2018-07-20, 07:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 2018-07-20, 07:50 PM by der richter.
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we need to be careful with those screens (they are not from my filtered release) and especially with those areas where we have a hard edges between differently bright tones. the source was 'sharpened' at one stage, probably unintentional a byproduct of something else, and we get some overshoot there. that overshoot leads to bright and dark edges that look like line art, which actually isn't. there most likely is a slight edge there but it is not supposed to be as prominent as it looks on those screens.
i am just going to guess here why we have brownish line-art at the places mentioned. if we take a look at video. it explains the animation process of sailor moon. the sequence should be from ~1993 and the first season, so around the time of GitS. it most likely uses similar techniques that were also used for GitS. around the 1:18 minute mark we can see how the line-art is transferred from paper onto the front of the cel. a bit later we see how the back side of the cel is painted. a bit more guessing. since the process for the line-art is just a transfer, in contrast to actually painting, it's most likely less sturdy against any kind of external influences. furthermore, since it's at the front side of the cel it's also more likely that it was 'touched' or otherwise exposed to anything. taking into account that this cel is +20 years old it's possible that some of the line-art came off, peeled off, was scratched off etc., leaving a not completely opaque stain on the cel where the line was, which darkens the tone of the underlying paint of the backside. this would explain why the lines have a darker tone of the underlying colour.
one of the very first releases for us available is probably the Ghost in the Shell Laserdisc (BEAL-921). though i don't think i have seen a rip of it.
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🔍here a comparison between R2J DVD, R1 DVD and BD. the R2J screens have some ghosting of the previous frames.
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screenshots of the US laserdisc. also not too promising.
i am just going to guess here why we have brownish line-art at the places mentioned. if we take a look at video. it explains the animation process of sailor moon. the sequence should be from ~1993 and the first season, so around the time of GitS. it most likely uses similar techniques that were also used for GitS. around the 1:18 minute mark we can see how the line-art is transferred from paper onto the front of the cel. a bit later we see how the back side of the cel is painted. a bit more guessing. since the process for the line-art is just a transfer, in contrast to actually painting, it's most likely less sturdy against any kind of external influences. furthermore, since it's at the front side of the cel it's also more likely that it was 'touched' or otherwise exposed to anything. taking into account that this cel is +20 years old it's possible that some of the line-art came off, peeled off, was scratched off etc., leaving a not completely opaque stain on the cel where the line was, which darkens the tone of the underlying paint of the backside. this would explain why the lines have a darker tone of the underlying colour.
one of the very first releases for us available is probably the Ghost in the Shell Laserdisc (BEAL-921). though i don't think i have seen a rip of it.
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🔍here a comparison between R2J DVD, R1 DVD and BD. the R2J screens have some ghosting of the previous frames.
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screenshots of the US laserdisc. also not too promising.