Stripes - Theatrical cut
In Europe Stripes was only released in HD in its extended edition (which I call the bloated edition) with new dubbings for each country. I'm working on a release of the theatrical cut of the film that will also include original audio tracks in French, Italian, German and Spanish and some color tweaks where needed, if possible.

Sources:
- Stripes extended cut Blu Ray
- Stripes theatrical cut (amazon-produced barebone Blu-Ray from a VOD version, presumably)
- original European dubs from either Netflix, DVDs or VHS (depending on availability).

Proposed final format:
Video: 1080p, 23.976fps.
Audio (all in 2.0 dolby digital 384kbps): original stereo mix in English, German, Italian, French, Spanish + new European dubs from 2005 + Audio commentary 192kbps.
Subtitles: English, German, Italian, French, Spanish + audio commentary subtitles.
I'm planning a digital release for this title.

Just a quick project I did, nothing too fancy. Wanted to watch Cool World, so decided to do it proper way.

Video: 1080p Web-DL sourced from Amazon Video DE - slowed down to original 23.976 FPS, slightly filtered out.

Audio:
- English 5.1 from Web-DL (sounds the best in my opinion) - AC3 @ 448kbps
- English 5.1 from original DVD9 PAL - AC3 @ 448kbps
- English 5.1 from custom DVD9 - AC3 @ 448kbps
- English 2.0 from Web-DL - AC3 @ 192kbps
- German 2.0 from original DVD9 PAL - AC3 @ 192kbps
- French 2.0 from original DVD9 PAL - AC3 @ 192kbps
- Spanish 2.0 from original DVD9 PAL - AC3 @ 192kbps
- Italian 2.0 from original DVD9 PAL - AC3 @ 192kbps

Subtitles:
- English
- Russian
- German
- French
- Spanish
- Italian
- Polish
- Czech
- Slovenian
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Finnish
- Portuguese
- Danish
- Dutch
- Greek
- Icelandic
- Rumunian
- Bulgarian
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Turkish
- Hebrew
- Arabic

All subtitles but English and Russian are sourced from PAL DVD9, they're only upscaled, I did not do any OCR on them.

LAST EDIT: 2018-03-27 - ALL RELEASED!

1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) 1.78:1 open matte
   • single 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 source + another 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 for shot replacements
     
   • replaced "Sorcerer" opening logo with "Philosopher" from a second source
     
   • replaced "Sorcerer" book shot with "Philosopher" from a second source
     
   • fixed one shot with top border
     
   • replaced the last part which has eight shots that contains missing frames with a second source
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • replaced final credits with cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1924.html
     
     
2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) 1.78:1 open matte
   • two 1080i MPEG-2 sources
     
   • mixed the two sources replacing missing frames from the first with the ones from the second
     
   • TV and rating logos removed using proper masks
     
   • fixed more than an hundred frames with glitches
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • replaced final credits with cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1935.html
     WARNING: two frames affected by glitches; scroll to the end for the fix
     
     
3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) 1.78:1 cropped
   • a 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 and a 1080p WEBdl AVC sources
     
   • fixed single frame with glitches
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • replaced final credits with cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1936.html
     
     
4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) 1.78:1 open matte
   • two 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 and one 1080p WEBdl AVC sources
     
   • mixed the two sources replacing missing frames from the first with the ones from the second
     
   • TV and rating logos removed using proper masks
     
   • fixed more than fifty frames with glitches
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • replaced final credits with cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1941.html
     WARNING: there is a strange stuttering at the beginning, which is not present in the lossless encoding; scroll to the end for the fix
     
     
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) 1.78:1 open matte
   • one 1080p WEBdl AVC and one 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 sources
     
   • AVC used to replace missing frames from MPEG-2
     
   • AVC used to remove residual logo from MPEG-2
     
   • sources mixed to get more details and less noise
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • replaced final studio logo with cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1950.html
     WARNING: one frame affected by glitches; scroll to the end for the fix
     
     
6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) 1.78:1 cropped/open matte
   • two 1080i MPEG-2, one 720p MPEG-2, one 576p MPEG-2 sources
     
   • mixed the three HD sources replacing missing frames from one with the ones from another one
     
   • TV and rating logos removed using proper masks
     
   • blu-ray used in one instance for logo removal
     
   • median of the three logo-less versions to get more details and remove blocks, noise, color bleeding
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • replaced final credits with cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1948.html
     
     
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) 1.78:1 cropped/open matte
   • one 1080i HDTV MPEG-2 and one 1080p WEBdl AVC sources
     
   • replaced more than seven hundreds shots with carefully chosen, properly set cropped and upscaled BD, for a grandtotal of 83% of the whole movie duration
     
   • remaining shots are 14% open matte and 3% pan&scan
     
   • AVC used to replace missing shots from MPEG-2
     
   • AVC used to remove logo from MPEG-2
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • final title from AVC; remaining credits from cropped and upscaled BD
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1951.html
     
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011) 1.78:1 cropped/open matte
   • one 1080p HDTV MPEG-2, one 1080p WEBdl AVC sources
     
   • sources mixed to get more details and less noise (around 93%)
     
   • AVC used to replace missing shots from MPEG-2 (around 7%)
     
   • AVC used to remove logo from MPEG-2
     
   • deblock; very light sharpening; 35mm grain plate
     
   • final credits from AVC
     
   • RELEASED: https://fanrestore.com/thread-1952.html
     WARNING: four frame affected by a glitch (found in the master); I've done a rough fix, which works nevertheless, as the glitch is really small, even if noticeable; scroll to the end for the fix
     

• The fullscreen DVDs of HP 1,2,4,5,6 are 1.33:1 open matte, but, apart in rare cases where there is a bit more image (and a lot less), they are in practice contained within the 1.78:1 frame; for this reason - and also because they are low res - they will not be taken in consideration
  
• HP 1, 2, 4, 5 are open matte
  
• HP 3 on HDTV is mainly cropped but has more image than fullscreen DVD on both sides, even if cropped in comparison to widescreen; it retains few lines of image more on top and bottom; on DVD it is pan & scan
  
• HP 6 is similar to HP 3, but retains a bit more few lines in comparison; actually, this is applicable only to cropped scenes; there are many scenes which are open matte
  
• HP 7 is mainly cropped, with around 14% shots open matte, notably the whole "three brothers" scene, and 3% pan&scan
  
• HP 8 is mixed cropped and open matte
  
• HP 6, 7, 8 have logo that would be wiped away using a second (and third, where available) source
  
• HP 7 best currently available version is 720p (new high bitrate Freeform capture) 1080i MPEG-2
  
• HP 7 and 8: an eventual variable aspect ratio release could be taken in consideration as a side project
  
• HDTV for all films (and also WEBdl for HP 5) would be used as main sources
  
• HDTV would benefit of deblocking and a 35mm grain plate, as well as the WEBdl
  
• Of course, the usual 5 languages (audio and subs tracks) would be added - all of them are available
  
• bonus: Hungarian audio and subtitles tracks for all films, English 2.0 audio description track for HP 6, 7 ,8
  

This thread about the 1982 film, not the 2017 one. Please start another thread to discuss that.

I'm primarily interested in the look of the film, the differences between versions, and the various audio mixes.  While the the color-cast found on the branching BD is the beginning of the revisionism seen in the FC, it is relatively light, and it's possible to remove it and leave something that approaches the look of the first DVD (but without the awful pink/red look).

top: branching BD; bottom: quick regrade






In fact, my suspicion is that once the cast is removed, the branching BD comes fairly close to the film's original look(s).  I also think that, pre-FC, the film was rather inconsistent when it comes to color: the shots of the city at night are quite nice, but all the scenes in the Bradbury building look drab, the part in which Deckard interrogates Rachel is a nasty red (far better in the FC), and the scenes in Deckard's apartment don't gel particularly well with the appearance of the rest of the film (especially the light that spills in through the windows).

Don't get me wrong: I love the production and share the common view that the FC went too far in its revisionism; it's just that I feel that it had a point too, which was that the film needed a more consistent image, one that would play into its futuristic setting.  If you focus on objects that are less affected by the teal and orange, the colors often appear quite rich and striking.  And some scenes could use a tint.

I've heard that the 5.1 on the branching BD has some changes from the '92 DC.  Does anyone have any information about this?

I think we need a thread were to post random thoughts about our projects - future, past, in progress - without cluttering the eventual proper threads... a place also to ask for opinion, throw ideas... so, if something would not be actually used in this or that project, it will stay only here!

I start: lately I'm thinking to put apart color regrading, you know, just to change something, and continue with open matte - as it seems there is some interest in this, apart from me, obviously!

Some projects in the drawer are almost ready, but they are too... easy so I wanted something more challenging... there are, of course, open matte DVDs that were (and will be) upscaled to HD, but there are other sources that still need a good upscale; I'm thinking about several 720p, that could benefit of a bit of cleaning...

So, here you are my last attempt; Deep Rising open matte 720p, and BD screenshots from blu-ray.com:

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https://s2.postimg.cc/hpme7t9s9/Deep_Ris...hanced.png
https://s2.postimg.cc/fv9jq2mrt/Deep_Rising_Blu-ray.png

Here you can see that enhanced version is almost on par with Blu-ray (maybe due to downscaled BD image; further tests are needed)

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https://s2.postimg.cc/nrymc1nm1/Deep_Ris...nced_2.png
https://s2.postimg.cc/3uo3pcfd5/Deep_Ris...-ray_2.png

Here, at the contrary, the Blu-ray it's quite better, in particular if you zoom in to see better the details; but this is expected in a shot like this, with all these tiny particulars that are lost in the source due lower resolution and bitrate; but make a comparison between the untouched and the enhanced; Avisynth doesn't stop to amaze me everytime!

The Lost Room (2006) had a rubbish dvd release back in the day.  So of course the best going around for awhile were HDTV rips.
the best rip that I ever found is around 4.3gb per part (1 of 3),.Im away from my main computer to check the details of the files.

Does anyone know of a better copy?  EDIT: I know a new webrip as appeared within the last year or so.  Good to finally see it at least streaming for the public.
I'll get the amzn webrip and compare to the sources.
The mini-series is absolutely fantastic BTW for anyone that hasn't seen it.

This is all hypothetical and best case.
Lets suppose we on the forums could bend the ear of Universal, and had to put a presentation together on why and how BTTF should get a new transfer from their best source.
what would be in the presentation, in full detail?

all 3 parts were shot open matte, and all struck prints are the same.
I would assume their current best source is the IP print that already has already been physically "cleaned and polished" (for the 25th bluray).

a standard 35mm print would have about 2k of detail, so a 4k scan would capture all of it.
The Inter-Positive, maybe 3-4k detail. 8k open matte transfer would be preferred (but would never happen). so 4k scan for a UHD release.

Of course, the thing to get is a digital "Backup" of all the negatives in 16k. at ~100 lines/mm,  the negatives hold about 7-8k of information.  16k scan would be ideal then for the capture before any further damage happens to the negative.

Hello guys,


I've been registered since last year but i forgot about it until I came back by accident while looking for the Alamo Uncut Version.
I'm currently trying to make an improved version of the Director's Cut of this movie with the best sources available.
You guys have amazing projects here, it's impressive.
Good day to all !
Jeanjacques

Im looking for advice on manipulating the most detail out of screen shots. Im talking items in the background, text on objects, physical properties, ect. 
Currently, im using virtualDub to extract frames in TARGA. I then take it into photopshop and save it as a TIF, and work with it from there.

Id like to be able to enlarge parts of the frame (or the whole frame) for peeping digitally, or maybe even for a large format print.  Ive tried some SR but havn't had great results. I've read on SR and understand the theory,  but could use any input on practical applications and software to use.

Anyone have any input on the matter?

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