Shoutbox archive
Before Studio Ghibli came along, it was some goofy and wacky effects that looked like Windows XP Movie Maker.
I know Studio Ghibli invented the first actual good film emulation techniques for when they made Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. They called it the Ponyo Filter, and they used it for all their later films and remasters of their earlier digital films like Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle.
new controls to auto-convert SDR to HDR in MPC! https://i.imgur.com/BYzDA79.jpeg
I'd image the cost would be pretty similar if not cheaper then filming on 35mm and scanning it for DI
Weren't we told digital was superior in every way to film? Why emulate an inferior format
I really like the look of going from digital to film to digital. I'm surprised it isn't done more often
They transferred the digital to film again, used anamorphic lenses for the 2.39 and spherical lenses for the full sensor for the 1.43 shots, the infared cameras, etc.
Good look at the production of Dune Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBqXCWaebuE
@DoomBot yes. It upscaled an SDR 1080p image into 4k HDR in realtime and also captured it on that same card w/out dropping frames
here's my auto SDR>HDR+1080>4k upscale test. My Nvidia screengrabbed this Superresolution upscale+HDR conversion on the fly from the card's output in realtime. This is pretty damn good https://gofile.io/d/3X2Xdb
hello all, just found out about this forum, what a wonderful collection of projects!
^^Hack for Nvidia super-res (upscale) and realtime SDR>HDR conversion in Media Player Classic!-> https://github.com/emoose/VideoRenderer/releases
Interesting. Only works in chrome though so not sure how useful it would even be. I'm more interested in them adding an AV1 encoder finally
"Today also sees the release of RTX Video HDR for all GeForce RTX GPUs, laptops and desktops. This new feature automatically converts SDR video into more vibrant HDR video that can be watched on any HDR10-compatible display" https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/new...dy-driver/
Usually CPC London post something online whenever they strike digital 35mm prints for new releases but they haven't mentioned Poor Things, so this may well be a legitimate 35mm print run (ie printed from an interneg)
and the B&W scenes in Dune p2 might in fact be infrared: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lDYXrR08IE&t
Looks like Poor Things got a 35mm release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVHAd0dmTKo
more compression or less compression will not change the AI look of alien eyes and wrinkles that should not be there
It's going to be the same thing with better encoding. Ergo, Cameron's special sauce will look even spiffier.
fwiw the MA (Movies Anywhere) stream is a lot better compression-wise (and thus noise preservation)... won't help the master issues of course but a slightly more fair comparison
New True Lies master a bit of a mixed bag. Some shots have better color and detail than the DVHS, most look DNR'ed to hell with the bright teal look
That's funny because he got time to multiple projects like documentaries and other stuff, but remastering his films for the last 20 years took a backseat.
who's seeing ABYSS 4k tonight w/me? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cCVYAcIIAo
"Streaming started to blur the lines and say, 'Well, what is a movie? Is Birdbox a movie? It looks like a movie, and it quacks like a movie. It's got Sandra Bullock in it, but it was never seen in a theater." lol
James Cameron on why his movies haven't been remastered earlier: "I think what people don't appreciate is that it is basically a week of my time to do a proper transfer" yeah, James, that's it, lol.
People are so used to Netflix and other digital look, they don't know film anymore or how it does look like for real, even on the O-neg.
Now, when people get 4K remaster, and realise half the shot in the film are out of focus, or have blurry problems, they go apes--t.
https://twitter.com/hdmoviesource/status...6453632280 So is this what we've come to? We kept asking for more resolution, more sharpness, more clarity; finally on UHD we're getting it, and now he thinks its too much and prefers the softness and bluriness of older media? JFC
@The Aluminum Falcon I would kill for a nice 4k HDR of Magnolia. I knew Boogie Nights was a foregone conclusion since PTA has been screening a new 70mm print of it
For True Lies? I don't think revisionism would be the issue here, I don't recall seeing any on the streaming version. Color correction would definitely be in order though
You mean like in T2? I don't like these changes. I like these goofs and little "errors"
HO BOY! CAMERONMAS! And look, they put my picture on the box! https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-tw...11523-0659
well, how about that, I learned a secret trick/hack/loophole for HDR conversion.. DM if you'd like it 
That's what I said to myself when T2 in 4K was announced. What a let down it was when I saw the movie on 4KBD
Never ever judge a video transfer by YouTube. They have some of the worst compression around. I thought it looked eerily similar to the HDTV version I saw on HBO some years ago.