“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” - 4K Hybrid Open Matte/Scope - Extended Cut is now available in 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope.
“Prisoner of Azkaban” is now available in 4K Scope using the same remastering process as my 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope remasters.
Due to high demand of download requests, I’m looking for a better tool than Resilio to host my Harry Potter remasters projects. I’ll get back to everyone when it’s available. If you have any encrypted solution, feel free to send me a PM. Thanks for the patience. In the meantime, “Sorcerer’s Stone” extended cut is done in 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope and I’ll start working on “Chamber of Secrets” extended cut in 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope really soon.
Extended Cuts are being released in 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope as well : https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Harry-Potter-1-2-in-4K-Hybrid-Open-MatteScope-Extended-Cuts/id/115580
Due to high demand of download requests, I’m looking for a better tool than Resilio to host my Harry Potter remasters projects. I’ll get back to everyone when it’s available. If you have any encrypted solution, feel free to send me a PM. Thanks for the patience. In the meantime, “Sorcerer’s Stone” extended cut is done in 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope and I’ll start working on “Chamber of Secrets” extended cut in 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope really soon.
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2” is now available in 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope.
Thanks for the idea, nightstalkerpoet.
Following my 4K remastering project of Harry Potter Saga in 4K Hybrid Open Matte/Scope (which you can find here: https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Harry-Potter-Saga-in-4K-Hybrid-Open-MatteScope-Theatrical-Cuts/id/114455), I’m also launching a 4K restoration project of Harry Potter’s extended cuts.
I’ll replace any frame from the theatrical cut with my 4K Hybrid Open Matte/Scope remasters and I’ll restore the deleted scenes from the official extended editions in 4K, using the same process as my 4K Hybrid Open Matte/Scope remasters.
Of course, “Sorcerer’s Stone” and “Chamber of Secrets” extended cuts are officially released in Scope (and you should own a copy), but my 4K Hybrid Open Matte/Scope extended cuts remasters will preserve the biggest possible image.
Original bluray image and audio tracks have been used for the deleted scenes and the final result. In this case, you’ll have untouched DTS-HDMA in English and Dolby Digital AC-3 in Truefrench.
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” - 4K Hybrid Open Matte/Scope - Extended Cut is now available in 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope.
“Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince” is now available in 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1” is now available in 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope.
“Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” is now available in 4K Open Matte.
Hi everyone,
This project is now complete and available in both 1080p remux and 4K “Filmized” Edition with English and Truefrench audio.
You might be interested in this project I’m working on.
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Harry-Potter-Saga-in-4K-Hybrid-Open-MatteScope/id/114455
EDIT
A V2 10 Bits encoding has now been rendered.
Hi everyone,
This project is now complete and available with English and Truefrench audio.
Compared to the Director’s Recut edition, I wanted this new cut to be based on the original theatrical cut, but with every exclusive scene from the theatrical cut and every new scene from the Director’s Recut added back into the movie.
Original bluray’s have been used for this project for this 4K Filmized Remaster project.
“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” is now available in 4K Open Matte.
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“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” and “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” are now available in 4K Open Matte. Here are some screenshots :
“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”
“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
Is it possible to contribute to this project?
No crowdfunding is necessary for this project. You only must legally own copies of each film and not make money off of these remasters when available. I’m only doing this because I love Harry Potter movies and they deserve to be preserved in each aspect ratio.
Is it possible to contribute to this project?
No crowdfunding is necessary for this project. You only must legally own copies of each film and not make money off of these remasters when available. I’m only doing this because I love Harry Potter movies and they deserve to be preserved in each aspect ratio.
UPDATE 02.10.24
Hello there.
Cool project! If these are the upscaled images, it looks like a lot of DNR is baked in.
Those were preview images of the 1080p version. I removed them all since I finished the whole rendering in 4K for the Sorcerer’s stone movie in open matte.
Check original post
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Wow sounds amazing! I remember the project for the hybrid first film which was amazing to watch the largest picture and longest version possible, so really looking forward to this.
