<![CDATA[Fanrestore - Fan Restoration Forum - All Forums]]> https://fanrestore.com/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 22:10:57 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Manhunter (1986) Regrade - 35mm colors]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7893.html Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:00:08 +0200 sanjuro_61]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7893.html
Here it is.
Not much to say. Sourced from the MGM BD and regraded using the italian 35mm print scan floating around as reference. Pretty nice scan, just some magentaish shots here, others a bit greenish there... Needless to say, I balanced the colors while being faithful to the 35mm scan.
Cons: no matter how good the encoding is (and of course my reencode) this is limited by being 8-bit. With such an extreme regrading, chroma noise became much more obvious in some shots.

A big thank you to izzybell for providing the Dolby Stereo 2.0 mix from the Shout BD!


Gallery (48 pics. Postimages seems to be working again? We'll see if the pictures are still up tomorrow...):
https://postimg.cc/gallery/zG154Md/e837e7f5

[Image: Manhunter-(1986)-1080p-Regrade-35mm-colo...thumbs.png]

Quote:40.1 GB
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 23.976fps [V: h264 high L4.1, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [default]]
Audio: DTS 48000Hz 6ch 6912kbps [A: dts-hd ma, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s24 [default]]
Audio: FLAC (framed) 48000Hz stereo 2304kbps [A: Dolby Stereo Mix (Shout BD) (flac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s24) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: English [eng] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Español [spa] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Italiano [ita] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Português [por] (subrip) [default]]
]]>
Here it is.
Not much to say. Sourced from the MGM BD and regraded using the italian 35mm print scan floating around as reference. Pretty nice scan, just some magentaish shots here, others a bit greenish there... Needless to say, I balanced the colors while being faithful to the 35mm scan.
Cons: no matter how good the encoding is (and of course my reencode) this is limited by being 8-bit. With such an extreme regrading, chroma noise became much more obvious in some shots.

A big thank you to izzybell for providing the Dolby Stereo 2.0 mix from the Shout BD!


Gallery (48 pics. Postimages seems to be working again? We'll see if the pictures are still up tomorrow...):
https://postimg.cc/gallery/zG154Md/e837e7f5

[Image: Manhunter-(1986)-1080p-Regrade-35mm-colo...thumbs.png]

Quote:40.1 GB
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 23.976fps [V: h264 high L4.1, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [default]]
Audio: DTS 48000Hz 6ch 6912kbps [A: dts-hd ma, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s24 [default]]
Audio: FLAC (framed) 48000Hz stereo 2304kbps [A: Dolby Stereo Mix (Shout BD) (flac, 48000 Hz, stereo, s24) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: English [eng] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Español [spa] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Italiano [ita] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Português [por] (subrip) [default]]
]]> <![CDATA[The Iron Giant (Cinema DTS synced to CtrlHD WEB-DL)]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7892.html Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:23:15 +0200 Sambarker04]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7892.html <![CDATA[New User]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7891.html Sat, 03 Oct 2026 17:43:18 +0200 iaindj]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7891.html
Hopefully, in the next few months, I may have some of my own personal projects ready to share with you all if there's any interest for them.

Thanks.]]>
Hopefully, in the next few months, I may have some of my own personal projects ready to share with you all if there's any interest for them.

Thanks.]]> <![CDATA[HI,Everyone]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7890.html Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:46:18 +0200 zhangjiei000]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7890.html <![CDATA[Greetings & Salutations]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7886.html Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:19:02 +0200 nak50]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7886.html
    nak50 here.  I'm really hoping folks on here have already started doing a fanrestore of The Flight of Dragons since the new restoration was beautiful . . . except we lost the top & bottoms of pictures that make it hard to watch when you know what was there.  Would love to see what's out there, & help if there are any active projects.  

         Cheers,

                  nak50]]>
    nak50 here.  I'm really hoping folks on here have already started doing a fanrestore of The Flight of Dragons since the new restoration was beautiful . . . except we lost the top & bottoms of pictures that make it hard to watch when you know what was there.  Would love to see what's out there, & help if there are any active projects.  

         Cheers,

                  nak50]]> <![CDATA[From a dead man, Greetings...]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7885.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:48:14 +0200 TheCelluloid]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7885.html <![CDATA[First It Controls Your Mind, Then It Destroys Your Body]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7884.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 01:18:26 +0200 Sunshine Thuggery]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7884.html
I've been an obsessive devotee of cinema since I was very young and joined this forum as means of both engaging with those similarly afflicted and, of course, with the hopes of accessing the great work people produce here.

The television is the retina of the mind's eye, after all.]]>
I've been an obsessive devotee of cinema since I was very young and joined this forum as means of both engaging with those similarly afflicted and, of course, with the hopes of accessing the great work people produce here.

