g-force

You_Too,

you might want to try backing off the sharpness just a bit. Here's a comparison pic of what it ends up looking like, minus your awesome colors of course:

http://imageshack.us/f/201/ytleftgright.jpg/

yours on the left, mine on the right. Notice how the oversharpening of the GOUT is being amplified by your script especially in the top dome panels.

-G

Looks frickin' awesome guys!

-G

I like the colors, I like the sun ALOT, but is there any way to get the sharpness of the skyline and where the hut meets the sky back? The edges look blurry, and even more so around Luke.

Sun(s)set looks much better!

Harmy, the latest Luke meets Obi pics look better too, but now R2 is purple!

-G

Latest clip is PERFECT!

-G

You_Too said:

frank678 said:

Putting aside the presence accurate colour settings add, in your judgement what adds the greater presence in the post-processing stage - is it the stabilization or the dirt removal - or both equally?

I'd say the stabilization alone makes the movie much more pleasant. I have a 40" tv so it's not THAT much of a big deal to me, but on bigger screens I bet most people would find the shake distracting.

And about presence, I'd say if there was a way to remove dirt and scratches but leave grain intact, that would be the ultimate thing, since there's a lot of detail that gets lost when reducing grain. We'll see what solutions I'll find.

And Asaki, thanks for Stab. It seems that's the very script g-force had implemented in his stabilization.

One in the same. One of my few contributions to the avisynth world...

Yeah, I'm still seeding...

I might still be seeding this (when my computer is on). Let me check tonight.

-G

You_Too,

Just wanted to chime in and say that the GOUT colors never looked so good!

When are you going to take a stab at the Technidisc?

-G

GnomeansGno said:

Simple yes or no question. 

Yes.

-G

none said:

But there seems to be a specific caveat which made the lightsaber hit blasts fade more into the background. 

 

That's the DNR. It tends to remove things that only last 1 frame.

none said:

Maybe this has been pointed out but several of the hit blasts use the same flash:

 Cool! nice find!

LexX said:

The images seem too dark, though.

 Agreed.

pittrek said:

Looks much better g-force !

 Thanks man. Still blinded by the slightly over-yellow but otherwise stellar colors of msycamore's capture.

Now to figure out why the reds are now magenta on the DVD/BRs...

Thanks for the feedback guys!

Thanks DE, I forgot that avisynth defaults to rec. 601. Stupid!

Here's what you get by setting the blue output from 255 to 235, and overall gamma of 1.2

Avisynth code:

luma=last

ConvertToRGB()

r=ShowRed()
g=ShowGreen()
b=ShowBlue().Levels(0, 1, 255, 0, 200)

MergeRGB(r,g,b)

ConvertToYV12()

MergeChroma(luma,last)

Here's what you get when you re-map the blue channel so that 255 goes to 200 linearly:

original DVD:

TServo2049 said:

Oddly enough, the '93 timing reminds me of some of the teal/orange rejiggering that goes on today. This is before digital grading as we know it, how is it that the corridor has no orange in it, but the window still does?

take the pre-gout transfer, bump up the green gamma and bump up the blue gamma even more and you will get the gout colors for that scene. ie. Everything gets less orange, but the windows still stay orange.

msycamore said:

Well, it's not that weird you thought it was a composite, when the jitter is that bad, there is many places in the GOUT where elements in the frame shaking completely independent of each other, g-force superb stabilizing script couldn't fix those though, that transfer really is the source of all evil. ;)

 Agreed. Gate Weave + film warp + motion-vector based video compression = pure evil.

-G

Could someone remind me how to post linked thumbnails?

-G

here's a fun one run through an old script that I dusted off:

Okay, lets try this again, no resizing this time. Top GOUT, bottom g-force script: 

none said:

g-force wrote: -edit, I tried to show the resize, but imageshack downsizes them? Oh well.

When uploading to imageshack, make sure to change the 'image resize' option to 'Do Not Resize' otherwise it defaults to '800x600'.

 thanks none, I'll do that.

-G

skyjedi2005 said:

In Lowry's defense the final color grading was done before it was sent to them and fucked up by Lucas.  They were only given a 1080P master to work with its hard to recover detail that is not there, especially when you dvnr the hell out of a 1080 scan.  That was not even state of the art in 2004, despite the bs claims of the Lucas folks during the hype of the BD release.

Try that would have been state of the art circa 2001.

And would have been excusable for the dvd format because the sins of the dvnr would not show as bad.  To use that same master for the blu rays and not do a new 4k or 8k scan is laughable to say the least.

 Yeah, I'm pretty sure the only colors Lowry messed up are those ruined by the NR.

So how did the color choices get decided?

-G

Stinky-Dinkins said:

Mr. Mike Cooper delivered a dose of good shit here and it's blowing my ass out.

 The guy seriously knows his stuff. Wish he would share the fruits of his labors, but his knowledge is good to have around.

-G

GOUT simple 2x resize:

g-force script v.15.00 (from Dec. 2010) simple 2x resize:

Not to bump my old thread, but some might appreciate some screencaps of what the GOUT looks like at 2x resolution.

-edit, I tried to show the resize, but imageshack downsizes them? Oh well.