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<![CDATA[Fanrestore - Fan Restoration Forum - Released]]> https://fanrestore.com/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:47:47 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[ALIENS - PREGRADE]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7903.html Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:19:39 +0200 I don't know]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7903.html

ALIENS Special Edition. Source bases are the blu-ray and 4K, and the 35mm scans as the reference for the colour grade. PM me for the link.

[Image: Aliens-Pregrade-V1-mov-thumbs.jpg]

[Image: Aliens-Pregrade-V1-mov-thumbs.jpg]

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ALIENS Special Edition. Source bases are the blu-ray and 4K, and the 35mm scans as the reference for the colour grade. PM me for the link.

[Image: Aliens-Pregrade-V1-mov-thumbs.jpg]

]]> <![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? Edit: "under review". Buh-bye postimages):
https://imgpile.com/m/6wlP1PP#lightbox

[Image: Manhunter-1986-1080p-Regrade-35mm-colors-mkv-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]]

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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? Edit: "under review". Buh-bye postimages):
https://imgpile.com/m/6wlP1PP#lightbox

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[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[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

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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

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[The Batman/Superman Movie - HD Reconstruction]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7300.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:06:04 +0200 CoruscantKnight]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7300.html
The full edited version, dubbed thee “The Batman/Superman Movie” was released on VHS on August 18, 1998 and again on April 23, 2002 with the DVD release. However, this never got a full Blu-Ray release from the original camera negatives. So, like other DCAU film-edits, I took it upon myself to work on this HD version. Version 1.0 is prepared! PM me for link!

Sources:
Superman: The Animated Series (Blu-Ray)
Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm (Blu-Ray, WB logo ONLY)
The Batman/Superman Movie (DVD)]]>
The full edited version, dubbed thee “The Batman/Superman Movie” was released on VHS on August 18, 1998 and again on April 23, 2002 with the DVD release. However, this never got a full Blu-Ray release from the original camera negatives. So, like other DCAU film-edits, I took it upon myself to work on this HD version. Version 1.0 is prepared! PM me for link!

Sources:
Superman: The Animated Series (Blu-Ray)
Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm (Blu-Ray, WB logo ONLY)
The Batman/Superman Movie (DVD)]]> <![CDATA[Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (1996 TV Movie HD Reconstruction)]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7299.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:04:24 +0200 CoruscantKnight]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7299.html Superman: The Animated Series first aired on Kids WB! in September 6, 1996. It came out at a time when Superman as we know it was gaining traction on television in the 90s, with this series and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. This TV movie would be released on VHS four days after its broadcast date and on DVD on February 4, 2004. However, this version never was released on Blu-Ray, which had all the episodes restored from the original negative. Because this contains a couple of scenes that NEVER appeared in the three-parter version.

SOURCES
Superman: The Animated Series - Complete Series 2021 Blu-Ray (for the three-parter Last Son Of Krypton episodes)
Superman: The Last Son Of Krypton 2004 DVD (for extra small scenes, credits, audio, and subtitles)

I’ll keep you all up to date for this new reconstruction! Being a huge fan of Superman (and this series), I think this project should be relatively fun to work on! It helps too that the 20th anniversary of Superman: The Animated Series is coming up. Of course this is not he first DCAU TV movie reconstruction I am doing.

v0.1 is already prepared. Willing to hear any feedback if you all want to PM me to watch it!]]> Superman: The Animated Series first aired on Kids WB! in September 6, 1996. It came out at a time when Superman as we know it was gaining traction on television in the 90s, with this series and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. This TV movie would be released on VHS four days after its broadcast date and on DVD on February 4, 2004. However, this version never was released on Blu-Ray, which had all the episodes restored from the original negative. Because this contains a couple of scenes that NEVER appeared in the three-parter version.

SOURCES
Superman: The Animated Series - Complete Series 2021 Blu-Ray (for the three-parter Last Son Of Krypton episodes)
Superman: The Last Son Of Krypton 2004 DVD (for extra small scenes, credits, audio, and subtitles)

I’ll keep you all up to date for this new reconstruction! Being a huge fan of Superman (and this series), I think this project should be relatively fun to work on! It helps too that the 20th anniversary of Superman: The Animated Series is coming up. Of course this is not he first DCAU TV movie reconstruction I am doing.

v0.1 is already prepared. Willing to hear any feedback if you all want to PM me to watch it!]]> <![CDATA[Justice League - Secret Origins (HD Reconstruction)]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7298.html Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:00:45 +0200 CoruscantKnight]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7298.html
This version of the episode was released on DVD on April 23, 2002, not long after the series premiered on November 17, 2001. Not much changes were made between this and the Blu-Ray apart from the titles and a couple animation problems. v1.0 is already finished if anyone wishes to observe.

