[Released] Highlander II - European Theatrical Cut - Preservation - Version 2!

[HippieDalek]

Just started watching the European Theatrical restoration. Was wondering if you could make a better encode by any chance, with x264? I'm not sure where you exported this from, but most editing software has pretty bad H264 exporters, so the image ends up looking very soft/blurry, especially with grain.

Maybe you could try something along the lines of what spoRv wrote up here: https://fanrestore.com/thread-97.html

If you use Premiere, you could export directly to x264 via Voukoder plugin.

Edit: Nevermind, I once again should have read more thoroughly. Didn't realize that this was only an SD restoration.

Yeah, it's just an SD restoration. It's upscaled from 576 to 720 as 576p24 isn't a widely supported format. Much of the EU cut isn't available in a HD form.

I'm using Davinci Resolve and it's encoded with x264. For now it's the best the film can look, but I'm exploring HD options.

I'll check out spoRv's thread, thanks for pointing it out to me. I'm always looking for ways to improve my projects : )