Screenshots from the new versions.
Ricky:
I Love Rocky Road:
Eat It:
Dare To Be Stupid:
Fat:
I’ve decided to only include the videos between 1979 and 2007 as upscaling videos shot in HD seems rather pointless. Instead, I’m just gonna do the ones shot in SD. I’m going for a kind of minimalist approach to the whole thing. The detail will be clearer and the image upscaled to 1080, but there will be little to no denoising. My experiments with DNR removed to much detail, and it’s just not worth doing that way.
I’ve spent the past 3 nights working all night to figure out the best solution, and DNR is just not gonna work for these. I hope everyone enjoys the final product. It will still beat the copies on youtube by a long shot.
As I continue to experiment, I realize that I might be trying to do too much to save the image. DNR can be useful, but I’ve been relying on it far too much for this project. The final result will have minimal DNR, much more detail and will just overall be better than my tests. As with all of my projects, the longer I experiment, the better the end result. Expect some screenshots within the next few days. I’m also updating the first post to list all the bonus features.
I just don’t know what I’m supposed to do with my life anymore. I’m only 25 and I feel like my life is falling apart. I almost died 3 times this year due to complications of my heart disease, I keep gaining weight, I’m having trouble taking care of myself, I have nightmares every time I sleep, and I’ve been fighting with my best friend all year. I just want to hide in my room and listen to sad music until I fall asleep.
Ooof that DNR is insane
For the record, these are test images. None of what you’re seeing is final.
I find that theres a huge divide amongst people who think DNR should be used or not. I find that it depends on the individual project. In the case of this project, the goal is not to preserve in HD but to restore or make better than what is already available. If I were just going for a straight preservation, I wouldn’t bother using an upscaler at all, I would just uprez and call it a day.
Keep in mind that the majority of these videos were shot on film then transferred to video for editing. And of course, just like with any project, it is never going to look perfect. I’m doing what I can to improve it, but I’m not a professional and I’m just doing this because I thought it would be fun. I’m sorry I’m not doing it to your standards, but you’re free to do your own project of restoring these videos. All the sources are readily available.
Ricky
Fat
Dare To Be Stupid
Smells Like Nirvana
This Is The Life
I am having some issues so these are obviously subject to change, but these images serve as good tests.
As time marches on and technology keeps updating, it becomes more and more clear that the best way to upscale is never what I try first. After countless attempts and hours upon hours of experimentation, I have determined that Topaz Video Enhance AI’s upscaling technology is best suited for HD, not 4K. I always have more technical flaws with 4K, and to be fair, the majority of this project is sourced from video. Thats being said, the results of the newest attempts have been quite stunning.
Working very hard on this project and want to finish it by early next year. Ideally, I would love to have it out by Christmas, but it will probably be sometime in January or early February. Screenshots from a few videos will be posted tomorrow.
~ Mango
I should also point out that I have an original 35mm Trailer on the way, so we can get an estimation of how it looks from that.
whats different about the 35mm?
It probably looks quite different from the digital version. CG tends to have a unique look on film.
Hey guys. This may be a movie most people don’t like, but it’s very important to me for whatever reason. It’s looked down upon quite a bit, but if you ignore the crappy sequels, this first film isn’t all that bad. It’s by no means a masterpiece, but it has an interesting charm to it. I’ve been wanting to track down a print of this for quite a while and I finally found one. It’s approximately 720 dollars to purchase the print, and I’m starting to save up ASAP. If you want, you could send me a pm to donate for the purchase of the print.
If nobody is interested in donating, that’s OK. I’m perfectly willing to fund the purchase of the print myself.
Here’s a link to the listing.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/324924787575?hash=item4ba706cb77:g:X5MAAOSwO4VhrgQM
Though for the most part laughable, the infamous TMNT concert tour has never been properly released since the days of VHS, and to this day is not even on DVD or any streaming services. This project will be to take the original 1990 VHS of the show itself and the “making of” and upscale them in HD. It will also feature a commercial for the tour and the Nostalgia Critic and AVGN mash-up review of the making of as bonus features.
This is a project I’ve wanted to do for many years, so I’m very excited to make it happen.
This project is on hiatus as I continue to work on several other projects. I’ll start work on it again sometime next year.
Working on a new 2K version of Both “American Movie” and “Coven”. Will be released as the raw MOV exports and a barebones bluray iso using TSMuxerGUI. The deleted scenes and trailer will also be included.
The 60th Anniversary blu-ray of Psycho is nice in that its the uncut version, but the mono mix on it is just a downscale of the DTS X mix which is rather disappointing as the 50th Anniversary bluray had the original mono mix.
Remember Victor Buono? Did you know he starred in a practically unknown horror film as a cannibal butcher? Interestingly, this film predates The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which of course is also about preparing and selling human meat. It was an Italian film, so it probably had an Italian audio track at some point. It was released under several names including “Meat Is Meat”, “The Vienna Strangler” and “The Mad Butcher”.
The film is VERY rare, only existing on a crappy dvd from the early 2000s, which is now rather pricey and only has the english audio. Despite this, using the wonders of AI technology, I’m going to do an HD upscale of it just for fun.
I’d just like everyone to know that I’ve taken into account the various problems with Version 1 of this project. First and foremost, it was encoded at 30fps for the purposes of making a blu-ray, which is not an easy thing to do for a mac user. I use Adobe Encore for making blu-rays, and the lowest framerate it can accept without lagging is 30fps. Therefore, I will from now on release all of my projects as as the raw MOV files that are made in Final Cut Pro. Version 2 of Shrek will happen sometime later this year, but I’d like to take a break to work on some of my old projects that have just as many people interested. First and foremost, I am returning to work on my Devo project. It won’t be as lavish as I originally intended, but It will have as many Bonus Features as I can possibly come up with.
Again, I’m sorry about the problems with the Shrek restoration. They have been noted and will be fixed by the time Version 2 happens.
Its finally here! PM me for a link.
Version 1 uploading right now!
I just got the 2021 blu-ray of Fast Times At Ridgemont High. The 5.1 Mix was ok, but I’m shocked Criterion didn’t include the mono mix.
Version 4 is now available via PM.
Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVSXlrfUcoo
Version 4 is uploading now. There will be no further revisions after this version. Thanks to everyone who has supported this project, and a very special thanks to Turisu for donating the UK BD source. 😃
Due to time constraints, I’ve decided to make this project far more bare bones than I originally envisioned, meaning the project will be initially released as a collection of all the videos in their raw exported MOV format. The bonus features are on hold for now. This goes for all the projects I’m currently working on, such as the Weird Al Project, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Howling and a project that is being kept secret until it’s release. The Shrek project will not be affected by this.
All the projects will eventually be released as a blu-ray with bonus features, but for now I’m gonna keep things simple.
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so by the fact that scanning is done and the bluray is in production
its going to be released sometime in August-September right?