Sources:
2008 Blu-Ray Release of Justice League: Season One
2002 DVD release of Justice League

v2.0 is already prepared! PM me if you want it!]]>
This version of the episode was released on DVD on April 23, 2002, not long after the series premiered on November 17, 2001. Not much changes were made between this and the Blu-Ray apart from the titles and a couple animation problems. v1.0 is already finished if anyone wishes to observe.

Sources:
2008 Blu-Ray Release of Justice League: Season One
2002 DVD release of Justice League

v2.0 is already prepared! PM me if you want it!]]> <![CDATA[The Twilight Zone 2x08 - “The Lateness of the Hour” – AI Restoration Test]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7281.html Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:48:50 +0200 Serling]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7281.html Twilight Zone fans know, six episodes from Season 2 were shot on videotape rather than 35mm film:

The Lateness of the Hour
The Night of the Meek
The Whole Truth
Twenty Two
Static
Long Distance Call

Because of this, even on the official Blu-ray editions, these episodes are still limited by their original SD videotape sources and look noticeably softer than the rest of the series.
I wanted to see how far current AI restoration could push one of them.

I started with S02E08 “The Lateness of the Hour”, using the official Blu-ray as the source and processing the episode through Topaz Video AI / Starlight.

This is obviously not the same thing as a true restoration from original film elements, since the episode was never shot on film in the first place. AI cannot recover information that never existed in the source.

However, I think Starlight manages to reconstruct a surprising amount of apparent detail, improve facial definition, textures and overall clarity, while making the episode feel much more consistent with the HD presentation of the rest of the series.

I’m including several before/after comparisons from the Blu-ray source and the restored version so people can judge the result for themselves.
The main drawback is processing time. Starlight is extremely slow, and restoring all six videotape episodes represents a considerable amount of computation.

So for now, I have completed The Lateness of the Hour as a test.

If people here think the improvement is worthwhile and there is enough interest in the project, I will probably continue with the remaining five videotape episodes.
This is purely a fan restoration / preservation experiment.

The goal is simply to see whether modern restoration tools can finally give these six unusual episodes a presentation closer to the rest of the Blu-ray set.
The original series and all related material remain the property of their respective copyright holders. This project is unofficial and is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
I’d be very interested to hear what people familiar with the Blu-ray version think of the comparisons.

The restoration is complete. Feel free to contact me privately if you'd like more information.

Do you think the improvement is significant enough to justify restoring the other five episodes?

[Image: try1.jpg]

]]> Twilight Zone fans know, six episodes from Season 2 were shot on videotape rather than 35mm film:

The Lateness of the Hour
The Night of the Meek
The Whole Truth
Twenty Two
Static
Long Distance Call

]]> <![CDATA[Invasion America (1998) Complete Series - Digitally Restored]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7245.html Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:18:27 +0200 fredward]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7245.html
Watch here:
https://archive.org/details/invasion-ame...al-mission

This release presents the series in its original six-part uncut broadcast format, as it aired in June 1998, rather than the later 13-episode version. Episodes 1–5 run approximately 43 minutes each, while Episode 6 runs about 66 minutes.

For this project, I used my own VHS recordings from the original 1998 broadcast along with production master VHS tapes containing the complete six-part series.

The restoration involved extensive manual work, including:

* Video cleanup and enhancement
* Manual frame repairs and corrections
* Color, brightness, and contrast correction in DaVinci Resolve
* Replacing damaged frames with better frames from alternate sources when necessary
* AI-assisted upscaling with Topaz Video AI
* Audio restoration and synchronization using Audacity and iZotope RX 11
* Final editing and mastering in Final Cut Pro
* Recreated end credits based on the original master tapes
* Added subtitles to every episode
* Added chapter numbering to better reflect the six-part story structure

The recreated credits preserve the original names, layout, and presentation while providing cleaner text than the deteriorated titles on the source tapes.

Preservation note:
No changes were made to the story, performances, or original content. My goal was simply to preserve the original presentation of the series while improving the video and audio quality as much as possible.

