Grimli

Wow! There are no overly smooth or buttery looking faces here which I’d expect to see with the upscaling process. I couldn’t find it in your previous posts, so my question would be: how did you manage to avoid this? Is this an AI setting or something? Or is this actually a simple thing to avoid?

Regardless, fantastic work on the colour grading. The shot with the ring in the snow on Caradhras where the snow is actually white as snow will forever remain chef’s kiss.

I can’t even begin to imagine the amount of sheer will and dedication that must’ve gone into this. And from what little browsing I’ve done up to now, this forum is full of these respectful projects. Absolute magnificence and wizardry as far as I’m concerned. As a lifelong fan of the LotR films: if I could get you a pint, I would.

Like probably many here, I’ve been bothered by the green’ish filter for a while now and simply didn’t know any better so to see even just the screenshots looking so… natural brings back memories that are precious to me.

I won’t be commenting on the technical aspects of all that’s been done here cos I’m not knowledgeable enough on it, but the screenshots speak for themselves: they look just a tad lighter than the official EE DVD shots but it also seems to bring out a bit more detail out from the darker pieces of the shots.

I sincerely hope you didn’t buy this with a great pain.