"Now, using my old ghost removal method (basically using the Exorcist filter, or AviSynth's pendant Ghostbuster) works without any of the problematic artifacts, because they resulted from blacks already being perfect black and whites being perfect white in the captures (as it was the case with the clip I got from you)."

Which is precisely why I wanted my capture to be as neutral and faithful to the source material as possible. I'm glad it's working out for you. Can't wait to see the results.

Hi, Karyudo! It's me - eandtc! Welcome to my other board.

"but I think that's something never before seen in OT LD preservations, and I think the results are pretty nice. Maybe one of these days I should start my own thread??"

Actually, I've begun doing that with Combustion 3.