Some of you might recognize me from OT.com or Fanedit.org. Been a lurker her for a while, figured I might as well join up now that I'm getting back into things over at OT.

So...yeah. Some pretty awesome stuff going on here, hope to be able to help/contribute however I can!

This place is for talking about film leaders and creating your own film leaders internally. I, for one, am making my own film leaders as part of a process for creating "reels" for my restorations. Here's just one example:

https://we.tl/9laEP7sisR

Do note that the leader contained in the link above, for restorations of 2-perf 35mm (Techniscope) films, is in a pre-edited state; it doesn't have any markings pertaining to any film, nor is there any 2-pop nor film grain. In any case, the above was made to these specifications.

Oh, any link I post here, you have one week to grab from the moment the link is posted, if you're interested.

Die Hard With A Vengeance 35mm Regrade (35 Project #2 v1.2)

This is part of my 35 Project:

https://fanrestore.com/thread-1741.html

Trying to regrade films to look more like their theatrical prints

Project Info:
I'm peeling this off from my Die Hard 2 35mm thread but you can read the backstory starting here:

https://fanrestore.com/thread-1711-post-...l#pid35235

but a quick summary.

DH3 looks like a lot of older HD masters and has a very pink/magenta/red look to it. Originally I was going to try to get a 35mm trailer to grade the film but fellow member Beber saw a print and took numerous pictures of it. With his information I was able to grade DH3 to be cooler with more blue/green and teal. Skin tones were parred down from blistering red towards orange. Also contrast was added and highlights/shadows pushed to look more reflective of a 35mm print.

Video:
The BD image color corrected using a LUT(s) to match a 35mm print showing.

Audio:
1. DD/AC3 5.1 (from the THX LD)
2. PCM 2.0 (from the THX LD)
3. DTS- HD MA 5.1 (from the BD)

Pics:

MKV Pics (Final)


BD/BD Regrade (Updated 5/23/18)


BD/BD Regrade/BD Regrade+highlights pulled down+50% luma from the BD
https://i.imgur.com/CAaLq7n.jpg

Collaborators and Thanks (in order of help):
Beber: for his pictures from a 35mm print showing
Zoidberg: for the LD soundtrack

Hello & Thank You for letting me in on this great archive of awesomeness! i have been an active member off & on on another fanedit site for several years, then last night searching for new Halloween (Carpenter), fanedits, & i came across this site. im amazed i havent before, but i am so glad i did!!!! im sure you guys are just as great as other FanEditors!! I am looking forward to spending a lot of time here!!!! 

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!

Have any of you seen an HD copy of this movie?

Here's the IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159995/

Was filmed on 35mm, so it should be thinkable. Searched about 15 trackers and couldn't find anything better than a DVD. 

Is there any HDTV out there or such?

Hi all, looked about a little and cannot find anything.
Looking for the IMAX version that ended up on DVD in 2008 but in HD.
Anyone seen it about?

For all those clever and in the know The Abyss has just appeared on UK Netflix and the transfer is decent in HD. I personally prefer my Directors Pan and Scan Laserdisc but that’s just me.

Somebody might wanna grab that!

Hello.

I've been a lurker here for a while (on and off), but followed a thread here from another forum, and thought to register.

Admittedly, I'm not talented in these matters, and perhaps thus unlikely to complete any restoration work of my own, I nevertheless enjoy reading the detailed posts, and trying to understand the great lengths that project makers here go to. It feels like that restoration of this sort is a real labour of love.

Anyway, I look forward to contributing where I can, reading posts and topics, and gaining a little more insight into these projects.

Cheers.

Perhaps this is not the right place to ask this but I figured I'd give it a shot. I'm having problems printing my custom DVD covers at the right size. The past year or so I’ve been having Staples print them. Although it’s been hit or miss with how they’re printed (sometimes they’re big enough, sometimes they’re not) when they’re printed right they look perfect (for me at least).

However last Saturday I had one Staples print out two covers and both are slightly smaller than I need them to be. I tried another Staples and got the same result. I went there today and they said the lasers to their printers won’t be able to print them to the size I want. I guess I should have asked them how they were able to get them done right before but I just left.

Anyways the way I had them printed there was on 8.5x11 Elite Gloss paper, I set portrait to landscape, and set the image to fit to page. The first two images shows the edge of the cover where I need it.




Below is from a cover printed this past weekend where the Image doesn’t come close enough to the edge (more noticeable in the second image).




As you can see it’s a pretty subtle difference especially when looking at the first one but the way I want it like with the first examples above fill up the DVD covers much better and more accurately to a real DVD insert. I also should note that I create all my DVD inserts with the same PhotoShop project so they all come out the same size each time so I know that’s not the problem. So any tips guys?? Is there a printer that will print to where I want them?? Is there another printing place I should take them to??