The television is the retina of the mind's eye, after all.]]> <![CDATA[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Lossless UK Reconstruction)]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7883.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:50:26 +0200 Sambarker04]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7883.html
As a bonus, I've also synced the attached short "A Christmas Caper" to the Madagascar BD, so if you got access to the link, they will contain both files.]]>
As a bonus, I've also synced the attached short "A Christmas Caper" to the Madagascar BD, so if you got access to the link, they will contain both files.]]> <![CDATA[Teacher's Pet (2004) Cinema DTS synced to DSNP WEB-DL]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7882.html Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:43:38 +0200 Sambarker04]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7882.html
Feel free to PM me if you want to listen to it.]]>
Feel free to PM me if you want to listen to it.]]> <![CDATA[The Ten Commandments intermission]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7881.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 09:33:57 +0200 Behodar]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7881.html
Is anyone here intimately familiar with The Ten Commandments (1956)? I have it on Blu-ray and it features intermission music that comes to around 2:15.

However, I also have a copy of the projectionists' notes, which say:
"INTERMISSION MUSIC: An optical sound track, with the picture area black, has been provided for use during the intermission. It runs 4 minutes 40 seconds. It should be played through the screen speaker, with the scrim and douser closed.
In theatre screenings of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS it has been found that people return from the lobby when the intermission music is heard. It is suggested that this music be started approximately 3 minutes before the time established for the start of Part II of the picture."

I can't find any other reference to intermission music that runs for 4:40. There are a number of different soundtrack releases, but they all seem to either sit between 2:06 and 2:16, or omit the intermission music entirely.

I wondered whether the 4:40 claim in the notes was a typo, but that doesn't seem to mesh with the second paragraph: you'd want the 3-minute "buffer" to be shorter than the music, otherwise Part II would start before the published time. This implies that the music would be no less than 3 minutes long.

Does anyone know what's going on here?

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Is anyone here intimately familiar with The Ten Commandments (1956)? I have it on Blu-ray and it features intermission music that comes to around 2:15.

However, I also have a copy of the projectionists' notes, which say:
"INTERMISSION MUSIC: An optical sound track, with the picture area black, has been provided for use during the intermission. It runs 4 minutes 40 seconds. It should be played through the screen speaker, with the scrim and douser closed.
In theatre screenings of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS it has been found that people return from the lobby when the intermission music is heard. It is suggested that this music be started approximately 3 minutes before the time established for the start of Part II of the picture."

I can't find any other reference to intermission music that runs for 4:40. There are a number of different soundtrack releases, but they all seem to either sit between 2:06 and 2:16, or omit the intermission music entirely.

I wondered whether the 4:40 claim in the notes was a typo, but that doesn't seem to mesh with the second paragraph: you'd want the 3-minute "buffer" to be shorter than the music, otherwise Part II would start before the published time. This implies that the music would be no less than 3 minutes long.

Does anyone know what's going on here?

.png   demille3.png (Size: 102.76 KB / Downloads: 6) ]]> <![CDATA[The Goonies - 5.1 Mix DVD vs BD?]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7880.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 06:54:29 +0200 LucasGodzilla]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7880.html
It seems that a 5.1 mix was available on DVD all the way back in 2001, and I have zero clue if the mix itself ever changed over the years or if the only thing that changed was just the encoding itself?]]>
It seems that a 5.1 mix was available on DVD all the way back in 2001, and I have zero clue if the mix itself ever changed over the years or if the only thing that changed was just the encoding itself?]]> <![CDATA[Ghost in the Shell English Dub with Original Credits Song]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7879.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 04:38:42 +0200 Doctor M]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7879.html Ghost in the Shell (1995)

I cut together a custom audio track. It syncs to the current U.S. and German Blu-rays. I believe you need a delay of -1001ms if you use it with the Japanese BD.

It's a mix of a compatibility track from Lionsgate Films that is Dolby Surround EX 5.1 with 48 kHz and 640 kbps but when it goes to the credits, it has the original song from the Bandai Namco Japanese UHD Blu-ray.

I didn't upmix it. The music is stereo.

I only re-encoded the credits music from lossless stereo to a matching format so they could be concatenated together without re-encoding the compatibility track.]]> Ghost in the Shell (1995)

I cut together a custom audio track. It syncs to the current U.S. and German Blu-rays. I believe you need a delay of -1001ms if you use it with the Japanese BD.

It's a mix of a compatibility track from Lionsgate Films that is Dolby Surround EX 5.1 with 48 kHz and 640 kbps but when it goes to the credits, it has the original song from the Bandai Namco Japanese UHD Blu-ray.

I didn't upmix it. The music is stereo.

