nightstalkerpoet

Echo?...

Yeah. I need one.

On your original post when you started your thread, edit it and change "Post Title" section.

I'd also suggest you put a direct link to the current GUI download in your signature (edited under Profile tab at the top of the page). Since it's not copyrighted film material, it doesn't fall under the no direct downloads rule.

That's awesome you figured it out. New release coming soon then?

Small request - could you include your release number in the Program Name at the top of the tool, and keep this thread title updated with the current release.

ie DrDre Color v1.2 and Color matching between two sources - GUI v1.2 released

also, would this help you set up video input support? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15538730/reading-and-displaying-video-file-frame-by-frame

Is this due to your highlight compensation?

That's what I'm getting with prediction based on the alley shot.

Which color space are you working in for single match mode? I'm still getting (imo) better results with my gimp process - take a look at my steps and see if there's anything about it that can be implemented in the gui.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/143328

So just to clarify,  the single frame technique corrects all resulting frames in a single color space? 

If so, is there a chance to implement a third option, where the original image is corrected, saved, and then the multiple color space model analyzes the source image and uses the new image as the reference? I'm just thinking that some images in the film may require a little more force to push the correction. Or is that assumption incorrect?

:)

Here is that last shot (predictive from a different 35mm frame match) with slightly less contrast, compared to DrDre's Wowow to Blu match.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/143259

I'm finding damn good results with using Gimp to color match the initial bluray frame to the reference, then using Color Match to predict references by building a profile from the initial frame and the Gimp frame. Quite contrasty but a decent first attempt.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/143241

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/143242

A frame from the other scene using this prediction:

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My process - 

Install Gimp 2

Go HERE and grab the Histogram Matching plugin

THIS explains how to install the script.

Now...

1.

Open your two images -original and reference- in seperate gimp windows (not as layers).

In your reference frame, bring up Histogram Match in Colours->Map->Match Histogram

Set source to your original frame. Make sure the only box checked is Sample Full Size, and that both adjustments are set to 0. 

In "Channels to Use" select LAB - Preserve Luma.

Hit okay, let complete.

2.

Now switch to your original frame window leaving the other still open, and bring Match Histogram up again here.

Make sure the source is set to the reference frame, and the "Channels to use" is set to plain LAB - other settings remain same as before.

Hit okay, let complete.

3. 

Switch back to the reference frame window and Edit>Undo Match Histogram to return to original color.

4.

Finally switch back to the ORIGINAL frame window, bring up Match Histogram, set source to REFERENCE frame and "Channels to use" as YCbCr.

(in some cases, YCbCr will oversaturate the resulting image. In those instances, RGB or LAB in the final step may work better.)

Hit okay, let complete.

5.

Export and save. This is now your reference image in DrDre Color Match, and the original is your test image. Build your color model from these.

I've been curious about average film histograms for color correction.

Something like getting the color histogram from every frame of a target, and averaging them together. Then doing the same for a reference.

Then running a two pass color correction similar to encoding, where the first pass goes through and finds the best way to compress the chroma to "fit" the reference, and the second pass tightens that a little and actually does the color correction shift on each frame.

Not sure if that would work, but theoretically seems like a good way to do a preparation color correction to remove any tinting done across the whole film.

Hey Andrea, have you considered trying this on Adywan's Revisited? I'd assume the PAL and NTSC versions should match up nicely.

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

Yeah, yeah... necromancy. 

I'm curious, have you managed to get your hands on a MUSE decoder at all?

I'm really curious if SD Laserdiscs, fed to a MUSE decoder, and captured over Component cables might provide better quality than stand-alone LD players over S-Video.

If they were - I'd request new captures of everything :P

Any luck pulling details out of the ORF release, or is the compression too bad?

I've spent extensive time on this looking at those, it appears that the larger files on RUtracker were actually completed with direct instructions from Wookiegroomer, so can be assumed to be near identical to his releases, though with different initial encodes, so both are generation two sources derived from the two initial broadcast releases.

Are you looking for a DVD-5 standard DVD version, or an HD version crammed onto a DVD-5 AVCHD?

Hey, my hopes for an anamorphic OUT DVD release died about 9 years ago too. Can you bring that back to life for me as well? ;)

It appears the free trial is 30 days without limitations, just requires an internet connection on each use.

Has anyone tried this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FScFKuXXM0

Called Melodyne.

It is anamorphic 720x576. Though with some slight black bars on the left and right.

Now available on myspleen.

I definitely can't match that quality, but I should have the 2013 German ORF1 DVB to you in about 20 minutes if that helps. :)

Sorry for the double post...

But I should have an SD capture of the ORF1 2013 German Theatrical TPM broadcast on myspleen this evening. In case anyone is interested :-P 

Apparently this channel runs a SW marathon every September. Anyone up to trying to capture and see if it's theatrical? I know OP said they switched to DVD sourced, but there's always hope for a happy accident ;)

http://www.fernsehserien.de/star-wars/folgen/episode-i-die-dunkle-bedrohung-661794

@Alexrd That was me. I only asked because I hadn't seen that shot in that high of quality before and was curious of your source.

Apparently I need to feast my eyes on the blu shot :P

@Valeyard this is a VERY quick and dirty comparison of the Sebulba scene (gimp lanczos3 upscale of GPVOD vs your lossless upscale of the extras dvd) 

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/139232

I figure if a rough scaling can put them that close, your scaling script will probably work wonders.

I'd just drop the brightness (or contrast - hard to tell which sometimes) and saturation down a tiny bit each, otherwise these look stellar.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/139222

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/139223

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/139224

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/139226

The last one may be slightly too desaturated, but I always felt that SW looked more "authentic" that way, and Carrie Fisher's face was always rather pale.