corrections. No DNR filtering lend a sense of warmth and body to the picture, and I prefer that. I really don’t mind dirt, scratches or artifacts. It’s an analog era with a very cinematographic touch! So, dear Harmy if you can find a better preserved lpp print like your ROTJ I will be a very happy guy! Thanks in advance and congratulations for this beautiful piece of history. 😃

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#908055
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Amadeus - Theatrical Cut Restoration 1080p (V3 Now Available)
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Amazing!!! Thank you so much Dek Rollins for the links. I can see now the movie in its original state! Congratulation Jimbotron235 for the hard work, it’s a master-piece! I was so pleased to see that the french dub was available. In France, a director’s cut means unwanted extra-scenes, but also, in the best case, a switch to the english track with french subtitles for the added scenes, or, in the worse case, a totally new dub from different french actors. Can you imagine to watch a movie that you have seen so many times since years with different voices and modified dialogues? I am glad to find again Amadeus. This great work could reach perfection if the LD sountracks in both english and french could be available… 😃