Avatar (2009) Extended Collector's Edition - 4K Filmized Remaster (released)

Hello there !

Here are preview screenshots of an upcoming 4K Filmized Remaster of Avatar’s Extended Collector’s Edition.

While the new 4K remaster has been praised all over the net, I’ve never been quite pleased with the oversharpened new image. Starting with the 1080p unaltered bluray, I applied my 4K Filmized Remaster process (Topaz Video AI upscale in 4K with the best settings, then a filmconvert layer of film grain) to get the best natural looking image. It might looks less detailed compared to the offical 4K image but it looks already smoother and less uncanny in motion to me.

Only the extra scenes from the 4K remaster will be reworked from this 4K source. Rest of the movie will be restored from the original 1080p master. The goal is to merge the final master with the unaltered audio mixes in English and Truefrench and its subtitles.

Stay tuned.

1080p source (scale to 200% to match 4K)

4K source

4K Filmized Remaster

1080p source scale zoom

4K source zoom

4K Filmized Remaster zoom

1080p source (scale to 200% to match 4K)

4K source

4K Filmized Remaster

1080p source scale zoom

4K source zoom

4K Filmized Remaster zoom

Would be cool if you created a custom color grade that toned down the piss filter.

waffle said:

Would be cool if you created a custom color grade that toned down the piss filter.

You mean a neutral colle grading ? Might check that out but as a separate master then.

MJBenito said:

waffle said:

Would be cool if you created a custom color grade that toned down the piss filter.

You mean a neutral colle grading ? Might check that out but as a separate master then.

Yep, ever since the advent of digital color grading, not only do modern movies constantly receive these unnatural grades, but even older movies suffer from grading revisionism as you’ve shown. Real shame too because the color grading is an important art that seems to be abused with digital tools these days.

Coming soon. With original color grading.

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

Don’t get fooled by the overall sharpened look of the 4K Official Remaster screenshot. If you zoom inn, it gets worse…

4K Official Remaster zoom

4K Filmized remaster zoom

Other screenshots.

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

4K Official Remaster

4K Filmized remaster

Hi, I’m back on board, working on a new and easier solution to provide you the 4K Filmized Remasters, file by file as requested. When everything is ready and available, I’ll get back to each one of you, including DMs received while I was on holiday. Thanks for your patience and take care.

Hi all, Avatar (2009) Extended Collector Edition 4K Filmized Remaster is now available.

I’d love a copy of this!

MJBenito said:

Hi all, Avatar (2009) Extended Collector Edition 4K Filmized Remaster is now available.

I’d love to get this. Gimme