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Shrek - 35MM Restoration (NEW VERSION AVAILABLE VIA PM) — Page 3

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speaking of which?
someday of someone in this website gets ahold of a 35mm negative of toy story.
we should contribute in this work.

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LHUX said:

speaking of which?
someday of someone in this website gets ahold of a 35mm negative of toy story.
we should contribute in this work.

Confused

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Avatar_Emil_Borg said:

LHUX said:

speaking of which?
someday of someone in this website gets ahold of a 35mm negative of toy story.
we should contribute in this work.

Confused

gotten off track didn’t i?

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LHUX said:

speaking of which?
someday of someone in this website gets ahold of a 35mm negative of toy story.
we should contribute in this work.

There are already multiple projects to restore Toy Story to how it looked theatrically.

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JonathanArthur19 said:

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I heard about that too. It’s kinda funny since I remember getting a comment on the trailer I did on youtube saying something along the lines of “The digital files can just be re-rendered at any resolution”. Looks like thats not the case.

Apparently the original files are just gone, apparently they had digital backups of all their movies and their backups failed. Pixar also keep their original digital files for the first two Toy Story films and just re-rendered the film at 2K / 1080p for Blu-Ray which was a smart move IMO.

Jonathan Gibbs says “Shrek was rendered on SGI IRIX systems. It was mostly in-house software and the code still exists. Technically possible to rebuild and re-render but you’d need experts in how it all worked back then and a lot of time.” and that there wasn’t even a proper Digital Intermediate for Shrek. But after they moved to 12-bit JPEG at 4:4:4, Megamind used OpenEXR etc.

interesting…
no wonder why Antz is from a 35mm master.

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JonathanArthur19 said:

Apparently the original files are just gone, apparently they had digital backups of all their movies and their backups failed. Pixar also keep their original digital files for the first two Toy Story films and just re-rendered the film at 2K / 1080p for Blu-Ray which was a smart move IMO.

Toy Story was rendered at lower resolution for 35mm though, so it would be good to scan it to have to proper render.

[ Scanning stuff since 2015 ]

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I wonder, because the 4K Blu-ray released, I wonder if you can add the brand new DTS-X mix from the Blu-ray to this project?

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YoshiKiller2S said:

I wonder, because the 4K Blu-ray released, I wonder if you can add the brand new DTS-X mix from the Blu-ray to this project?

yes because there is such thing as headphone lovers.

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Does anyone have the Shrek 4K release and is able to rip the mixes? Because then this project will be complete audio wise.

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*came back after nearly a month

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The print has been shipped to a scanner.

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The scan has been paid for, and the files are on the way. First release will be both 4K and 1080p versions with 3 audio tracks, Stereo, Surround & Optical Russian. They will be released as MKV files that will come with a special thanks to all who helped out in this project. We’re almost there!

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Mango said:

The scan has been paid for, and the files are on the way. First release will be both 4K and 1080p versions with 3 audio tracks, Stereo, Surround & Optical Russian. They will be released as MKV files that will come with a special thanks to all who helped out in this project. We’re almost there!

You’re not going to include the dubs I sent you?

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YoshiKiller2S said:

Mango said:

The scan has been paid for, and the files are on the way. First release will be both 4K and 1080p versions with 3 audio tracks, Stereo, Surround & Optical Russian. They will be released as MKV files that will come with a special thanks to all who helped out in this project. We’re almost there!

You’re not going to include the dubs I sent you?

They’re from the bluray, which has an added music cue that wasn’t in the theatrical version.

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Mango said:

YoshiKiller2S said:

Mango said:

The scan has been paid for, and the files are on the way. First release will be both 4K and 1080p versions with 3 audio tracks, Stereo, Surround & Optical Russian. They will be released as MKV files that will come with a special thanks to all who helped out in this project. We’re almost there!

You’re not going to include the dubs I sent you?

They’re from the bluray, which has an added music cue that wasn’t in the theatrical version.

Perfect!
just always send private links to the film when scanning is done ok.
this looks gorgeous.

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1080p Color Tests while I wait for the full res 4K scan to arrive. These are just for study.

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Mango said:

1080p Color Tests while I wait for the full res 4K scan to arrive. These are just for study.

Fantastic!
after this is done i gotta get a copy.
i sure like the scan

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Wow, this print looks amazing! Looking forward to seeing the finished scan.

“The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.” -Chuck Jones

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I personally think these tests are a little dark. It will be easier to determine how it should look once I get the 4K scan.