captainsolo

No! You can't mean it!

High Voltage-AC/DC

New question or two:

I've captured in a DV codec on a mac into Final Cut Pro. Then I combined the sides, added back some frames and exported out the lossless .mov file. Then I run those through MPEG Streamclip into Apple ProRes 422HQ and crop the frame to 720x405 for anamorphic displays. What I'm trying to do now is get the 60gb mov to a dual layer DVD with DVD Studio Pro deinterlaced if at all possible. I ran one mov through Compressor and used the pulldown removal option and the result looks pretty good. I'm just not sure if I can't get better results IVTC ing through FCP or with Cinema Tools.

Also I've never really filtered captured analog video before, so I wasn't really going to mess with it, but after working with these files I'd like to get them looking as good as they possibly can. Anybody have any Final Cut filtering suggestions?

Could I get an invite? I had an account but can't remember the login information for the life of me.

Heroes/people who inspire you

Extended how?

Warbler said:

captainsolo said:

Batman Forever. I still love this movie, warts and all.

*is cornered in a back alley by batman fans armed with baseball bats and is beaten to a pulp*

Are they in clothes that turn neon under the blacklights? I've defended this movie for years. It's not the best film in the world, but it tries to do something that no other has: blend the fun comic and even campy side of Batman (40's-60's comics and yes the 60's TV series) with the brooding obsessive Dark Knight. Then it was slashed down to a mess in editing. For what it is-it works quite well and I enjoy it. And I am a devoted Batman fan so I wouldn't want to beat myself up. ;) The bat-nipples and rear shots are two of the worst additions to any movie ever.

FanFiltration said:

"Thunderball"

Yes it's slow moving, but it's hard hitting serious spy story tone makes this entry one of the best of the Bond's.

Many complain about the pacing but it's only slow moving if you think about it. Watching this film, you get sucked up into Bond's state of mind and notice the little things like the stolen grape in Count Lippe's room.

Although it was once rumored that the rough cut ran 4 hours...

LMS: Return of the Pink Panther

Most likely. They wouldn't have been thrown away after all of that work done to restore them.

What gets me is the fact that the films were reputed to be in dire need of restoration while good prints were still circulating in the early 90's. Several people did complain about the 97 looking soft and grainy compared to what was still playing in theaters around the time of the Definitive Collection.

And if the SE team went back to the original elements to create new special effects etc. then the original restored shots were probably just put in a box and put back somewhere in the vaults...

adywan said:

Well the release date for the Blu-Ray set has now been confirmed as September 16th 2011

http://www.starwars.com/themovies/saga/preorder_bluray/index.html

And our old friend kenkraly is straight on there with his usual comments ;)

Ahh. The simple joys in life. If only JT34 was there to chime in...

A ginger ale followed by another. And Chiclets.

I used the 97 Silver VHS Box. Oddly enough I recently found my old LD cap of ANH done with a Pioneer V2200 and I checked the Mos Eisley scene.

It's not as saturated or pink. The same disc was used.

???

Apocalypse Now: Theatrical, as the Redux just ruins everything.

BR: The Final Cut, still like the 92 Director's Cut as it was my first experience but the Final Cut is definitive.

skyjedi2005 said:

Rope by Foo Fighters.  Song is just great rock and roll, and i fucking love it.

;) Same with White Limo. This album is going to rock!

Agreed.

and so was about 500 other people,  and IG-88 became the Death Star....

I've tried every various resizing, and nothing seems to work very well. Finally I created a new 16:9 sequence in Final Cut Pro and simply scaled the image by hand. Here are some frames.

RedFive said:

 

Full Metal Jacket is amazing, as is any Kubrick movie.  He's the greatest filmmaker of all time in my book

Wholeheartedly agree. :)

The thing I love about Apocalypse is that it doesn't care to be an "accurate" depiction of Vietnam.

Batman Forever. I still love this movie, warts and all.

Sluggo said:

captainsolo said:

Leave a Light On-Duran Duran

This new album is really surprising. Not great, but it's just all around good. Not to mention 17 tracks long.

Is a bad album worse if it is more than 10 or 12 tracks long?

No. It's just rare these days to have a long album.

This is what I do. Try cutting them directly together with no black frames. Play it back to see if there are any audio or video jumps. Finally, check that single part against a VHS, DVD or any complete source of the movie if possible. You have to make sure there are no fades or missing frames. If not then you're good, if so then you have to take those missing pieces from the other source.

Yeah, I was working on a transfer of the LDs and was just going to grab the side changes from the VHS if necessary-turns out the VHS looks more balanced on ANH.

The pinked and more detailed shots are from the NTSC LD. Shots now labeled.

It also looks like the brightness has been turned up as evidenced here:

LD:

VHS:

So I was capturing some frames from the Widescreen VHS and noticed that the pink tint was not present in Mos Eisley...has to be from the same source as some of these shots have the exact same damage and transfer flaws just with the lower resolution.

VHS:

LD:

VHS:

LD:

VHS:

LD:

VHS:

LD: