So, two years ago, I was given a license to distribute this '90s DTV shark film entitled: GREAT WHITE. I released the DVD one year ago, but am looking to fix up the 8bit YUV422 master file. It was shot on BetaCamSP at 60i and during the editing process, it was deinterlaced to 30p. It was then mastered onto both D2 and BetaCamSP. I was given the D2 master.

Off the bat, I’m dealing with stair-stepping, which I know cannot be really dealt with, but the biggest issue is the color banding artifacts present in the video. Examples below (Click Them):

I have the uncompressed YUV422 8bit file on my hard drive, so I do have an advantage for quality, but are there any tools that I can use to help make this video look any better and remove the banding?

JAWS