Source: Production master VHS tapes + original 1998 broadcast VHS recordings

Final presentation: 1080p HD restoration]]>
Watch here:
https://archive.org/details/invasion-ame...al-mission

This release presents the series in its original six-part uncut broadcast format, as it aired in June 1998, rather than the later 13-episode version. Episodes 1–5 run approximately 43 minutes each, while Episode 6 runs about 66 minutes.

For this project, I used my own VHS recordings from the original 1998 broadcast along with production master VHS tapes containing the complete six-part series.

The restoration involved extensive manual work, including:

* Video cleanup and enhancement
* Manual frame repairs and corrections
* Color, brightness, and contrast correction in DaVinci Resolve
* Replacing damaged frames with better frames from alternate sources when necessary
* AI-assisted upscaling with Topaz Video AI
* Audio restoration and synchronization using Audacity and iZotope RX 11
* Final editing and mastering in Final Cut Pro
* Recreated end credits based on the original master tapes
* Added subtitles to every episode
* Added chapter numbering to better reflect the six-part story structure

The recreated credits preserve the original names, layout, and presentation while providing cleaner text than the deteriorated titles on the source tapes.

Preservation note:
No changes were made to the story, performances, or original content. My goal was simply to preserve the original presentation of the series while improving the video and audio quality as much as possible.

Source: Production master VHS tapes + original 1998 broadcast VHS recordings

Final presentation: 1080p HD restoration]]> <![CDATA[The Exorcist (1973) 4K - Exorcism Fixed (1.1)]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7224.html Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:13:22 +0200 sanjuro_61]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7224.html
Finally, it's ready.
4K release of The Exorcist. The badly dnr'ed exorcist scene of the UHD has been replaced with human-managed AI upscaled footage from the old bluray and the jump cut shot from the 35mm print (cleaned, of course). Regraded to remove the blue tint, and to be consistent with the UHD colors.
The UHD looks gorgeous, no need to do anything. Or almost anything. A couple of scenes are also regraded here, both in Regan's bedroom before the exorcism (also blue tinted). Other than that, only a handful of way too saturated shots are tweaked, just a little bit.

As for the sound, the original mono mix, and 1979 stereo remix from the '97 DVD are included (the '97 DVD audio surprisingly needed some sync'ing). I kept the Atmos track and a 5.1 ac3 compatibility track as well. All subtitles from the UHD are included.

Gallery: 49 pics -> https://postimg.cc/gallery/qhph4rz/bdc1eeb4

Quote:68.12GB

Video: HVC1 3840x2160 23.976fps [V: hevc main 10 L5.1, yuv420p10le, 3840x2160 [default]]
Audio: PCM 48000Hz stereo 1536kbps [A: 2.0 ('97 DVD) [eng] (pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1536 kb/s) [default]]
Audio: PCM 48000Hz mono 768kbps [A: Original Mono Mix ('85 JP laserdisc) [eng] (pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, 1 channels, s16, 768 kb/s) [default]]
Audio: FLAC (framed) 48000Hz 6ch 4608kbps [A: 6-track mix ('97 DVD) [eng] (flac, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16) [default]]
Audio: TrueHD 48000Hz 8ch 9216kbps [A: TrueHD Atmos 7.1 [eng] (truehd atmos, 48000 Hz, 7.1, s24) [default]]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz 6ch 448kbps [A: Compatibility track [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), 448 kb/s)]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 192kbps [A: Commentary with director William Friedkin [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 192kbps [A: Commentary with screenwriter/novelist William Peter Blatty [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)]

Multisubs from the UHD

Updated.
Muxed the 6-track mix from the '97 DVD!]]>
Finally, it's ready.
4K release of The Exorcist. The badly dnr'ed exorcist scene of the UHD has been replaced with human-managed AI upscaled footage from the old bluray and the jump cut shot from the 35mm print (cleaned, of course). Regraded to remove the blue tint, and to be consistent with the UHD colors.
The UHD looks gorgeous, no need to do anything. Or almost anything. A couple of scenes are also regraded here, both in Regan's bedroom before the exorcism (also blue tinted). Other than that, only a handful of way too saturated shots are tweaked, just a little bit.

As for the sound, the original mono mix, and 1979 stereo remix from the '97 DVD are included (the '97 DVD audio surprisingly needed some sync'ing). I kept the Atmos track and a 5.1 ac3 compatibility track as well. All subtitles from the UHD are included.

