I’ll probably also work on the UK X-rated version, which is shorter by a few minutes owing to the censorshit of the Ferman days. One thing I know I’ll be doing for sure is the original Jerry Gross theatrical mix, as heard on the Wizard and Magnum releases and a bootleg VHS from Woodhaven.
I’ll actually release my first Halloween restorations next year.
Every Halloween, I hope to release some spooky fun restorations.
I could try it for one of my Halloween releases.
It should be. I highly recommend running the extended version scenes through Avisynth, of course.
Had a look at that video a few days ago.
I have a feeling that what we’re calling the “original” version is actually more a workprint than a final print; some music cues and sound effects are absent and at one point, when Charlie Brown realizes that Snoopy is decorating for a “lights and display contest?!”, his voice is not provided by Peter Robbins. Is there anyone out there who can do a reconstruction of what would’ve aired on CBS less than 55 years ago?
Additionally, the music was recorded in stereo, but downmixed to mono on both the workprint and the broadcast prints. Anyone here willing to sync the stereo score elements (most of which were released on CD and vinyl) to the video of the official Blu-ray release - or their own restoration/preservation - of the special? Here’s a very useful cue chart.
I might make that one of my (admittedly many) projects for next year.
Yes. Unfortunately, I’ve got a lot of other things happening, such as a job search. I’m trying to apply for a job as a transcript editor, but thus far I haven’t had much luck. Also, I’m trying to make it as a Twitch streamer. But this project ain’t dead.
Myself, I’m hoping to do a full-length restoration of A Charlie Brown Christmas based on the Blu-ray and a 16mm print I downloaded from MEGA as part of this project.
The Internet Animation Database forum has a thread about the original poster obtaining a 1965 workprint and listing all the differences between it and the much more common re-edit. Here are some of the differences…
- The Coca-Cola references are left intact
- When Snoopy decorates his doghouse and Charlie Brown reads the paper about the lights and display contest, an instrumental version of “Christmas Time is Here” plays instead of “Surfin’ Snoopy” and Charlie Brown’s voice is softer
- Various sound effects are missing or different
- There is no close-up of Lucy’s hand when she gives “five good reasons”
…and here’s the thread I’m referring to. Was the print you downloaded the same as or similar to the one the thread was about?Additionally, are you going to sync some of Vince Guaraldi’s full stereo soundtrack elements, most (if not all) of which are available on CD and vinyl, to the video of your restoration project?
Yes, it was the same, and yes, I plan to sync whatever I can find.
I’m considering it.
Do you think I should incorporate this reimagining of Obi-Wan’s final bout with Darth Vader into the Ultimate Edition? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to2SMng4u1k
Myself, I’m hoping to do a full-length restoration of A Charlie Brown Christmas based on the Blu-ray and a 16mm print I downloaded from MEGA as part of this project.
I might be of assistance, if I could only find it myself.
Yes, but the quality, it must be presumed, should be a quite bit better than on the iTunes one.
I ended up deciding to redo the upscaling of the opening and closing logos with Avisynth, since I realize they’d look better that way.
One thing I can’t promise is the Spanish dub audio, as unlike the Baker stories it’s currently considered lost.
Doubtful. If I’m able to find all the Da Silva narrations, I will include all of them.
I’m thinking about doing it in April and May, actually.
Releases are scheduled to commence in January, with Castle, Doctor Who and the Silurians, Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death, Doctor Who: Inferno, Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons, Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil, Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos, Doctor Who: Colony in Space, Doctor Who: The Daemons, Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks, Are You Being Served?: The Complete First Season, and the first few installments of Film Odyssey in barebones form.
Ah, would it be possible to send me a raw file of the German DVD version, that I might be able to upscale the original closing credits with nnedi3_rpow2 for a possible restoration of my own? Thanks!
In honor of 50 years of PBS (itself celebrating with a new rebrand), I’ve decided to kick off a year-long celebration of PBS’s birthday with a thread dedicated to restorations of some of PBS’s best programs.
WORK IN PROGRESS
I’ll try that.
Deblock_QED(quant1=24, quant2=26, aOff1=1, aOff2=1, bOff1=2, bOff2=2, uv=3)
Blur(1.0)
nnedi3_rpow2(rfactor=4, cshift=“lanczosresize”, fwidth=width3, fheight=height3, ep0=5)
Sharpen(0.25)
ConvertBits(16)
ConvertToRGB(matrix=“Rec601”)
ConvertToYV12(matrix=“Rec709”)
ConvertBits(8, dither=0)
Using the above script, I was able to get a serviceable 1440p upscale of the first episode of Sailor Moon. But when I tried using HDRTools to go the next logical step, to 4K HDR, just the first minute was riddled with artifacting, including several wrong colors that made certain spots look jagged! I don’t know where I went wrong there, or if I was simply being too ambitious.
Ultimately, I decided I would get better results with Avisynth+ than with just plain old Avisynth. I’ll first blow up the image to around HD resolution and convert the color matrix from 601 to 709, then, if the results are satisfactory enough to the both of us, I’ll go one higher, to 4K resolution and 10-bit (perhaps even 12-bit) Rec. 2020.
Well, if SD sources are all we got to work with, I say the best course of action would be at least try and make them look good. Avisynth with nnedi3_rpow2 (which just so happens to be also what I use), from what I heard, could well be enough to blow Toei’s Q-TEC FORS away.
I never thought Toei to be the types to use Avisynth, actually. I always imagined they were using paid software on the R2 DVD masters, albeit they haven’t come out looking great thus far (I heard somewhere, though I can’t remember where, that Avisynth is supposed to produce better results for free).
