AntcuFaalb

muddyknees2000 said:

.Mac. said:

Without a doubt Shaw's ghost is returning, but I'm hopeful he'll consider keeping the eye brows removed and eyes blue :)

Those were changes that he approved of...seeing as how they made sense....so I'd bet that he'll keep them.

... but, he's putting Shaw's ghost back in, right?!

Harmy: Don't forget that -1's scans are missing a lot of detail due to their use of a camera with a Bayer Filter.

It'll still look excellent, I'm sure, but don't use this material as a reference for what kind of resolution can be obtained from a release print.

It's my understanding that poita's professional 4K scanner, even when its output is downscaled to 2K, can resolve much much better than equipment that uses a Bayer Filter.

No offense to -1's project is intended, of course. I believe they're doing great work and I can't wait to see what they release.

emanswfan said:

There are still some secondary color correcting artifacts (really just blatent ring around the blue lightsaber).  Here is technicolor in the duel.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/41186

Goodbye digital look!

Nice!

I believe that the following eBay listing is the professionally-created Snow White bootleg VHS that Leonardo has: http://www.ebay.it/itm/BIANCANEVE-E-I-SETTE-NANI-VHS-WALT-DISNEY-David-Hand-/271273456204?pt=Videocassette_e_VHS&hash=item3f2928724c

Anyone with a good PAL VHS VCR want to take a crack at preserving it?

Doctor M said:

 

Jay said:

Doctor M said:

If we're talking requests, how about one email per thread for replies.

Preferences > Topic and Post Settings > When I'm subscribed to a topic, send me an update only once until I view the topic again.

Was that always there?

 

Since I signed-up, at least.

emanswfan said:

Let Naboo shine with technicolor color schemes and retro 35mm.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/40371

This really makes the EE halos stand out.

Some of the elements in the scene look like they were added-in in Photoshop with the "outer glow" style applied.

_,,,^..^,,,_ said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Also, forgot to add: No strings. You can keep the card in exchange for the testing.

Really? Count me in! (^^,) You know, I love testing, and I miss another kind of capture card...

Yes, really, but I'm sorry to say that I don't want to pay the expenses for shipping to Italy!

If you're willing to take care of the S&H costs, then I'm willing to pay for the card.

Also, forgot to add: No strings. You can keep the card in exchange for the testing.

drngr said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Does anyone here have an ATI Theater 550 Pro?

There is a still of the second S&W PAL test here: http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/286099-Blackmagic-Intensity-Pro-Can-t-capture-from-any-VCR-source?p=2200637#post2200637

Interesting! I wonder if it exhibits any checkerboarding.

I'd be willing to buy someone a used 550 and have it shipped to them if they'd be willing to do some testing on it for me.

(My motherboard has no more PCI or PCI-x1 slots left and I tossed my other testing motherboards in the garbage during a move.)

Yay! Thanks, Jay!

Moth3r said:

I've fixed the formatting of your posts above

lol

Post 2222.

Frink: I'm catchin' up!

Wicket W. Warrick FTW

After some testing today, it seems likely that I'm flat-out wrong on this.

I'm going to do more testing and discuss my findings with poita. I might be doing something wrong.

Are ya'll still using a camera with a Bayer filter?

If so, then at 2K you have an effective resolution of...

1024x1080 for the green channel

512x1080 for the blue channel

512x1080 for the red channel

Bester said:

I can easily see her as the daughter of Han and Leia.  She could portray the swagger of the former, with the beauty and strength of the latter.  She could also literally kick-ass with a lightsaber.

I agree. She's an excellent choice.

Oh, no! I'm sorry, Frank!

msycamore: My plan is to keep all large/easy-to-spot anomalies (tantive orange errors, hair, etc.) in.

I intend to check each frame against another source (e.g., Technidisc SWE) in order to determine which anomalies stay and which don't.

As with any restoration using **Clean, each frame will have to undergo evaluation before getting the proverbial SealOfApproval(TM).

Trust me, I'm not one to half-ass something like this.

poita said:

I personally wouldn't remove any gate weave. I'd track it, stabilise the footage to do any cleanup etc. and then put the gate weave back at the end using the tracking data.

My only issue with retaining the gate weave is: How do we know what's ["original" gate weave] vs. [gate weave resulting from Derann's equipment]?

PDB said:

AntcuFaalb said:

I'm sorry if this has been asked already...

Does anyone have a bit-perfect rip of the 2.0 PCM track from each of the BttF LDs?

If no one else has them, I do but none of them are synced to anything

Did you rip 'em or did you get them from someone else?

I'm sorry if this has been asked already...

Does anyone have a bit-perfect rip of the 2.0 PCM track from each of the BttF LDs?

Obvious.

poita said:

Four words.

Sy Snootles, Max Rebo.

True, true.

Well, at least Lapti Nek is better than Jedi Rocks. ;-)

So let's discuss what's OK and what's not OK to remove in a restoration.

(1) Gate weave: Digital stabilization improves the accuracy of most automatic dirt/dust removal algorithms.

I'd vote "YES, remove!" for everything except the crawl and credits, as people are more likely to notice text that's rocking back and forth.

(2) Brightness/contrast fluctuation: Locking the brightness/contrast of a shot to the brightness/contrast of the first frame in the shot tends to improve the accuracy and effectiveness of most dirt/dust removal algorithms.

I'd vote "YES, remove!", but only on a intra-shot basis. Inter-shot brightness/contrast fluctuation reduction is not very useful anyway.

(3) Non-dirt/dust anomalies (e.g., hairs): These are typically very difficult to remove. Also, some people (e.g., myself) have fond memories of certain instances of print damage, such as the "Tantive Orange Errors".

I'd vote "NO, keep!" for non-dirt/dust anomalies that are also present in a second source, such as the GOUT.

I couldn't come to a conclusion for the next two, so...

(4) Burned-in subtitles: If they're sufficiently different from the original 35mm theatrical subtitles, then something will have to be done.

(5) Alternate crawls/credits: ...

Anyway, timdiggerm: I like this idea!