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#789426
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Star Wars GOUT in HD using super resolution algorithm (* unfinished project *)
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g-force said:

Zyrother said:

@Intruder

Looks pretty good! I can definitely see a bit of additional sharpening in the detail. Its awesome to see what others can do with the same script!

Although I think we can all agree that we have pretty much hit a wall with the GOUT here, I cant imagine more can be squeezed out of it without the use of high end professional grade equipment.

Don't forget it was pro equipment that got us into this mess to begin with! :)

About what else can be done, there exists a transfer function (and a bunch of other non-linear shit) that turned the 35mm frames into the GOUT we all know and hate. Take a raw frame, downsample it, throw away lines to get the same aliasing as the GOUT, FFT both, get the transfer function, iFFT the transfer function, convolve with the GOUT, and you should end up getting rid of the ringing/haloing.

-G

 I think at that point it wouldn't even be remotely worth it.

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#789164
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Blu-ray vs. DVD-DL - Despecialized Edition
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BB-8 said:

Thanks for your response. Yes, AVCHD. I would say that it looks worst when there are letters on the screen...the opening crawl for instance. I have a 4K TV and a Sony Blu-Ray. If you're standing at the TV you can see it's not as sharp, but even just sitting on the couch it's pretty stunning. So maybe not worth getting a blu-ray burner? 

 That could also be that you're watching a 720p video on a 4k TV. You may not even notice a difference with the MKV.

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#789042
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Color matching and prediction: color correction tool v1.3 released!
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DrDre said:

Another nice property of the color matching algorithm, is that it does not require the reference to have the same quality as the source. Although it's not Star Wars, I thought it was nice to share this comparison. There has been a lot of debate about the color timing of the Raiders of the Lost Ark bluray, and some prefer the HDTV broadcast known as the WOWOW. Here's an example of color correcting the bluray using a screenshot of a 16 mm print of Raiders of the Lost Ark, that has most of it's colors intact.

An interesting aspect of this color match, is that Indy has a more natural skin tone in the color corrected frame, than in either the bluray or the WOWOW. 

 That's really great looking, especially since I think that the Blu Ray looks better than WOWOW in that particular shot. That one just blows both of them out of the water.

nightstalkerpoet said:

I'd be far more interested in seeing Indy 4 color matched using the first 3 films.

 I'd be more interested in Indy 4 being more like the first 3.

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#787536
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Star Wars THX "Faces" DVD Covers (Finished)
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kevin7 said:

I'm basing the disc labels off my VHS copies from the 90s. Only thing I've changed is how the content is arranged. So ESB and ROTJ will include the CBS FOX logo. The tapes list ANH at 124 mins, ESB at 128 mins, and ROTJ at 134 mins. However, they are not the special editions. . . so there's a mystery.

 That's strange. I even double checked my copy to be sure. You are correct sir.

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#787503
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Info & Discussion: Fullscreen Laserdisc / DVD Preservations
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TServo2049 said:

Wazzles said:

I just today bought the fullscreen DVD of An American Tail. Does anyone know if this is open matte or pan and scan?

Open matte. The official widescreen transfers (Region 2 DVD, HDTV airings, Blu-Ray) have almost no extra picture on the sides.

Actually, the widescreen versions have always looked a bit tight to me, I am still not sure whether the official widescreen transfers are all zoomed in too much, or if that's how tight the framing actually was in theaters.

The open-matte transfer is likely still zoomed a bit just to hide the edges of cels and stuff like that, but for it's odd for the widescreen to have essentially NO extra picture on the sides in comparison. I've seen 35mm frames of The Fox and the Hound, The Great Mouse Detective, etc., with cel garbage at the edges of the frames that you don't see in official 4:3 transfers. And I know I have seen widescreen transfers - e.g., the HD airings of The Land Before Time - that have a little extra picture on the sides even with less on the top and bottom. With widescreen transfers they don't have to worry about exposing the top/bottom crap so extra stuff can be shown on the sides. I wonder why An American Tail never has extra image on the sides...maybe someone needs to find a 35mm print.

 That's strange that they just didn't use widescreen cells, unless they made the film with home video in mind.

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#787446
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What Special Edition changes (if any) did people like?
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FrankT said:

Anyway... most of the CGI was pretty good, I thought. Certainly, they haven't aged well, but for their time they were good. The exceptions of course being Greedo shooting first (Han's neck just sort of twists out of place, don't you notice!?), Anakin's ghost, and that unconvincing pan/zoom of Jabba's gate.

 I always thought Anakin's ghost looked pretty good all things considered.