When you load a forum page that has a lot of image posts on it, the site will jump all over the place while the images load, and you don't end up at the post you actually clicked on.

My suggestion: Make the website automatically fetch the dimensions of each image in a post and automatically add them to the generated <img> tags so that the images will occupy their full size even before they are loaded.

This could be done via Javascript when the image is inserted in the editor or server-side once a post is sent. Would only have to be once for every image too.

It's not a huge issue, but a bit of an annoyance.

Hi All,

Just wondered what people tend to do in this scenario?

I've got a blu ray with DTS HD 5.1 and there are few missing SD scenes from the unrated DVD that I want to upconvert and add in that have Dolby Digital 5.1. 

I can convert both to wav, edit together then rebuild the DTS file, but I'm conscious there will be a noticeable difference in sound during the SD inserts. The other option is to drop the DTS track and just use the Dolby Digital track for the entire thing. 

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Basically I did the same as with Raiders.
I used the a HDTV as reference (but not as a matching reference). I regraded the frames in photoshop to look as the wowow reference, and then Dre's colormatch to create the LUTs. Finally, DaVinci Resolve to load to apply the LUTs, and some minor corrections. Again, a couple of scenes and a few shots here and there looked already good, so no need to regrade those.

The source was, of course, BluRay (so 1080p).

There are a couple of editions coming (and for the first time the theatrical cut). We'll see how they look.

Size: 34.35 GB

Audio: DTS Master Audio, DTS Core, AC3 (640 kbps)

Subtitles: English, Spanish, French


A gallery (57 pics) here: https://postimg.cc/gallery/1p3q9q2be/ec15593c/

You can find it on katcr dot co - kickass torrents (it's called just Last of the Mohicans. I thought I renamed it with the word "regrade", but it's not. My bad ). Or PM me, of course.

Maybe someone knows or he came across a track where there are all the sounds of the film, except for the words of the actors themselves.

Although it is possible that such a track is simply not there.

The Dark Knight Scope Version (Quick Project v1.0)
The Dark Knight (IMAX Restoration v2.0)

Project Info:

I enjoy the scope or constant 2.35 version of The Dark Knight as fun alternative to the official BD and newer UHD which both use the 16:9 framing for the IMAX shots. To my knowledge only the iTunes copy (which is far from perfect with its DNR) currently has the 2.35 version with the newer UHD color timing. This project will process the UHD video combined with the Itunes video and merge it to the Cinemas DTS of my previous project. There will be no color correction.

As a separate bonus I will also insert the full frame (~1.33) IMAX shots from my previous DK project and color correcting those shots to match the Itunes master. This will officially replace this older project:

https://fanrestore.com/thread-1337.html?...ark+knight

(I'm going to separate the IMAX version into it's own project)


Video:
Itunes master with de-blocking and no color correction in 2.35.

Audio:
1. DTS-HD MA 5.1 (from the Cinema DTS discs)
2. Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (from the US BD)

Pics:


Final Scope/2.35 Version MKV Pics



Final IMAX Restoration v2.0 MKV Pics


Collaborators and Thanks (In order of help):
CSchmidlapp: for the needed Imax shots and his research
Chris_solo: for syncing the Cinema DTS soundtrack
Jetrell Fo: for finding and sharing the Cinema DTS soundtrack

Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country 2.00 Theatrical Cut (Project CRT #3 v 2.4)

Project Info:

Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country (ST6), like most of the classic Star Trek movies, has been treated pretty poorly in the HD world. Although I was happy to have the movie back in it's Theatrical Cut (TC) and scope format, the BD is terrible. Riddled with DNR and over-sharpening. Luckily there are two alternatives, the Sky HDTV broadcast and now a superior Amazon HDTV Web-DL in the new/flashback Director's Cut (DC2) form. (Big thanks to the anonymous source that helped me find the Amazon)

The goal of this project it to recreate the superior (IMHO) TC out of the Amazon Web-DL but also the old, original Director's Cut (DC1) which lacked the flashback shots and chiming noise during Spock's mind meld.