Gallery: 49 pics -> https://postimg.cc/gallery/qhph4rz/bdc1eeb4

Quote:68.12GB

Video: HVC1 3840x2160 23.976fps [V: hevc main 10 L5.1, yuv420p10le, 3840x2160 [default]]
Audio: PCM 48000Hz stereo 1536kbps [A: 2.0 ('97 DVD) [eng] (pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, s16, 1536 kb/s) [default]]
Audio: PCM 48000Hz mono 768kbps [A: Original Mono Mix ('85 JP laserdisc) [eng] (pcm_s16le, 48000 Hz, 1 channels, s16, 768 kb/s) [default]]
Audio: FLAC (framed) 48000Hz 6ch 4608kbps [A: 6-track mix ('97 DVD) [eng] (flac, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16) [default]]
Audio: TrueHD 48000Hz 8ch 9216kbps [A: TrueHD Atmos 7.1 [eng] (truehd atmos, 48000 Hz, 7.1, s24) [default]]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz 6ch 448kbps [A: Compatibility track [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), 448 kb/s)]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 192kbps [A: Commentary with director William Friedkin [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 192kbps [A: Commentary with screenwriter/novelist William Peter Blatty [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kb/s)]

Multisubs from the UHD

Updated.
Muxed the 6-track mix from the '97 DVD!]]> <![CDATA[[AviSynth] The Amazing Digital Circus - Enhanced Edition]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7200.html Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:11:38 +0200 narth]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-7200.html The Amazing Digital Circus - Enhanced Edition

Purpose:

Quote:I went and saw The Last Act (Episode 8 & 9) in theaters and was blown away by how cleaner of a source Episode 8 was on the DCP and how nice Episode 9 looked compared to what I saw on YouTube once it was released. I wasn't surprised of course due to how the rest of the show looked online, so that planted a seed in the back of my mind that grew into the end result of this project. This project originally started as a simple reconstruction of The Last Act using an AI upscale of the fish intro and 2 shots of the series recap I couldn't source from the rest of the episodes at the beginning of the movie and the cleaner Netflix source to reconstruct the recap of the series, and I was reminded of the compression issues after the first render and I wanted to see what I could do to improve it. After being mostly impressed with what I was able to accomplish with AviSynth over AI tools to fix compression issues (Banding, blocking, aliasing), I switched to a AviSynth workflow and decided to expand the project to cover all of the episodes.

Process:

Quote:I did a few visual comparisons and found that the Netflix WEB-DL's of the episodes were the better source detail and bitrate so I went with those and used a script that Debands, deblocks, performs some anti-aliasing and does a light warp-sharpen to further hide any aliasing issues and make the image slightly less soft. A light layer of grain was added over the image to help make the filter come together cohesively. I felt an authentic 35mm grain overlay wouldn't suit the 3D animation so I opted to use an AviSynth script to add a light layer onto the image. I also tweaked the saturation slightly to reduce some of the harsh colors the show had and brightness/contrast to address the Netflix version having lower contrast than the YouTube version.

I also discovered that the Netflix source had more detail in the mix than the YouTube so I also opted to use that mix.

Around this time I decided I wanted to do a Blu-Ray release eventually for myself so I tested out converting to Dolby Digital AC3 and it compressed the detail similar to how the YouTube mixed looked. I ended up encoding in DTS-HD MA for compatibility with the higher quality preserved. YouTube subtitles were synced up and cleaned up and converted to SUP files for Blu-Ray compatibility as well. This project should be 100% Blu-Ray compatible but I haven't tested it myself yet.

Comparisons (Full Gallery):

Quote:

Feel free to reach me in a PM for how to get this project! Hope everyone enjoys!]]> The Amazing Digital Circus - Enhanced Edition

Purpose:

Quote:I went and saw The Last Act (Episode 8 & 9) in theaters and was blown away by how cleaner of a source Episode 8 was on the DCP and how nice Episode 9 looked compared to what I saw on YouTube once it was released. I wasn't surprised of course due to how the rest of the show looked online, so that planted a seed in the back of my mind that grew into the end result of this project. This project originally started as a simple reconstruction of The Last Act using an AI upscale of the fish intro and 2 shots of the series recap I couldn't source from the rest of the episodes at the beginning of the movie and the cleaner Netflix source to reconstruct the recap of the series, and I was reminded of the compression issues after the first render and I wanted to see what I could do to improve it. After being mostly impressed with what I was able to accomplish with AviSynth over AI tools to fix compression issues (Banding, blocking, aliasing), I switched to a AviSynth workflow and decided to expand the project to cover all of the episodes.

