(2017-08-31, 12:07 AM)iguanaclerk Wrote: It's the ancient one from Usenet. I can PM you links if you want. I actually have all the HDTV copies of the original films. They are all improvements on the Blu rays, which just slathered on DNR and a contrast boost to these early DVD era transfers. (Although Wrath of Khan now has a lovely looking remastered bluray.)

That is where I got all mine. I think some of them needed a proper conversion from PAL to NTSC if I remember correctly ... with audio pitch adjustment too?

Yep, all of the them expect for VI. (Which Chewtobacca already made a good version of.) For some of them (definitely the motion picture) the container specifies they are in PC colorspace, while they are really at TV levels. You have to specify that when you work with them. The ffmpeg command -vf "scale=in_range=tv" worked for that with TMP.

I so Badly need this!!!

I was thinking today if when this originally came out on DVD, if a 35mm print was struck for special cinema screenings. Or did it just go straight to DVD

The director's cut went straight to DVD, and was edited in SD. (including interlaced material with a hard pulldown and some effects that run at 30 fps) They apparently did a screening for the premire, but it still would have been in SD, projected digitaly.

Version 2 of this edit is now available. It’s a fairly small upgrade, but now it’s a little more polished.
version 2 changes:

newly created opening titles which have a logo animation similar to the DC DVD.
cleaned up some of the redone effects
made the DVD footage’s aspect ratio consistent throughout the the film
used color-corrected Blu-ray footage to add the theatrical alien subtitle font.
Motion tracked the the DC “Starfleet Headquarters” shot to replace the title with an HD title in the main title font.
Fixed one brief editing error in v1 that repeated a reaction shot incorrectly.

This image gallery shows the changes made for v2: https://imgur.com/a/K0EhF

Well done!

Thanks iguanaclerk. The original was pretty great and this is an improvement over the original. Just skimmed through and I'm excited to watch.

Just curious, are you combining both PAL and NTSC DVD of the Director's Cut to improve picture quality? spoRv called the idea "PaNup" I think https://fanrestore.com/thread-25.html

The DC cut was done on a NSTC master, and upcaled for the PAL release. All the PAL discs supposedly look very bad. They also probably have framerate issues in the sections of the DC cut that run at 30 fps interlaced.