The oldest torrent still active, now shines of new life in 4K
Original project from: http://takeovertheworld.org/matrix/
More about on TorrentFreak: https://torrentfreak.com/the-matrix-asci...ld-131220/

When i discovered this piece of internet history I couldn't resist
The first idea was to upscale the original with some good upscaling algoritm, but because the high compression of the source material it was quite impossible (hey, ascii art when animated behaves like random noise! who could imagine such thing?).
Original:

Filtered and Upscaled


So I changed my mind and decided to rebuild it from the ground up.

After testing various virtualdub and avisynth filters I think I found a good setup.

Here is a teaser, tell me what you think and what you want changed: I'm open to suggestions!



Password: THEM4TR1X

Next themed projects: The Complete Matrix trilogy in ASCII, The Matrix in ASCII Open Matte (why not?), The Matrix ASCII with theatrical 35mm colors
Which one you prefer to see first?

I don't know how to make a subtitle stream in PGS format that has black bars as subtitles.
If someone can please create them for the movie Transformers: The Last Knight, I'd appreciate it.

The constant shifting in aspect ratio is just very annoying. I'd rather view it in a constant ratio.

Would the subs need to be mastered for 4K or is that irrelevant?

#update#

largest aspect ratio looks like 2.29:1 - taking screenshots from the blu-ray and then cropping the black bars
gave a res of 1920x840px

so for uhd the black bars should be for a aspect ratio of 3840x1680px

A bit too dramatic?
Maybe, but it's true: I don't know how I only discovered this forum a week ago!
Now some presentations: I am a film student from Italy and I love re-editing and restoring films that had passed some bad times with the italian distribution.
(actually my nickname is a joke: in italian asciugamano is the word for towel, so AsciugaMan is something like TowelMan, the superhero with the power of wipin' off the film distribution errors and bring back the original glory of cinema...)
Recently I started a restoration project for something a bit odd: for the most of you this probably means nothing, but "Lo Svarione egli Anelli" may be a fun memory for the italian users out here.

Well, I've said what I have to say so I'll go back to my projects that I hope to share here soon.

Cheers to all!

So I found this Open Matte version of the first Iron Man film on another forum I frequent, and it looks really nice. The film looks great opened up. 

PM me for a Mega link or a magnet link if you prefer

Hello, can anyone help me in locating the following 35mm film scans please:

Ghostbusters.1984.35mm.1080p.Dolby.Stereo.v1.0
True.Lies.1994.35mm.1080p.Cinema.DTS.v1.0
The.Matrix 1999.35mm.1080p.Cinema.DTS.v2.0
Lady.and.the.Tramp.1955.35mm.LPP.1080p.Dolby.Surround.v1.0
Aladdin.1992.35mm.1080p.Dolby.Stereo.v1.0

This is their naming online from what I can gather. Or ideally put me in touch with the guys who released them. Not privileged to MySpleen where i believe they're available. But have managed to source Raiders Of The Lost Ark from these guys & its incredible. 

Thinking back over the years, I've had these on Betamax, VHS, DVD & BluRay but would so love to see them in the format I remember them best. 

Thank you in advance, apologies if this is in the incorrect thread.

Long live 35mm

Hello everyone, so pleased i found this forum.

I'm a massive 35mm film fan & so miss seeing 35mm presentations at the cinema. I was a trainee projectionist back in the day & loving the restoration projects you guys are working on here.

I actually feel safe to say here the sight of a cue dot at the 20 minute mark gives me goosebumps. Can't say that anywhere else, miss them so much. 

There's a few 35mm film scans knocking around on the net which i'd love to get hold of, presume i post in the request section for that & I'm certainly up for donating & being involved with new projects for sure.

Long live 35mm!

Great to meet you all. 

Thanks.

HBO is now supposedly showing the Director’s Cut in HD. I don’t have HBO but this would be the first I’ve ever heard of it airing in HD. It was long assumed to be a video master and was only released on 4 disc DVD. Does anyone have it and could check it out?

Would be nice to do a combo of it and the official blu to make a great looking HD version. Not sure how you’d go about making it 23.976 instead of 29.97, though.

Anyone?

I'm doing a little Breaking Bad project. Not sure if you guys have seen it but there is an airplane crash scene and it just looks incredibly silly and badly made. Easily the worst VFX I've seen in a long time. Kinda clashes with the otherwise great film look.

Any of you guys know of some source or movie that has something I could use as a nice replacement shot? I can rotoscope Walt's face in, no problem, just need some actual good looking airplane collision crash thingy.

It's seen from below, basically, a shot looking upwards.

So meanwhile, at the WB ranch:

It's time to finally release the Cinemascope (and standard widescreen) versions of SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS. Warner Brothers in 2003 felt, just as they did with iconic film "2001", that the audio could be improved on. Fidelity is now a tick better, but superior to the original mix? Ehhh ... no.

Directional dialog is now less or occasionally absent when compared to the original mix.  And with WB working from stems again, mistakes can and did happen.  

Not my Youtube production, but illustrates the issue perfectly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFceUSsi3GA


Shocking, right?  But at least WB included the original 4.0 mix, like all Fox bluray releases?  Ehhh .... no.

Just curious if anyone has any techniques for this. It's frustrating to me that Prisoner of Azkaban is alone in having NO Open Matte shots. I can't bring myself to watch the Open Matte version in my marathons (though Sporv's valiant effort is much appreciated), because I know that I'm gaining at most a couple lines top and bottom, while missing the sides. Was wondering if there was a viable option out there to creating open matte shots from up/down panning shots, then reintroduce the pans at a slower rate to show a 16:9 image (or any potentially larger frame size than OAR) whenever possible.