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Post #542872

Author
thorr
Parent topic
Thorr's 35 mm Star Wars Trilogy SE Trailer WQHD Restoration (Part-Finished)
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Date created
2-Oct-2011, 2:03 AM

Hi althor1138.   Congrats and very exciting!  I think I saw that on ebay.  I am using a relatively low cost diy approach and have put in a lot of man hours working out my process, and it is a mixture of different things put together to make it work the best way.  My mom is in town right now and further progress is on hold for a week or two.  I started working on a rig that will hopefully make things go much faster.  As I mentioned previously, I am trying to hold off on revealing my exact method until my next clip is released and I get a bit of feedback on it, and then I will explain why I have been kind of tight lipped about it, and will explain my whole process.  I should hopefully have some time to get it worked on and maybe released during the weekend of October 15 if not starting a little before during the evenings after work.  Most likely it will be just a few more seconds of video.  Hopefully after that I can fly through the rest and release the whole thing (but as mentioned I will reveal my method before that, and maybe that will allow others to help me make it even better).  I am anxious to share my method and almost did a few times, but I am still chomping at the bit.  Now you placed even more pressure on me, lol.

One thing I have noticed that I am wondering about with my last clip is the color levels are wrong when using VLC, but are correct with Windows Media Player.  I am not sure why and the best settings to use that will work with anything.  If anyone has any suggestions, that would help a lot.  My only thought at this point is 16-235 vs 0-255 for the color range (I used 0-255 with the original images before making a movie out of them), or RGB vs YUV or whatever.

Let me know when you get your 35mm clip and be very careful with it because it is very easy to scratch it.