Info: General Terminator 1 & 2 Discussions. — Page 11

dark_jedi, those caps look excellent. I'm glad you're undertaking this project. The Terminator movies really should look better than they do on BD.

Most of them look fantastic, all better than the cyan-shifted BD. However, for what it's worth, the pink feels a bit too strong to me on: the cap of Reese and Sarah in the motel room (though this might just be an effect of the fluorescents), and the final shot of Sarah (whites seem to be just a tad pink). However, these are just my opinions; I don't pretend to be a bonafide technical expert on the film, so feel free to disregard.

That being said, what program do you use for color-correcting, out of curiosity? Apologies if it's been stated before; I'm just planning on color-correcting a little something of my own.

The Aluminum Falcon said:

dark_jedi, those caps look excellent. I'm glad you're undertaking this project. The Terminator movies really should look better than they do on BD.

Most of them look fantastic, all better than the cyan-shifted BD. However, for what it's worth, the pink feels a bit too strong to me on: the cap of Reese and Sarah in the motel room (though this might just be an effect of the fluorescents), and the final shot of Sarah (whites seem to be just a tad pink). However, these are just my opinions; I don't pretend to be a bonafide technical expert on the film, so feel free to disregard.

That being said, what program do you use for color-correcting, out of curiosity? Apologies if it's been stated before; I'm just planning on color-correcting a little something of my own.

Avisynth scripts and curve files created by You_Too, same way we did the Star Wars releases.

Thanks for the info.

About pink skin tones, it seems the original had this to some extent too. However, I'm gonna try to decrease it just a little and see how it affects the scenes where that adjustment is needed the most.

But I'm very happy with the whites, actually in that last shot of Sarah they're pretty balanced. I never trust my eyes on that, and in photoshop some color samples of the whites on her shirt in that shot comes out as a close to perfect balance of RGB. The white in the background is a slight bit more red.

I also have to point out that this release has indeed been changed a lot, scene by scene actually. Some scenes are darker than originally (some even have slightly crushed blacks) while some are brighter. But overall, the whites had a green tint and it's been balanced out nicely now.

I think a little yellow is what is needed, not a ton just a push towards it 

Actually, I'm about 99.9% sure that more yellow / less blue is not needed. I've checked the RGB balance of many scenes and it's close to where it should be now. More yellow, even if very little, would ruin that balance. No offense of course since we appreciate suggestions!

Anyway, I reduced the pink in skin tones just slightly.

Here's a comparison between a shot from the old blu-ray vs our new version. (Borrowed the upper screenshot from caps-a-holic.com)

Here's the raw remastered blu-ray vs our version:

dark_jedi said:

DoomBot said:

For terminator 2 are you guys only  doing the theatrical cut?

 

Those screen shots of the first terminator look awesome by the way!

Yes, only Theatricals here.

I take it you guys prefer the theatrical cut only?

I like both cuts of the film but most the time i watch the director's cut.

Its the only one the CDS track will sync with

Oh ok i see that would make sense, thanks for info Mike.

AntcuFaalb said:

Forget blu-ray.com. That website is a joke.

Awesome project, guys. Keep up the good work!

We need this in stone somewhere

AntcuFaalb said:

Shop smart. Shop S-mart.

Arnold's advice: Only shop where there's a "clearnce sale".

Free was a pretty good sale, right?

lol, I never realized "clearance" was spelled wrong on the window.

While the "remaster" is an improvement from the previous Blu, the corrections you guys have made really look spot on. That weird blue green tint I just can't unsee now lol

Everything looks great in those latest screenies. It's just nice to see it looking more how it was before the teal shift but with the extra definition that comes with the latest blu-ray transfer.

Another good test shot is when Arnie beats up those punks, and you can see the lighting around him is blue in the previous releases.

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/5051/00617a.png

borisanddoris said:

I'm beginning to realize this about the BD forum...what have I gotten myself into?

Get out while you still can!

LOL, I fixed it...

 

 

You_Too said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Shop smart. Shop S-mart.

Arnold's advice: Only shop where there's a "clearnce sale".

rockin said:

Everything looks great in those latest screenies. It's just nice to see it looking more how it was before the teal shift but with the extra definition that comes with the latest blu-ray transfer.

Another good test shot is when Arnie beats up those punks, and you can see the lighting around him is blue in the previous releases.

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/5051/00617a.png

Man, that shot of Arnie is insane. I've never said this about ANY blu-ray film quality before but, it really looks like he could step outta my screen!!

The blue light through the blinds still looks teal. Can that be fixed?