Ok I have an update on ROTJ. I know that I said it was done, and it was, but then when I watched it through I noticed a few things that bugged me mainly:
- The way I had cut the side changes, I have redone these and they are much better. I would mention that in my release you have a fade in to and then out from black where the side changes were lasting about a second its not ideal but its the best I can do.
- Chroma problems. Due to the way the Apple DV codec (which was used for initial capturing) works it doesn't smooth out the chroma and while the filter I was using was ok I found a new filter that does a much nicer job.
- Colour Correction, I have switched over to a Gamma Levels filter that lets me set the input and output level for blacks and have tweaked it to recognise the blacks were washed out in the initial capture. This filter does a better job of restoring/enhancing the blacks without affecting the rest of the picture.
- Noise Reduction, The biggest pain in the arse of this project. Too little and the image is still too noisy, too much and everything is overly smooth and blurry. I am once again using a different filter now which I find to give better results.
The time line is about 50-60% rendered (Initially it was reported it would take 48hrs and it seems it will hit that mark give or take a few hours, probably give)
Apologies for the delay, stay tuned for updates!
Post #435093
- Author
- LeeThorogood
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- .: LeeThorogood's PAL LaserDisc Preservation Project :. - '97 SE Finished '95 THX Finished - '97 SE Uploaded '95 THX Uploaded to the newsgroup
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/435093/action/topic#435093
- Date created
- 25-Aug-2010, 6:27 PM