Process:

Quote:I did a few visual comparisons and found that the Netflix WEB-DL's of the episodes were the better source detail and bitrate so I went with those and used a script that Debands, deblocks, performs some anti-aliasing and does a light warp-sharpen to further hide any aliasing issues and make the image slightly less soft. A light layer of grain was added over the image to help make the filter come together cohesively. I felt an authentic 35mm grain overlay wouldn't suit the 3D animation so I opted to use an AviSynth script to add a light layer onto the image. I also tweaked the saturation slightly to reduce some of the harsh colors the show had and brightness/contrast to address the Netflix version having lower contrast than the YouTube version.

I also discovered that the Netflix source had more detail in the mix than the YouTube so I also opted to use that mix.

Around this time I decided I wanted to do a Blu-Ray release eventually for myself so I tested out converting to Dolby Digital AC3 and it compressed the detail similar to how the YouTube mixed looked. I ended up encoding in DTS-HD MA for compatibility with the higher quality preserved. YouTube subtitles were synced up and cleaned up and converted to SUP files for Blu-Ray compatibility as well. This project should be 100% Blu-Ray compatible but I haven't tested it myself yet.

Comparisons (Full Gallery):

Quote:

Feel free to reach me in a PM for how to get this project! Hope everyone enjoys!]]> <![CDATA[The Abyss (1989) 1080p - SE with no AI on theatrical footage]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-6998.html Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:30:57 +0200 sanjuro_61]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-6998.html
This is a reconstruction of the special edition using a web-rip of the unreleased 2013 mastering. There are already a handful reconstructions out there, but as far as I know, they use a HDTV of the old 90's master for the SE footage, not the recent BD release.
The best source I could find is a 26.69GB open matte mkv. Encoding is pretty decent for what it is. Of course, it had to be reframed to the correct widescreen aspect ratio. No big deal (just tedious). I ended replacing about 50 shots between way-to-much zoomed-in shots, and some grading glitched ones (an alternative oar web-rip came in handy). There's noticeable banding in some underwater shots. 8-bit web-rip source, not much I can do about it (it's also noticeable in the BD as well sometimes). The special edition scenes are processed just very slightly for consistency (a bit of softening, and a layer of grain), then, in resolve, regraded for consistency. The rest of the film is not regraded. I think the colors already looks fine.

Sound (english only, to save space) and multisubs from the BD.

Quote:48.20 GB

Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 23.976fps [V: UTC 2026-01-15 03:10:49 (h264 high L4.1, yuv420p, 1920x1080) [default,forced]]
Audio: DTS 48000Hz 6ch 6912kbps [A: Original 5.1 [eng] (dts-hd ma, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s24)]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 320kbps [A: Original 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 320 kb/s)]
-> multisubs!

Gallry: 48 pics https://postimg.cc/gallery/1QJYgPk/3e20f4a3

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This is a reconstruction of the special edition using a web-rip of the unreleased 2013 mastering. There are already a handful reconstructions out there, but as far as I know, they use a HDTV of the old 90's master for the SE footage, not the recent BD release.
The best source I could find is a 26.69GB open matte mkv. Encoding is pretty decent for what it is. Of course, it had to be reframed to the correct widescreen aspect ratio. No big deal (just tedious). I ended replacing about 50 shots between way-to-much zoomed-in shots, and some grading glitched ones (an alternative oar web-rip came in handy). There's noticeable banding in some underwater shots. 8-bit web-rip source, not much I can do about it (it's also noticeable in the BD as well sometimes). The special edition scenes are processed just very slightly for consistency (a bit of softening, and a layer of grain), then, in resolve, regraded for consistency. The rest of the film is not regraded. I think the colors already looks fine.

Sound (english only, to save space) and multisubs from the BD.

Quote:48.20 GB

Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 23.976fps [V: UTC 2026-01-15 03:10:49 (h264 high L4.1, yuv420p, 1920x1080) [default,forced]]
Audio: DTS 48000Hz 6ch 6912kbps [A: Original 5.1 [eng] (dts-hd ma, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s24)]
Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo 320kbps [A: Original 2.0 [eng] (ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 320 kb/s)]
-> multisubs!

