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adywan said:

poita said:

I've had a few PMs worried that it looks a bit 'dark', the original file is 16bits per pixel, so the shadow detail is all in there.

e.g. Here it is massively overexposed.

 It's great to see that all the detail is still there in the dark areas and can be easily pulled out. :) That looks to be a great print

 Thanks, the print was supposed to be cleaned before scanning, the cleaning wasn't anywhere near as thorough as it could have been, so there is more dirt than is strictly necessary to be cleaned up, but the shadow detail does seem to be intact on the print. Some prints of Jedi in particular just don't have anything in the shadows to extract.

I hope it will turn out to be useful in your efforts Adywan.

Thanks, I really appreciate the support and feedback everyone gives here, and all the projects various people donate their time and expertise to creating.

After all the trials and tribulations of finding and obtaining prints, and getting the best scanners, and all of the machinations to make this stuff happen, it is frustrating holding it all up due to something so inane as storage failure and a lack of storage.

I just wish a HDD truck would crash in my front yard.

TV's Frink said:

poita said:

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 We need to see our eye doctors.

Team Olie

 It is pronounced 'ay' , not 'eye'

;')

Jorel81 said:

I hate it when mom and dad fight.

 People type it all the time, but that actually made me laugh out loud.

Now, back to my sandpit.

Yeah, but you guys are so handsome that you would be meeting in the woods to gaze at each other anyway, so it is easier for Team Olie.

SilverWook said:

Nobody out or threaten anybody, okay? Play nice, kids.

 As mentioned, I have no intention of doing so, other than outing myself, which was only as I don't enjoy threats, and it was the easiest way to remove it :)

I really just wanted to be sure that no one on the team was thinking they were anonymous, it would be awful for someone to do work thinking that way and be unpleasantly surprised later when they worked out they weren't. I have my eyes open going into this stuff, and I think that is important if you are going to do it.

That is interesting.

That is what I love about this forum, everyone really catches that kind of minutiæ, that I for one, often miss.

Had 4 x 5TB HDDs fail, which has caused a bit of a delay, but hopefully will be back on track soon.

Don't worry, I'm not going to 'out' anybody or anything, (even with veiled threats tossed nonchalantly in my direction) but really, if they think they are currently in any way protected, and are worried about being found out, then I would advise they walk away from it now, as it would be pretty delusional to think they wouldn't be found if looked for.

There is no need to 'disclose' their identities, but thinking that not having their voices on a track is any kind of protection is a bit silly.

CatBus said:

Don't underestimate the power of the "Dave's not here, man!" defense.

 Oh man, I haven't heard that since high school :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtDAK7Umk7A

jedimasterobiwan said:

if you are looking to do 35mm restorations maybe try mallrats,chasing amy it says 35mm blow up from 16mm,and jay and silent bob strike back their blu rays are sub par.

 Suggestions for potential restorations are a good idea, there is a forum precisely for that on FanRes, so that would be a great place to post a request.

I personally am not looking for more projects, but thought the list on FanRes is a great resource for anyone else looking to undertake a preservation project.

Oh and there is another guy too, his name is Mike Verta, I think he lives in LA.

:D

team_negative1 said:

You might know who we are, but no one else does. We know who you are too. So it goes both ways.

My name is Peter Richards, and I restore film, it has been 4 years since I last touched a laserdisc...

There ya go, now it can go both ways with everyone, I'm not picky :)

So many people keep telling me various neg1 identities, so I figure it isn't actually much in the way of a secret...

team_negative1 said:

Currently, we have a lot of footage about the making of the restoration, but due to privacy issues, all the scenes have been subtitled.

Either that, or they would be audio only, like our interview on the podcast.

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http://www.theexpandedfandomverse.com/2015/01/episode-023-mr-black-and-team-negative-1.html

They may just be bonuses when we are done.

Team Negative1

 Seriously guys, everyone knows who you are, just lay the audio down on the making of if you want to, it would take Disney about 5 minutes to find all of you, me or anyone if they could be bothered :)

I don't think having one's voice on a narration track would be the smoking gun they require to 'bust' anyone. Far easier ways to find people.

http://forum.fanres.com/

I have often wanted to compost the SE.

Oh my.

It will be a while before scanning can take place, there is quite a backlog at the moment, but will report in once the print arrives.

Heard back this morning, it is a lock, we just need to cough up the cash :)

It will be interesting to see if there are any differences.

If anyone is looking for 35mm prints to use for restorations, a massive set of prints is going up for sale, details are on FanRes.

Just waiting to hear back from the current print owner.

Not the 16mm, no.

I've had a bunch of requests for ESB images, the ESB print is sitting beside the scanner, I am currently out of HDDs so can't start scanning it yet.

I will put up a video sample in a few weeks from SW or Jedi when I get a chance to backup and convert the scans to .EXR to give me back some space.

Yeah 70mm is cropped, so although it may have extra detail you miss quite a bit.

Can't view the video from my country.

So both boxes are now mysteries.

DrDre said:

How many scans do you have at the moment? Do you plan to release any of the raw scans (downscaled to 1080p)?

 The raw scans are just over 20TB each, and like most prints, each one is not quite complete due to splices etc. some are missing small ranges of frames, others have bad damage to other parts etc.

Once I get the last three prints scanned I will have all frames, complete and no frames with particularly bad damage that don't have the same frame in good condition on another print.

Once that is done I can assemble the complete movies and create a 1080P workprint for each with timecode so that I can start logging the various issues that need attention and draw up a plan for getting it all done.