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dym2005

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#1536561
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Star Fleet / X-Bomber - Upscale Project (Released)
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macdawson said:

Stunning quality, indeed. I tried making this into X-Bomber. Episode 1 went fine but in episode 2 the audio just wouldn’t stay in sync so I put that on hold and I’ll just keep both versions of the show. One thing I notice while working in episode 1 is that there is a bit of footage missing, right at the end of the attack on Pluto base, where the image goes black for a couple of seconds and then cuts to Moonbase. In the japanese episode that couple of seconds where it goes black shows the Gelma fighter flyng over Pluto base and an explosion. Was that "blackout in the french release or did something go amiss during the upscaling process? A minor complaint, given how good all the rest looks. Why can’t the actual rights holder release something like this? Thanks a million for your service. 😄

That part of Episode 1 annoyed me soooo much! The French version of the video cuts there unfortunately. I thought about patching in part of the UK version but it looked awful, and I didn’t have the Japanese version to work from instead 😦

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#1458462
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Coming Soon - The Pogles (Smallfilms), colourised and upscaled.
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I’ve always been a big fan of Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin’s work, and having recently purchased the complete Pogles collection on DVD I thought I’d have a bash at colourising it and upscaling using Topaz Video Enhance AI (like I did with Star Fleet).

I’ve had a go at a few episodes already with pretty good results, but I need to experiment with settings.

Anyway, watch this space 😃

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#1449907
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Star Fleet / X-Bomber - Upscale Project (Released)
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I was checking some of the episodes yesterday and I realised I’ve messed something up on the episode 7 audio. I’m hoping I can just remux the audio track, but it depends if I made any cuts in the original. Failing that I’ll just have to redo the whole episode. Idiot!

Aside from that, I should be able to do episode 23 today, which will leave 3 episodes to upscale plus episode 7 to fix. I’m still hopeful that I’ll have the series complete this weekend.

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#1447937
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Star Fleet / X-Bomber - Upscale Project (Released)
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3 discs down, 1 to go. Episodes 16-18 are all pieced together and just need upscaling. I’m hoping I can get everything done by the end of September.

There seems to have been much less difference between the UK and French versions for the last few episodes. I’ve had to remove a few frames from the French version where the ad break would be, whereas earlier episodes were mostly 20+ frames different, usually with the UK version having extra frames.

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#1443190
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Star Fleet / X-Bomber - Upscale Project (Released)
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Episode 8 was a much trickier affair. A few extra shots in the French version which had to be cut out, as well as one short clip which had to be duplicated and inserted. I also had to use the Japanese DVD for one short shot as the French one was 22 frames shorter, and I didn’t want to use the UK one as it looked pretty terrible. It seems to have come out well though, and it’s now going through the upscale process.

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#1439448
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Star Fleet / X-Bomber - Upscale Project (Released)
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WXM said:

dym2005 said:

Episode 6 comparison video now on my YouTube channel 😃

Personally I think it’s looking pretty sweet, but that’s just my opinion.

Not just your opinion; it’s indeed looking fantastic! 😃 (Do you happen to have software that can easily fix the cut-slips, as in correcting how the first frame after each cut is shifted a little [due I think to the cement splicing of the celluloid]? If not, no biggie.)

Glad you like it!

Those cut slips are annoying. I hadn’t really considered trying to do anything about them as there are so many in each episode. Perhaps I’ll investigate when I do episode 7 later in the week.