Gallry: 48 pics https://postimg.cc/gallery/1QJYgPk/3e20f4a3

]]> <![CDATA[Terminator 2 Judgment Day (1991) 4K - SO2F Cut (Regraded, dewaxed...)]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-6996.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:55:59 +0200 sanjuro_61]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-6996.html
Hey guys.
So, this is a fancut of the film. I removed a couple of unfunny/embarrasing moments that have been bugging me for some time. One scene has been added!

Editing changes:

# bar scene.
The t-800 throws the long-haired guy through the air and he lands on the kitchen. He burns himself and drops to the ground. That's supposed to be funny, but it's not (I'm growing old). It also breaks the flow of the scene.
It's gone now.
- 4.2 sec.

# "stand on one foot"
No, John, no. Terminators stand on two feet.
This scene is the reason for the fancut. You know, there's humor and then there's a parody or a spoof movie. This scene belongs in a Scary Movie kind of film, or even in one of the sequels, not here.
This one required reframing a couple of shots and a bit of editing. Is the end result perfect? Probably not, but anything is better than the original.
- 12 sec.

# chip scene
I felt like by just removing things, even if the film improved, I was making it "less" in a way (like, why is a decaffeinato cheaper than a regular coffee dispite all the process to remove the caffeine?), so I wondered if I could include something from the extended version, without hurting the already perfect pacing of the theatrical. The chip scene is the obvious answer.
Here it is in all its glory... or almost. I did a bit of editing when Sarah and John are arguing after removing the chip. The shot when John replies "but he is my friend, all right?" is gone, and I also fixed the shot where we see Sarah moving her mouth ("Maybe"), but there's no audio (looks like an editing mistake, because the "Maybe" is in the next close up).
+ 196 sec

Dewaxed, regraded
· First of all: we need a proper release, with no dnr, and no shitty AI processing (I mean, Cameron can't let T2 be the only of his movies without the AI treatment, right?).
All the processing I did is just makeup. It can make the film look more pretty, more watchable, which is the goal, of course, but that's it.
So.
I did some pre-processing in Hybrid. Dynamic dehaloing and removing jagged edges.
Then, in Resolve I played with soften and sharpen and texture detail, after that, added a bit of 50% opacity blur, and finally a layer of grain.
Like I said, makeup.
Did I go too far softening some shots? It's possible that this looks softer than what a proper mastering would look, but still not as soft as the old pinkish telecine, so I think we're good.
· I used the good 35mm print scan floating around as reference. It's one of the best scans I've seen, but we should not turn our brains off just because we read "35mm print scan". The thing it's not perfect. It tends too look too dark (Sarah and Silverman scenes, for example), it has that orangey red tones that many scans have for some reason, and blues tend too look a bit too purpleish sometimes. There's actually an overall bluish tint during a good part of the film, with, somewhat, washed out colors (specially noticeable in the desert scenes. The other scan out there looks worse overall, but it shows more vibrant warmer colors there). Those are minor things, not a big deal, but they are there, and it's necessary to look beyond the flaws when matching colors.
The sound comes from the 2007 French bluray. That's right, the one sourced from the original mix! First of all I sync'ed it to the 4K, which surpisingly, wasn't as difficult as I expected, then all the editing. I couldn't do all the things I wanted, like removing a couple of lines of dialogue (only audio editing, without cutting anything). Anyway, it's done.

Quote:54.66 GB
Video: HVC1 3840x2160 23.976fps [V: hevc main 10 L5.1, yuv420p10le, 3840x2160 [default]]
Audio: FLAC (framed) 48000Hz 6ch 4608kbps [A: flac, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16 [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Español [spa] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: English [eng] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: No subtitles]

Gallery (95 pics): https://postimg.cc/gallery/nrLdJ1F

I tried to do one of those mouse-over comparisons (there are a a few pics of the retail UHD included in the gallery). And I failed miserably. The hosting site kept asking me to rename the pics before uploading them (slow.pics asking something about columns and stuff). If anybody knows another hosting site, please, feel free to post a comparison!]]>
Hey guys.
So, this is a fancut of the film. I removed a couple of unfunny/embarrasing moments that have been bugging me for some time. One scene has been added!

