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tellan
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.: The Zion DVD Project :. (Released)
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20-Oct-2004, 1:17 PM
I see what you're saying about the white values. mine suffers from the same issue as the others. the white corridors of the tantive have blown out a bit right after the interogation scene when vader and the black shirt are walking down the corridor. also I lose the top of the stormtroopers helmet in the ceiling light.

re ESB and ROTJ you won't have this problem. it's only ANH where the first 20 mins or so are soft and the colour values are a bit off. once they get to mos eisley, things improve immeasurably which rather illustrates the parlous state of the print the LD's were struck from at the time prior to be digitally remastered in the mid 90's

as regards jaggies, no I don't have an answer I'm afraid. I've found this to be a combination of factors

1. the comb filter on your capture card. mine gave me dot crawl which I cannot eliminate and there are a certain amount of jaggies.
2. which in turn is made worse slightly when you IVTC back to 23.97fps as the frame decimation and field blending creates some more
3. which in turn is exaggerated slightly more when you stretch it for anamorphic

there isn't really an answer to that one I think. it basically comes down originally to how good your capture card is. but they all suffer from it to some degree.


another thought regarding your dark capture. if you're using that toot filter that allows you to directly integrate a number of captures into a single interim, couldn't you capture one light and one dark and combine the two? that way you get the highlight and shadow detail but also keep high white details that would otherwise be lost. course on this point I could be talking out my arse.