BoxMonster

Hey everyone,

I'm just wondering how I'd go about coloring white text a certain color. I'm using a Mac, so I'd prefer explanations requiring that operating system.

Also, some background: Toho created an English language international version of GODZILLA VS. MEGALON shortly after it was released in Japan in 1973 with dubbing recorded in Hong Kong. As with most export versions made for English-speaking markets, Toho created a unique English title logo and opening credits sequence, along with an English ending title. The original Japanese onscreen text was red, so Toho had the English text done in red to match. However, an alternate international version exists (presumably made at the same time) that is exactly the same, except the text is in white. Same font and size, just white... I have two copies of the international version with red text (one is 4x3 letterboxed, the other is pan-n-scan, but with the opening credits squeezed; the former is an ugly, washed out transfer and the second is a better transfer of a shitty print) and anamorphic clips of the complete white international credits in pristine condition (besides some jaggies) from a DVD. What I want to do is make the pristine version of the white credits sequence red.

Here are some examples of what I need to color (the first couple are very washed out; I hope they can still be salvageable):

Thanks in advance! If you need any further material in order to help me, I'll gladly post it.

Just popping in here to say how much I appreciate what you guys are doing. This is such an awesome project, and I can't thank you enough!

I did the restoration of the Japanese version of KING KONG VS. GODZILLA and the fanedit bilingual edition of MONSTER ZERO. And yes, others have done Godzilla restorations and stuff, but nothing really large-scale, like what you guys have been doing here at originaltrilogy. I would love to restore the English versions of all the Toho sci-fi and monster movies with the help of folks on here.

Does anyone have this (or know someone who might have this) in 1080i from Monsters HD? I've been looking for a full-res version for years and have only found standard definition rips, none of which look that good.

Technically, I know one person who has the HD rez version, but he won't let anyone see it.

Okay, so my local independent theater (http://nickelodeon.org) ran a 35mm print of the film as part of their Chinese film festival, and for free no less. The print was just a little dirty and splicey, but otherwise it was a nice, colorful print with clear sound. It had English narration by a British person. By the look of the English opening credits and ending title, I'm willing to bet this English version was made in the '60s not long after the film's original release. Possibly it was some sort of international version for foreign markets to use as a basis for their localized variants. I don't know how long the print was, but it definitely wasn't the heavily condensed version. It was probably somewhere in the ballpark of two hours, or something. For some reason the theater projected the film matted to 1.85:1, but it didn't really interfere most of the time and the credits weren't chopped off.

Now, I had never seen the film before this screening and was not entirely familiar with it, but I did know already about there being various versions and this restoration project.

If anybody has any questions they would like to ask me about the screening, I'll try to answer them.

Yup I'm on a Mac, but since I have Bootcamp I kind of have a PC, too.

Is there an IVTC method for MPEG2 that will still look good as a result?

I have a DVD that should have been progressive 23.976 but is interlaced 29.97 instead.

I want to know if I can perform an inverse telecine on it without converting it to MOV and compressing it back to DVD (which would look horrible). In other words, can an inverse telecine be done on an MPEG2 file with the result being an uncompressed MPEG2?

Also, I am very inexperienced with computers, so please give me your explanations in layman's terms.

Thanx!

I played it in VLC on my Mac with no difficulties. Loconut, if you're having any more troubles, send me a PM.

Harmy, will you ever consider restoring the 1981 ANH crawl in a similar quality to the original crawl in your reconstruction?

I'm a casual fan who, luckily, has never seen the special editions, and your work is absolutely AMAZING. A few of the mattes were slightly blurry, but on the whole the despecialized parts are seamless. A standard definition version would blend everything together even more, though a DVD5 seems kind of small for a two-hour film. Thank you!

How would I go about removing the shimmering from a video? It's the kind that makes fine details look rainbowy.

It's finished. If you want a copy, PM me.

The picture portion of this restoration has been completed. All of the Matsuri footage has been color corrected to match the Universal DVD and, on the whole, everything looks very nice, sans the R2 segments. This may be the most consistently good-looking copy of the uncut film since 1962.

Now, the sound and subtitles must be synced up. Could anybody help me with the latter?

I’m working on a restoration of the Japanese version of this film.

I am using a copy of the Champion Matsuri re-release and the Universal DVD of the John Beck edit for the majority of the duration and the Region 2 DVD for the 9 minutes not present in either version (here are those 9 minutes in particular: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OSl3skZdXs).. “www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OSl3skZdXs).”)

If you can help at all, please leave me a PM.