Although the Amazon has a superior picture over the Sky it still has some issues to overcome. First problem is that it has compression artifacts similar to my Top Gun project and many other Web-DLs.

Compression artifacts example
100x/200x



Finished (Deblock, Noise removal, CC, etc)
200x


Another problem is this HDTV open matte also uses similar color timing to the BD, DVD and Sky HDTV color timing. Unfortunately, this master has the standard 1990s/2000s red/magenta blanket over the picture, particularly in the highlights. So I removed some of the red and balanced the highs to "white". The end result looks like this:

Orig/CC'd (WIP aka still working on it)


Both will also include the LD's PCM but for the TC, I will add the additional tracks from the BD whereas the DC1 will have the original, excellent EAC-3 5.1.


Video (TC):
Amazon 2.00 open matte Web-DL with de-blocking, noise removal and slight color correction.

Audio (TC):
1. PCM 2.0 Dolby Surround (edited from the widescreen LD) (thanks BusterD)
2. DTS-HD MA 5.1 (edited form the Web-DL's Dolby Digital+/EAC-3 5.1)
3. Dolby Digital 5.1 (from the BD)
4. Dolby True HD 7.1 (from the BD)

Pics:

Final TC MKV


Final DC1 MKV


Collaborators and Thanks (In order of help):
Anonymous: For pointing the way
busterD: for the LD PCM and sync
spoRv: for YAO subs

Found a neat little regrade method today that might be an alternative to having to manually create a LUT in DrDre for every single scene. I have only done one test, so there's probably lots of room for improvement, however I quite liked it, so I thought I'd share and maybe others can tune in and improve on it.

It has one major downside and that is: You can't really regrade any part of the image that isn't in both sources. So for example it won't work to regrade an Open Matte version with a scope versions colors. Well, I haven't tried it, but I can't imagine how it would work. Feel free to try it obviously.

Another downside is that it's not nearly as precise as the DrDre method, but on the other hand it's very quick so it may be something nice for tests or quick projects.

An upside is that it's not very susceptible to problems from noise, since it works with a strong blur.



Anyway, here's an example from Matrix. UHD, CAM, REGRADE
           


Proper screenshot comparison:

http://www.framecompare.com/image-compar...n/D77WPNNX

Here's how it works

This guide is based on Photoshop, but you can very likely easily adopt it for AviSynth+

1. Align both your source images. Convert the image to linear RGB in 32 bit floating point. I'm not sure how important the linear part is here, you can do your own experiments. If you're wondering how to do this, you need to create a Custom RGB profile with Gamma 1.0. There are guides for this on Google if you struggle. 32 bit floating point is important because some intermediate values may be over 100% and would be clipped in 8 or 16 bit.

2. Put the image you want to regrade on the bottom.

3. Duplicate this image and apply a 50 pixel radius Gaussian Blur. You can experiment with the radius, this one was simply my initial test.

4. Set the blurred duplicate to "Divide" layer mode.

5. Put the (aligned) reference image on top of these two layers and also apply a 50px Gaussian Blur (or whatever radius you used in step 3).

6. Set this blurred reference image to mode "multiply".

7. That's it.

It's pretty self-explanatory, as you can see. It basically equalizes the rough color tone in an area by dividing through the average (50px radius) color tone of that area and then multiplying with the average of that area in the reference image. And since the radius (50px) is so big, it of course misses small details, but on the other hand it's absolutely not distracted by noise and slight misalignment and shitty reference quality (like a cam) and stuff like that.

And the nice thing is, it doesn't even seem to produce any ringing artifacts, at least with the example I used, because while you are of course multiplying with a blurred image, you are dividing by another blurred image first which has (ideally) the same image geometry, so you should end up with an image that still looks good and smooth. Though I can't vouch that it will work for all examples. Maybe it won't work for some high contrast scenes, who knows.

Not a magic trick or anything, but I was kind of happy with my initial result and I think it might be good whenever you don't need 100% precision or your reference has really bad image quality. Maybe it falls apart with other examples, I'm not sure, but hey, it's something.

