Out of curiosity, what do people who work in the industry think of the fan restoration scene? Are they even aware of it?
I would think if more pros were aware of many of the reasons people do their own restorations, such as heavy NR, poor audio remixes, etc., it would increase the overall quality of a lot of official releases.Anyways, welcome to the forum!
Thank you for the welcome! From what I’ve seen, the people that are actually doing the restorations themselves don’t have any knowledge on fan restorations/projects. But the guys I work with are very specific with their work and hate using tools such as NR which I was very appreciative to find out. The head of digital restoration here said he can count on one hand how many times he’s used NR and hates doing it due to compromising detail.
I’d love to raise awareness of fan projects and spread the word, but we mostly work with Arrow Video who are one of the few companies that actually take good care of their restorations!