DrDre

Which source would you like me to try this on?

I tried to experiment a bit with color correcting the first reel of the sample -1 shared a few weeks ago. I used a single frame as reference, namely:

http://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/image.axd?picture=/2015/06/35mm-Frame-8228.png

The match was not perfect, but it's not that far off:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137848

Then I used the color correction model on a number of other frames:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137849

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137851

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137852

Yeah, this time it's just a metal box. Sad...just sad...

A video sample for SRV13 is being processed. Should be finished by the beginning of next week. We can then do a proper comparison. The slow moving grain is much more apparent on my HD-TV than on my laptop. Also the static nature of the grain can't really be seen in a single screenshot. 

Here are comparisons for two frames for SRV13 versus the simple upscale and SRV12.

Avisynth Spline64Resize vs SRV13:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137737

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137742

SRV12 vs SRV13:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137743

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137744

It was You_Too who advised me to use NNEDI2, because his tests showed it gives better results than NNEDI3. 

I use a laptop with a Intel Core i5-4210U. I don't know what GPU I have. 

Thanks for the script! I will try to get it working. Hopefully things will speed up a bit.

Those screenshots of the SE97 look very nice. Laserdisc Master actually has a thread about upscaling the SE97, but he hasn't updated it for a while. 

In the mean time, I think SRV13 is getting somewhere. I will post some screenshots later today, and hopefully also have a video sample by next week. 

I personally believe there will be no restoration of the theatrical versions. I think the primary focus will be to release the Star Wars Saga in 3D for the 40th anniversary. The prequels have now been converted to 3D. The original trilogy is next. I believe these conversions will be personally approved by George Lucas. I don't think Lucasfilm will want to "disrespect" the founder of the company. 

I think the best we can hope for is that they will not fight the release of Star Wars Legacy through unofficial channels. They might even accept a copy for their archives, but I believe Lucasfilm will officially keep treating these versions as curiosities, but not as canon. 

As some of you may have read  on starwars.com Lucasfilm will release yet another repackaging of the “special editions” before the release of The Force Awakens. The press release specifically states it contains previously released material with no mention of the originals. Please express your outrage (again)!

Mod Edit: a link to the article at the Star Wars website announcing the blu ray Steelbook release can be found here:-

https://www.starwars.com/news/the-star-wars-saga-to-be-enshrined-in-limited-edition-blu-ray-steelbooks

Getting some of the plugins to work was a real pain, but I suppose I could give it a try. Plenty of time... ;-)

No I'm not using multi-threading. Never really looked into that. 

Ps. You wrote post 1000! Congrats! ;-)

Thanks for all the feedback. SRV13 is still a work in progress. I will post some updated screenshots soon, including comparisons to SRV12. 

If there is consensus that SRV13 is an improvement over SRV12, I will probably do another pass. Here's a few more comparisons for SRV13:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137550

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137551

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137552

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137553

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137554

I think that expression says: I'm bored with Luke's whining... ;-)

Strange it's same image, so they should be identical. 

I love that image of the Jedi Master. Always amazed how they got those expressions from a puppet.

That's what happens with most of these scripts. You gain something most of the time, but sometimes you also may get a slightly worse outcome. The antialiasing for this frame is identical to SRV12 though, since nothing was changed in that part of the script.

I will post a number of other frames later today. 

In most frames aliasing is significantly reduced compared to SRV10. C3PO's left shoulder is an exception, although aliasing is still much reduced compared to the simple upscale. SRV10 used a haloing filter that destroyed a lot of detail, as was extensively discussed a while ago, therefore it was decided to keep the halos in favour of more detail. 

SRV13 has all of the advantages of SRV10, but with significantly more detail, and less aliasing. Here's a comparison between SRV10 and SRV13:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137498

Progress is still slow. However, in the mean time I've also been working on SRV13. I actually have to agree with g-force for a change. There's an ugly slow moving grain in the upscale that is really visible. I've updated my script to get rid of it. Here's a first screenshot comparison:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/137548

More to follow when I get home from work...

Update: the original comparison was accidentally deleted. 

Sad to hear about the complications poita, but that scan looks really good. 

Going slowly sadly... 30,000 frames are finished, so 110,000 to go.

Take care and get well soon! 

team_negative1 said:

The beauty of the digital format is that, you can upgrade your monitor, projector, or TV when you wish, and gain benefit from it, accordingly.

The consumer race is over, only content creators care about increasingly high resolutions, and mastering issues.

Team Negative1

I think these statements are not accurate.

In a sense the digital format replaces the video rental market, which traditionally was very much larger than the video sales market. Many consumers don't want to own movies, at least not if these movies are very expensive. 

You also seem to treat the consumers as one homogeneous group, which is a gross simplification. Not everyone wants to drive a Volkswagen. Some of us prefer the Mercedes and are willing to pay through the nose for it.

Look really good!

Yes, it's kind of interesting that George Lucas showed how easy you can go from a special effects cleanup to complete revision. I guess this is also one of the beefs I have with the Special Edition, that despite GL's insistence that he could not complete his vision, in the end the new scenes are mostly revision. The tone of the originals had nothing to do with budget constraints or special effects constraints. GL simply changed his mind over time and then pretended the new inconsistent tone is what he originally intended. He also tried to make the OT more consistent with the prequels, when he should have done the opposite. 

I think the problem stems from the fact that he considers the PT as his pure undiluted vision for Star Wars, whereas the OT has in his eyes been diluted by the involvement of other producers and directors. This is why he has no problems altering what the rest of the world considers classic films into sequels to the prequel trilogy.