You_Too

That's actually really good!

Yeah I hope you get it back. I really liked your forum and especially the work on the 8mm Star Wars prints.

I like that logo in a way but the fact that the "b)" part is a registered trademark kinda makes me wanna alter it somehow. Anybody got any ideas?

Of course sharing it is ok! Otherwise all the people who want to see it won't.

Anyway, if anybody who gets it wants high res cover pics to print their own, send me a pm.

It's a very nice recreation, except for the fact it's not true to the theatrical color timing.

Thanks again guys for all positive feedback!

Anyway, I inspected the "glitch" djchaseb pointed out and it's on the original blu-ray as well. It's light-bleeding, something that can happen when they scan film prints. It's often seen in shot-switches in old movies.

Though the color matching might have made this scene brighter, which made it more visible.

EDIT:

I also checked the mid-scene color change in that scene. The light-bleeding happens mid-scene, the picture jumps and the color changes to warmer. I think it's something that happened when they scanned it, or it's cut 1 frame mid-scene or something. Either way, it's there in all versions of the movie.

EDIT 2:

Confirmed, it's a mid-scene cut in the film itself. It's missing 1 frame. Just like The Empire Strikes Back!

We'll check that part out, but I doubt there are any major errors because we were extremely careful with the frame count when color correcting it.

Thank you guys, really, thank you so much!

Actually I haven't received my copy from DJ yet. Can't wait!

Yeah, we all have pretty much the same goal, we just approach it differently but it's good because the more versions the better. I'm especially looking forward to the 35mm versions too.

Not sure about this but haven't all (or at least most) movies released on MUSE LDs gotten better blu-ray releases or HDTV broadcasts?

A_New_Hope said:

p.s.  I really like what you (and various other contributors) did with the Star Wars Trilogy Theatrical Editions V3 DVD release!  Are the Star Wars Original Trilogy Theatrical Edition Blu-ray Set V2(BD25) also sourced from GOUT?  (I made it as far as like page 7 or 8…150 pages is ALOT to try an catch up on and while certainly helpful, I didn't feel 100% clear as to what's new even after a close read of your edited #1 post).

dark_jedi has actually said many times that we should forget V3... haha

This new version is also GOUT-sourced but taken beyond what we thought was possible a couple years ago. We've upscaled it, created a process that removes most jagged edges in the picture which was a big problem with the GOUT, and also removed a lot of dirt from the picture here and there. There's also been a lot of time-consuming work to remove glue marks and flashes that appear here and there, as well as correcting color errors like Vader's belt lights being pink instead of green.

The difference you'll notice right away though, is the restoration of the colors. Check this post I made a while ago to see a comparison where the difference is very visible.

jimjimmyjones85 said:

That plus I have no idea how to make a slip cover LOL.

Me neither! haha

DJ contacted some pro to print them, maybe he can tell you more.

I'm sure there will be a way for everybody who wants a copy to get one. People on this forum are always helpful and I'm sure somebody could help copying discs for the ones who didn't get any. And the covers will be shared too so everybody can get them printed.

poita, what you're doing for the sake of film preservation is great, and I think I'm speaking for everyone here when I say I'm truly grateful, and I'm sure you'll preserve some important pieces of history using that thing.

I've seen lots of your posts around here and it's easy to tell you have a lot of knowledge so it's great that this scanner ends up in good hands.

@flashback8: I've bought DVDs from Japan before through this site: http://www.i-tm4u.biz

They're very friendly and helpful and if I remember correct they can buy basically anything for you, of course with a fee for being middlehand but it's worth it.

Jetrell Fo said:

Thanks for the update D_J ...... looks like folks are going to have a very cool release on this ...... Thanks to You_Too ..... too.  I was trying to write that so it didn't look so weird.

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It will be awesome indeed!

Yeah, it's from that scene but from an angle not appearing in the film. It's probably a promo photo.

Here's that scene in the movie:

EPK = Electronic Press Kit?

I've already checked the different blu-ray releases of Suspiria for DJ and I say it's no use. They all look too bad and have too much crushed blacks and whites to be restored.

As for that project that Jetrell Fo linked, judging by the screenshot comparison the so called restored and preserved version is suffering from very heavy aliasing, even worse than the GOUT. Maybe they tried to upscale a DVD version and merge it with a blu-ray or something? It sure looks bad in those screens anyway.

Now let's move the Suspiria discussion to that thread instead.

About Suspiria: All the blu-rays look horrible thanks to oversaturation in some parts as well as very crushed whites and blacks in other parts. There is no way to bring back something that's not there.

The only version that seems to look very good is the Swedish Atlantic Film DVD. Check this comparison: http://caps-a-holic.com/vergleich.php?vergleichID=123

Unless a new version in HD is found, the only thing that could be done is to upscale that DVD.

If I got this right, an IB tech print can be scanned and look very good if doing it in a high dynamic range (HDR), like for example doing like team negative1 except take 3 shots at each frame, one with low exposure, one with normal and one with high. Then combine them afterwards and balance them.

Yeah judging by only that one screen, the HDTV does look slightly worse, but maybe the HDTV version is free of the smearing the D-theater version has?

I'd love to do a separate project with that HDTV version if somebody could get their hands on it. Mainly because I'd love to see the movie without black borders!

@DUNCAN41: Searched rutracker and they have it, I'll send you a couple links over pm.

Yes, even if it's non-OAR it might look better than the D-theater version and that's why I'm interested.

Unless the original is panned differently in different shots, one could just add black borders or something.

Does anybody have this open matte version in full HD resolution? I know I asked it before but it would be really nice to know if there's a better looking version than the D-theater.