^^ Just beautiful Dre! Now we’re gonna need an Avisynth plugin to apply the LUT. 😉
-G
So there is none, right? Damn…
I tested the color correction model on other scenes in the bluray, but it doesn’t look that great for many other scenes. You would really need to do a shot by shot correction.
First import and crop the images. Make sure you close all images, before you can proceed.
When multiple low resolution frames are averaged, the signal to noise ratio improves, but the low resolution frames are also blurred. So, another crucial step for detail enhancement, that folows averaging, is deblurring.
The video sample for v2.0 looks stunning! I’m very happy the color matching tool is put to good use, and is able to assist you guys in creating these wonderful preservations! Thanks again Williarob for making those great demo videos on thestarwarstrilogy.com!
This print looks like it’s in magnificent condition. Very exciting to hear about the team’s collaboration with Harmy! This just keeps getting better and better…
Any news on this. This is gonna be great if it’s finished, and I am very greatful to you, Dr Dre, and everyone else involved, because Raiders is my favorite adventure film, and I’ve longed for the chance to watch it with proper colors.
The project is happening. There are some interesting developments in the background, that I can’t discuss just yet, but I’m hopeful the final result will be amazing.
I watched the entire film, and it looks amazing! The colors, detail, and cleanup are excellent. Thanks a lot for all your hard work team, it’s been a lot of years in the making, but it’s definitely worth it. I’m already looking forward to your future projects…
Looking great once again! Thanks for the preview.
Here’s another example of correcting a Star Wars bluray frame matched to the JSC laserdisc.
Bluray:
Bluray matched to JSC:
Bluray matched to JSC, and automatically corrected for contrast, saturation, and exposure:
i have try it with a deleted scene…
pic size 1024*576
pic size 1920*1080
finaly…
is this because of the different size from the source?
No, there are a couple of things to consider:
i installed your software and open as admin.
don´t work.
got a error:
i use win7 64bit.
You have to install the MATLAB runtime environment (MCR), before you can run the user interface. It’s part of the pkg file.
which software i can make all the frames from a video and back to a video?
I use Virtualdub.
Well, then I would want to thank you once more for your work, this tool is really something great 😃
I was wondering if you do have plans on adding batch support to it and multiple threads? Like you could just make list of tests images and references to it and make them export it to LUT automatically. Could leave it overnight to do the work. I can run 8 calculations at once to hit 100% of CPU usage, but setting them up manually takes some time, so threads could be very nice thing too.
I really appriciate your hard work on this, your tool is just fantastic.
Thanks for the compliments! There may be a version with automated processing in the near future. Multithreading is not possible at this point.
Hey mate,
Tried the new 1.4 version with 5 different frames from that movie. Sadly, only one out of these five resulted in working LUT file, so there is still something wrong 😦
Here’s a new link. I think this should do the trick.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8_LYKyZDiajMUtCbElBU0NtdGs/view?usp=sharing
The problem persists in this one as well.
This time I tested it on the frames you shared, and the LUT worked in Resolve.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8_LYKyZDiajeEZOeE50Z3cxWVE/view?usp=sharing
It is perfect now! Tested with few frames and all worked flawlessly. Thank you very much!
Do you have any Skrill address? I’d like to donate some money 😃
Nope, I appreciate it, but it’s not necessary. I’m just happy the tool has turned out to be useful.
Hey mate,
Tried the new 1.4 version with 5 different frames from that movie. Sadly, only one out of these five resulted in working LUT file, so there is still something wrong 😦
Here’s a new link. I think this should do the trick.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8_LYKyZDiajMUtCbElBU0NtdGs/view?usp=sharing
The problem persists in this one as well.
This time I tested it on the frames you shared, and the LUT worked in Resolve.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8_LYKyZDiajeEZOeE50Z3cxWVE/view?usp=sharing
Hey mate,
Tried the new 1.4 version with 5 different frames from that movie. Sadly, only one out of these five resulted in working LUT file, so there is still something wrong 😦
Here’s a new link. I think this should do the trick.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8_LYKyZDiajMUtCbElBU0NtdGs/view?usp=sharing
Here’s a new permanent link to the ColorCorrect GUI v1.4:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8_LYKyZDiajY1VVNl9HR2Ffek0/view?usp=sharing
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24509299/Brat.zip
Got some weird problem. The LUT generated using these two images cannot be read in Adobe Premiere Pro nor Briz LUT Converter (Imcomplete file). Tried doing it few times, over and over, but can’t get proper LUT to output.
Have you tried cropping both frames? I’m still not sure why the LUTs sometimes come out wrong.
I know now why the LUTs come out wrong, and a new version will be uploaded today.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24509299/Brat.zip
Got some weird problem. The LUT generated using these two images cannot be read in Adobe Premiere Pro nor Briz LUT Converter (Imcomplete file). Tried doing it few times, over and over, but can’t get proper LUT to output.
Have you tried cropping both frames? I’m still not sure why the LUTs sometimes come out wrong.
Is there still no way to load either the LUT or the color-correction model in AviSynth?
Not as far as I know…
Here’s another example, where for Raiders of the Lost Ark, the colors of the WOWOW are matched to the laserdisc, but we want to keep the contrast, saturation, and exposure of the WOWOW.
Laserdisc:
WOWOW:
WOWOW matched to laserdisc:
WOWOW matched to laserdisc, and automatically corrected for contrast, saturation, and exposure:
I’ve been developing some new algorithms for color corection purposes. This one is particulary meant for HD transfers that are good in terms of detail, and exposure, but have the “wrong” colors, when compared to the 35 mm reference.
One of the problems of 35 mm prints, if you can call it that, is that a print generally has more contrast, more saturation, and less detail, than a scan made directly from an interpositive, as is often done when a HD transfer is made. Consequently, when you try to match the colors of a HD transfer to a print, the contrast is enhanced, leading to crushed blacks and blownout whites. Of course if you want to match the print in terms of contrast and exposure that’s not a problem, but if you want to have the colors, but still have it look like an official release, you’ve still got a little work ahead. This algorithm is a post-processing step, that can do this.
Here’s an example for The Dark Knight.
35 mm:
Bluray:
Bluray matched to 35 mm:
Bluray matched to 35 mm, and corrected for contrast, saturation, and exposure:
So, now we have 35 mm colors, with bluray detail, contrast, and exposure.
Here’s another example, for the Star Wars bluray (which is a bad reference, but it’s just an example).
35 mm:
Bluray:
Bluray matched to 35 mm:
Bluray matched to 35 mm, and automatically corrected for contrast, saturation, and exposure:
It works on red faded shots too! Here is a short tutorial: https://youtu.be/5OtaGT3A8Bs
I see you’ve hosted it somewhere more permanent. Perhaps, assuming Dre agrees, that should be linked in the first post instead of a soon to expire link?
I already put it on the first page. 😃
Amazing video williarob! Thanks for posting it! It’s a great tutorial. I’ll put it at the start of the thread.
Here’s the link:
