I've just started work on my second demo, the 12th episode of Tokyo Mew Mew with removable subtitles. So as to make things easy for me, I'm going to take this one one scene at a time. I'll have a clearer idea of when I'll release that demo as I get closer to completing it, but if I work just fast enough, it might be later this very week.

Why have you squeezed the trailers though? It looks horrible. And why there's Disney logo before DVD starts playing and Sailor Moon trailer?




I think you should also abandon DVD format, it's obsolete with it's many limitations. You can get better results at same file size with H.264 or even H.265 and nearly any Bluray player/Smart TV/Android Box nowadays plays these files

Temporary measure until I can get good pan-and-scan data for a clean 24fps print (the temporary trailer prints I'd found were the best I could come up with for this purpose, and even they weren't terribly optimal). And as for the added logos, I have my aesthetic preferences.

(2018-02-13, 12:53 AM)Koopa Luath Wrote: Temporary measure until I can get good pan-and-scan data for a clean 24fps print (the temporary trailer prints I'd found were the best I could come up with for this purpose, and even they weren't terribly optimal). And as for the added logos, I have my aesthetic preferences.

Why are you pan and scanning anything? Pan and Scan is best left to the dark days of home video.

It does have its advantages, which I'm hoping to demonstrate with certain of my projects (AFAIK only my Dollars Trilogy restorations will have the 4:3 pan-and-scan versions available on Blu-ray).

ETA: I must make a point to add that all films, including the Dollars Trilogy, that are cropped to a 4:3 aspect ratio as part of any of my releases will also be available in the original theatrical aspect ratio, as part of the same release.

I can understand a fullscreen 1.33:1 version, there could be some reasons, but NOT a pan&scan... there is no point to release a pan&scan version nowadays, period. None.

About DVD: I like standard formats, but I'd go with HD versions, and leave SD behind.

Only reason I'm doing pan-and-scan for the Dollars Trilogy in the first place is so I can do an open matte presentation of the Fistful of Dollars network prologue via seamless branching.

(2018-02-13, 05:48 AM)Koopa Luath Wrote: It does have its advantages, which I'm hoping to demonstrate with certain of my projects

Any that you can describe in words or list? I'm sure it's not just me that is itching to know

(2018-02-13, 05:48 AM)Koopa Luath Wrote: It does have its advantages, which I'm hoping to demonstrate with certain of my projects (AFAIK only my Dollars Trilogy restorations will have the 4:3 pan-and-scan versions available on Blu-ray).

ETA: I must make a point to add that all films, including the Dollars Trilogy, that are cropped to a 4:3 aspect ratio as part of any of my releases will also be available in the original theatrical aspect ratio, as part of the same release.

Cropping The Good, The Bad and the Ugly to 4:3 is just gross....

(2018-02-13, 11:37 PM)PDB Wrote:

(2018-02-13, 05:48 AM)Koopa Luath Wrote: It does have its advantages, which I'm hoping to demonstrate with certain of my projects (AFAIK only my Dollars Trilogy restorations will have the 4:3 pan-and-scan versions available on Blu-ray).

ETA: I must make a point to add that all films, including the Dollars Trilogy, that are cropped to a 4:3 aspect ratio as part of any of my releases will also be available in the original theatrical aspect ratio, as part of the same release.

Cropping The Good, The Bad and the Ugly to 4:3 is just gross....

Indeed, even I'm not sure I'll do any better than CBS/Fox, Warner Bros., MGM, or any of the networks did with that one. At the very least, I won't bother with the center crop technique. In fact, I will not do the center crop technique, period. Any film I pan and scan for a project, I intend to ensure it gets framed as good as it possibly could with the severely-reduced real estate.

Also, a bit of an update to my schedule. Battle Angel Alita has been delayed and moved to Winter. No word yet on the other projects, but needless to say, the second test release will reflect the schedule update I've just announced.