I don’t think I’ll go the extended editions path but I might keep it in mind for a near future. HP 8 is almost finished and the amount of expanded aspect radio shots is quite impressive.
Sounds exciting! Since you’re releasing them in 1080p, they should play fine on my PC. 😃
How different is the colour grading between the 4K SDR and 1.78:1 releases?
For example, HP1 in 4K is a new master and color correction has been applied on scenes. The open matte version has the same color grading as sthe old HD master so it makes sense to merge them for shots that are not open matte (if there are any, cause the film seems to be completely open matte).
Another solution might be to tone map the 4K master to SDR, upscale the open matte to 4K, merge the 4K resolution of HP 1 back in the open matte version shot by shit and color match the expanded portions of the image with the 4K SDR. But it surely would take too much time, so I’m going the easy way at the moment, starting with HP 8.
The “gaia” upscaler in Topaz AI is the way to go if you end up doing a 4K upscale. It does a very good job with 1080p-to-4K (although it is quite slow). And then afterward maybe add back a very light grain to the image in Resolve.
Interesting, I’ve been testing the new IRIS upscaler on Topaz Video 4 and it seems to give even better results than Gaia. I might do some tests before choosing the right settings. What parameters are you using in manual mode ?
UPDATE
The 4K Filmized Remasters are now updated and available, using better experience and the V3 treatment of the process I developped and used on my recent LOTR trilogy remasters (available on this forum).
What has changed ? Less artificial upscale of the image, less grain reduction and more consistant film stock grain overall. The Theatrical cut of HP1 will have the correct English audio track with the alternate “Sorcerer” scenes instead of “Philosopher” scenes, so the whole theatrical cut will now be open matte. Freezing frames on HP8 will also be fixed. It will also be an opportunity to encode them all in 2160p 4:2:0 10 bits since the previous 8 bits releases caused macro-blocking issues at some point on HP 2-3-4-5-6-7.
Stay tuned for screenshots.
I wanted to share with you details of an upcoming project I’ve been working on those past few days : hybrid releases of Harry Potter movies using mixes of 2.39 scope image and the expanded 1.78 image from MAX (when it is not pan&scan).
Every single shot is being compared to preserve the biggest frame possible for an ultimate movie experience.
The goal is to use every single shot expanding the original 2.39 scope ratio to 1.78 open matte, put them back in the movies, but get rid of the pan & scan shots. I want them to feel like a Christopher Nolan IMAX movie experience, except it is not IMAX but open matte.
Considering :
These releases will combine the untouched 2.39 bluray image with the 1.78 MAX image and untouched audios from the 4K releases in DTS:X (English) and DTS-HDMA (Truefrench). I’ve also transcoded audio in Dolby Digital AC-3 640 kbps for those who are unable to decode DTS. The rendered images will then be upscaled in 4K using my best Topaz Video settings.
Sorcerer’s Stone (Released)
Completely Open Matte
A few shots were zoomed in but offered more image on top and bottom, so I decided to keep them in
Bluray image is used for Warner logos and credits.
Note: there is still macroblocking and banding during selected sequences.
It is part of the open matte image master and has been altered as much as possible. But it might still be visible, especially on the opening scene (which was also horrible on the original bluray master)
Chamber of Secrets (Released)
Completely Open Matte
A few shots were zoomed in but offered more image on top and bottom, so I decided to keep them in
Bluray image is used for Warner logos and credits.
Note: It is part of the open matte image master and has been altered as much as possible. But it might still be visible.
Prisoner of Azkaban (Released)
Goblet of Fire (Released)
Order of the Phoenix (Released)
Half-Blood Prince (In progress)
Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Released)
Deathly Hallows Part 2 (In progress)
UPDATE 02.28.24
“Sorcerer’s Stone”, “Chamber of Secrets”, “Goblet of Fire” and “Order of the Phoenix” are now available in 4K Open Matte. “Half-blood Prince” and “Deathly Hallows - Part 1” are also available in 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope. Check my last comments in this thread for screenshots.
“Deathly Hallows part 2” 4K Hybrid Open Matte / Scope is coming soon.
Hello Mango, how is the project doing ? Any updates ? Thanks.