QuoteYes it does. Original material uses the original prints that were compiled only. They used interpolation to remove the matte lines - that's adding information to the image. Same thing with a lot of the "clean up". It isn't really that greatly cleaned up, in fact it still looks pretty shocking. But take out a wall that looks blurred, duplicate it digitally (or create a new one) and superimpose it/digitally matte it in and everyone thinks the print has been incredibly restored. I'll give you an example. Let's say that there's a big black permanent splodge in the middle of a single frame on the negative.
Originally posted by: Pagz
The removal of Matte Lines does not mean you aren't using the original material.
Using today's technology you could take part of the next frame, and the previous frame, and use them together to replace the missing section in the damaged frame. But you aren't using original material; you've just created for yourself a "fixed" frame.