I'm getting closer to completion on the "Ash Recruits Henry the Red" deleted scene. As you know - this deleted scene looks like crap and I was attemping to clean it up "by hand" using photo editing software. I did clean up quite a bit of dirt this way, but it was taking forever. A few days ago I discovered an avisynth filter called "RemoveDirt" - and it's been wonderful. It quickly cleaned up the majority of the dirt that I had not yet gotten to. So now the cleanup is basically done. There's still some dirt since I'm using conservative settings on the filter, but I'm thinking it isn't really worth cleaning up what's left. This scene will always have the "VHS copy of a rough workprint" look to it, but it now looks more presentable.

Also - the music I added to this scene is from Evil Dead 2 - I hope you all like it. Feel free to leave any comments/suggestions.

Here is the basically finished version with color correction and both types of cleanup -
Ash Recruits Henry the Red

This is an earlier version of the cleanup before I discovered the RemoveDirt filter -
Earlier Version

I know it's not really easy to evaluate the differences between these versions due to the low-res of youtube video, but I think you can still tell a difference.

As far as the actual finished dvd - it's still far away. I need to evaluate a newer recording of the SciFi version in order to determine if the quality is higher than what I already have - if so then I'm using that recording for the exclusive scenes. Also - I've discovered some more differences between the Director's Cut, Theatrical Cut, and TV cut (mainly spoken lines) and it's going to take some time to incorporate them into my cut. After I have all that done - I need to figure out how to accomplish branching on a dvd. I don't think it will be hard to figure out, but it's still a hurdle. Anyways - looks like that's about it. I can't wait to be done with this monster of a project!