I only re-encoded the credits music from lossless stereo to a matching format so they could be concatenated together without re-encoding the compatibility track.]]> <![CDATA[Greetings]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7878.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 01:47:48 +0200 Highwind163]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7878.html
Thank you for taking the time to read my introductory post.]]>
Thank you for taking the time to read my introductory post.]]> <![CDATA[Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) 4K - Regrade 2.0 (no CGI fixes)]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7873.html Mon, 28 Sep 2026 19:25:39 +0200 sanjuro_61]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7873.html
It's done.
This is the V2.0 regrade of the film. For the Nepal scene, I went with the cooler grading. According to people, and the ancient Litemakr scan, that's how the original prints look. So be it.
Except for that particular scene, the UHD is already accurate to the 4K 35mm scan floating around (not the Litemakr scan, the other one). I just removed a bit of the warmth from the UHD, making it incidentally closer to the wowow, but honestly, I could live with the UHD just fine.
CGI "fixes" removed (those shots of Indy and Satipo in the cave with the spiders, and those two shots of the lamp in the finale). I also replaced the snake reflection shot, with the previous version (no, the original 35mm one is not coming back, sorry), and the wider shots at night when they are excavating the well of souls.  All other vfx shots are just recomposited from the original film elements, so we are good.

Audio.
Included the 1992 Laserdisc Remix,  the 5.1 from the DVD and the Atmos.

Multisubs.


Gallery: (postimages doesn't seem to work anymore. I'm trying to find an alternative. Any suggestions? )
The gallery in the link below compresses the pictures, but at least it shows them!
https://imgpile.com/m/YmWMoC0



Miniatures from MPC
 [Image: Raiders-Of-The-Lost-Ark-1981-2160p-4-K-R...thumbs.png]


Quote:82.4 GB
Video: HVC1 3840x2160 23.976fps [V: hevc main 10 L5.1, yuv420p10le, 3840x2160 [default]]
Audio: PCM 44100Hz stereo 1411kbps [A: '92 LD Remix (pcm_s16le, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1411 kb/s) [default]]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz 6ch 448kbps [A: DVD 5.1 (ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), 448 kb/s) [default]]
Audio: TrueHD 48000Hz 8ch 9216kbps [A: English [eng] (truehd atmos, 48000 Hz, 7.1, s24) [default]]
Multisubs
]]>
It's done.
This is the V2.0 regrade of the film. For the Nepal scene, I went with the cooler grading. According to people, and the ancient Litemakr scan, that's how the original prints look. So be it.
Except for that particular scene, the UHD is already accurate to the 4K 35mm scan floating around (not the Litemakr scan, the other one). I just removed a bit of the warmth from the UHD, making it incidentally closer to the wowow, but honestly, I could live with the UHD just fine.
CGI "fixes" removed (those shots of Indy and Satipo in the cave with the spiders, and those two shots of the lamp in the finale). I also replaced the snake reflection shot, with the previous version (no, the original 35mm one is not coming back, sorry), and the wider shots at night when they are excavating the well of souls.  All other vfx shots are just recomposited from the original film elements, so we are good.

Audio.
Included the 1992 Laserdisc Remix,  the 5.1 from the DVD and the Atmos.

Multisubs.


Gallery: (postimages doesn't seem to work anymore. I'm trying to find an alternative. Any suggestions? )
The gallery in the link below compresses the pictures, but at least it shows them!
https://imgpile.com/m/YmWMoC0



Miniatures from MPC
 [Image: Raiders-Of-The-Lost-Ark-1981-2160p-4-K-R...thumbs.png]


Quote:82.4 GB
Video: HVC1 3840x2160 23.976fps [V: hevc main 10 L5.1, yuv420p10le, 3840x2160 [default]]
Audio: PCM 44100Hz stereo 1411kbps [A: '92 LD Remix (pcm_s16le, 44100 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1411 kb/s) [default]]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz 6ch 448kbps [A: DVD 5.1 (ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), 448 kb/s) [default]]
Audio: TrueHD 48000Hz 8ch 9216kbps [A: English [eng] (truehd atmos, 48000 Hz, 7.1, s24) [default]]
Multisubs
]]> <![CDATA[New film collector/enthusiast!]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7877.html Mon, 28 Sep 2026 08:09:32 +0200 porker7]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7877.html I recently got into collecting physical media and ripping blu-rays, which of course brought me to the massive debate over the different colorations of the LOTR versions, which of course brought me here (thanks reddit). Just dabbling right now, not sure how far I'll go, but I'm really interested in a lot of the existing projects I saw here so I thought I'd see what's going on! (LOTR, Die Hard, etc).]]> I recently got into collecting physical media and ripping blu-rays, which of course brought me to the massive debate over the different colorations of the LOTR versions, which of course brought me here (thanks reddit). Just dabbling right now, not sure how far I'll go, but I'm really interested in a lot of the existing projects I saw here so I thought I'd see what's going on! (LOTR, Die Hard, etc).]]>