KillThad

Any updates?

RU.08 said:

Yeah, you’ll be able to use the actual scan later for all those screenshots which will look a lot better.

A guy on DeviantArt made some high-res textless versions of the posters.
https://phetvanburton.deviantart.com/art/A-New-Hope-Hi-Res-Textless-Poster-380226123
https://phetvanburton.deviantart.com/art/The-Empire-Strikes-Back-Hi-Res-Textless-Poster-380226583
https://phetvanburton.deviantart.com/art/Return-Of-The-Jedi-Hi-Res-Textless-Poster-380227046

trillary dump said:

Needs a bit of work, but I like where it’s going.

Thanks! What would you suggest me changing?

Edit: I noticed the resolution is messed up in imgur. I’ll try fixing that!

Just kinda add some elements from the existing Star Wars DVDs to have it look a bit more proper (Example: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d167/dragon_1987/starwars_rotj_dvdcover.jpg)

trillary dump said:

Hey guys I made Blu Ray cover and disc art for SW 97 in anticipation for this project!

https://imgur.com/gallery/2A9l0

I’m planning on doing this with the rest of the trilogy AND with TPM project. Let me know if you like them and what I could do to improve upon them.

Thanks!

Needs a bit of work, but I like where it’s going.

poita said:

Sure, I’ll swap.

I just finished lining all the windows with aluminium foil to try and drop the heat in here.
Its crazy.

On the upside, it will also stop all the alien transmissions affecting my brain whilst I sleep.

I DON’T LIKE ‘EM PUTTIN’ CHEMICALS IN THE WATER THAT TURN THE FREAKIN’ FROGS GAY!

RU.08 said:

Empire hasn’t been scanned yet, he was talking about the ANH:SE print. But the SE prints should all have similar detail unless they come from different labs around the world or something.

Ah, okay. Sorry about that.

poita said:

RU.08 said:

Yeah I’m not sure what BrightestDayFan2814’s question was regarding either.

The SE scan actually has more detail in the shadows then I was expecting. I wonder how Empire’s detail will compare to the Eastman prints of the 80s?

The shadow detail is quite good, triple-flash makes sure we get all of it, the resolution on the print is a little lacking, but the dynamic range is quite good, and the print is in far better shape than any of the original releases.

I know you said no more public examples, but can we see a frame from Empire to see what you mean?

DrDre said:

KillThad said:

Did anyone see the cleanup job I had done?

Yeah, looks great!

Thanks, man. I just didn’t want it to be unnoticed.

Did anyone see the cleanup job I had done?

Alright, tried cleaning up and stabilizing the Death Star Alderaan scene poita uploaded a few days ago. It hasn’t been color corrected yet.

https://we.tl/jCOSUhtNRM

DrDre said:

NeverarGreat said:

That fighter take-off shot actually looks really natural on the print, despite the low contrast!

For comparison, here’s the blu-ray (and then some of my own adjustments):
http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/WL7NNN8X

This seems like a right time to introduce my new color matching algorithm. It’s based on the machine learning methodology used for the color grading bot, as such henceforth it shall be known as…the color matching bot.

Bluray:

Poita scan (corrected by NeverarGreat):

Bluray matched by NeverarGreat:

Bluray matched to scan with color matching bot:

Sweet! Looks great.

NeverarGreat said:

That fighter take-off shot actually looks really natural on the print, despite the low contrast!

For comparison, here’s the blu-ray (and then some of my own adjustments):
http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/WL7NNN8X

God, I forgot how bad the Blu-ray colors were.

If only I wasn’t broke, this really seems right up my alley in terms of projects to help with. Oh, well.

Molly said:

Avisynth has a Stab() filter, but I’ve only really ever used it on anime, so I don’t know how well it would work on a live-action film.

Hmm… BRB

EDIT: It worked really well. Thanks 😃

Alright, I’m working on a restored version of the Death Star Alderaan scene poita uploaded.
UPDATE: I’m kind of having a little trouble with trying to stabilize the film, especially during panning shots. I tried using DeShaker in VirtualDub, but that really didn’t work. Would you guys recommend anything else?

poita said:

Initially I’ll be matching to the print itself, so people can see how the original theatrical presentation was.

Fair enough.

Question: What kind of colors are we aiming for? Are we going for like Technicolor colors or like the Laserdisc/Flunk '97 colors?

poita said:

That isn’t raw, it is pretty much matched to how the print looks projected.
The raw file is a 16bit log file and looks quite different of course.

The Tatooine scenes are probably intended to look sunblasted and a high key look to get across the hot, sunbaked, dry desert feel. The black levels are certainly very elevated on the print, and the image very soft.

Ah, okay. Sorry about that.

poita said:

As promised:
https://we.tl/EirA7lgKCw

I kinda prefer the raw look.

DrDre said:

For comparison I did some regrades of the bluray based on NeverarGreat’s technicolor recreation:

Looks good.

Yeah, the color correction is all over the place. With your permission, when all the reels are scanned, I would like to perform a proper color correction. I will upload a sample tonight.

poita said:

Annoyingly, a hair got into the gate of the scanner on Reel3, and I have to rescan the entire reel.

Part of the downside of working remotely.

sigh

Anyway, here is a 720P sample, complete with dancing hair, nothing done other than a very quick levels setting, thought people might want to see it in motion.

https://we.tl/zp0MntsHeh

Note the Technicolor-style cue-dots/reel markers at the end. It’s about 200MB in size, I tried to make the file size small enough for anyone to get a look at it.

A higher bitrate and bit-depth version is uploading now for those who want something bigger.

EDIT: It’s up. 1.5GB. https://we.tl/SxaAFMqUAg

I love you.

ChainsawAsh said:

I feel like that’s probably a ways off, the scanning process itself only just began.

Oh, has it? I guess I thought it was going on longer than I thought. Ah, it doesn’t matter, It still looks great.

If you can, can you make a video demonstration? I’m not trying to beg, it’s just that these scans look amazing on their own, and I’d love to see them in motion.

poita said:

Reel One is 70% scanned, the reel will go back on the machine tonight and hopefully we will have reel one done by the end of tomorrow.

Question: Are you releasing the base reels or are you planning on cleaning them up?