Feedback always welcome.

The 4K Blu-ray of EFNY has a 2.0 PCM track on it. Does anyone know if it's the original mix or just a faltdown of the 5.1? I couldn't find any information about this track.

Thought this might be interesting to all of you. SSD prices seem to be at an all time low and still slowly falling.

I was surprised to realize you can get a 1TB SSD for around 90 EUR now. Maybe it's wise to still wait a little bit, I don't know, but I got myself 2 1TB SSDs to speed up project work a bit.

Most of us are aware of the dismal state of Leone's work on home video, and this project is intended to bring more options to the plate for fans of this iconic film. As the title says, I'm recreating the actual Italian cut, using the Mondo as the primary source (only because the Kino disc didn't recover the eradicated colors on MGM's master). Taking inspiration from PDB's great, if mildly flawed, IC reconstruction from a while back, I'll be using shots from both US Blu-rays depending on which one is easier to fit into the given sequence.

Now, about the "English" part. I'll be inserting the English title card, English "good," "bad," and "ugly," cards during the film, and the English "THE END" card. BUT, the credit sequence (barring the title) will be the Italian version. This is because I just really hate the changes that were made to the sequence for the English version. Primarily that they didn't bill Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef with Clint Eastwood at the beginning, but also the fact that the white powder splashes for the text have been reanimated as blobs. I just don't see having the English credits being worth compromising the artistic integrity of the sequence.

Now, if that isn't bad enough, I'm not even leaving the English text alone. For the title card, and for the final "and the good" card, I will be editing the footage to match the Italian footage. So, the "in" will be removed from the title card, as the Lee Van Cleef credit already says that. The title card will also be centered as it grows in frame, and it will grow a bit larger to fill more of the frame, just like the Italian title card. As for the final "good" card, I'll just be removing the "and" part from the frame. I don't really like it, and of course, the Italian shot just says "il buono."

Concerning these changes I'll be making to the film, I'm aware that revisionism isn't exactly what this community stands for, nor do I personally. This is why I'd like to ask, what options would everyone like me to release? I would gladly release "my cut" along with a version with all the original unaltered English titles put in, if some would prefer that, or if some would prefer the Italian text is left in, I could also be up for that. So for all who may be interested, let me know what you think of what I'm doing and what you'd like me to release.

Now, back to the point. This probably will take a little while to complete because of one roadblock. The torture scene. This scene can't be easily stuck back together the way it's supposed to be. And it's really only because of the English audio being not only shorter, but with parts of the scene re-ordered. This will make syncing the English dialogue to the extended and re-ordered footage very difficult without causing some pretty jarring and abrupt music cuts, and even the music itself is a little different in the Italian cut. I'm going to try experimenting with using both the full length Italian audio and the English track mixed together, and I'll try it in a couple different ways to see if a pleasant solution can be found. So, if anyone has useful knowledge, skills, or advice for this bit of trouble, please feel free to chime in

That said, I don't have the MGM disc right now, only the Kino, which has a messed up frame rate on the bonus feature, so I just ordered a copy of the MGM 4K to use the full length Italian footage from that. I'll have to wait for that to arrive before I can get started editing the beating scene. But, I thought I'd post the thread now to get some discussion going.

Last question I'm posing to anyone who has maybe done more research than I have: Is there still any footage from the Italian release that simply doesn't exist on video yet? I know about this:

https://vimeo.com/169015668

and if I have to I'll end up using that preview to include the footage, though for this:

https://vimeo.com/169704930

I may have to exclude that due to the heavy damage, sadly. Lastly, this:

https://vimeo.com/214113261

is something I'm not sure if I can fix, but I'll definitely look into it. But other than those I don't know of anything that doesn't exist anymore.

Anyway, the majority of the film will be Mondo color corrected to appear generally more like a 35mm print. And i will be making the opening background orange instead of red as detailed here:

https://vimeo.com/213306321

Unless that was exclusive to the IC, though I would assume the background colors remained the same between cuts.