Editing changes:

# bar scene.
The t-800 throws the long-haired guy through the air and he lands on the kitchen. He burns himself and drops to the ground. That's supposed to be funny, but it's not (I'm growing old). It also breaks the flow of the scene.
It's gone now.
- 4.2 sec.

# "stand on one foot"
No, John, no. Terminators stand on two feet.
This scene is the reason for the fancut. You know, there's humor and then there's a parody or a spoof movie. This scene belongs in a Scary Movie kind of film, or even in one of the sequels, not here.
This one required reframing a couple of shots and a bit of editing. Is the end result perfect? Probably not, but anything is better than the original.
- 12 sec.

# chip scene
I felt like by just removing things, even if the film improved, I was making it "less" in a way (like, why is a decaffeinato cheaper than a regular coffee dispite all the process to remove the caffeine?), so I wondered if I could include something from the extended version, without hurting the already perfect pacing of the theatrical. The chip scene is the obvious answer.
Here it is in all its glory... or almost. I did a bit of editing when Sarah and John are arguing after removing the chip. The shot when John replies "but he is my friend, all right?" is gone, and I also fixed the shot where we see Sarah moving her mouth ("Maybe"), but there's no audio (looks like an editing mistake, because the "Maybe" is in the next close up).
+ 196 sec

Dewaxed, regraded
· First of all: we need a proper release, with no dnr, and no shitty AI processing (I mean, Cameron can't let T2 be the only of his movies without the AI treatment, right?).
All the processing I did is just makeup. It can make the film look more pretty, more watchable, which is the goal, of course, but that's it.
So.
I did some pre-processing in Hybrid. Dynamic dehaloing and removing jagged edges.
Then, in Resolve I played with soften and sharpen and texture detail, after that, added a bit of 50% opacity blur, and finally a layer of grain.
Like I said, makeup.
Did I go too far softening some shots? It's possible that this looks softer than what a proper mastering would look, but still not as soft as the old pinkish telecine, so I think we're good.
· I used the good 35mm print scan floating around as reference. It's one of the best scans I've seen, but we should not turn our brains off just because we read "35mm print scan". The thing it's not perfect. It tends too look too dark (Sarah and Silverman scenes, for example), it has that orangey red tones that many scans have for some reason, and blues tend too look a bit too purpleish sometimes. There's actually an overall bluish tint during a good part of the film, with, somewhat, washed out colors (specially noticeable in the desert scenes. The other scan out there looks worse overall, but it shows more vibrant warmer colors there). Those are minor things, not a big deal, but they are there, and it's necessary to look beyond the flaws when matching colors.
The sound comes from the 2007 French bluray. That's right, the one sourced from the original mix! First of all I sync'ed it to the 4K, which surpisingly, wasn't as difficult as I expected, then all the editing. I couldn't do all the things I wanted, like removing a couple of lines of dialogue (only audio editing, without cutting anything). Anyway, it's done.

Quote:54.66 GB
Video: HVC1 3840x2160 23.976fps [V: hevc main 10 L5.1, yuv420p10le, 3840x2160 [default]]
Audio: FLAC (framed) 48000Hz 6ch 4608kbps [A: flac, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16 [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Español [spa] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: English [eng] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: No subtitles]

Gallery (95 pics): https://postimg.cc/gallery/nrLdJ1F

Quote:41.09 GB
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 23.976fps [V: h264 high L4.1, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [default]]
Audio: FLAC (framed) 48000Hz 6ch 4608kbps [A: flac, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16 [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Español [spa] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: English [eng] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: No subtitles]

Some pics of the trailer footage: https://postimg.cc/gallery/Th5Smc0/222427ca]]> Long time no see. Lots of unread private messages... I should login more often!

So.
Here's a nice fancut I finally did thanks to the recent surfacing of a 4K scan of the legendary "helicopter in the twin towers" trailer.
Not much to say, I just edited the footage of the trailer into the film. Regraded it to make it look as close... or perhaps the least dissimilar from the rest of the film.
I know this was never meant to be part of the film, but hey, the 3 Raimi films are pretty much the only superhero movies I can tolerate. It was tempting to do this.
The real challenge here was the audio. Thankfully, the guy included a nice 2.0 lossless pcm format track.
I followed a couple of youtube tutorials to create a 5.1 mix out of the original 2.0 using Steve Thompson's V.I plugins + audacity (32 bit only!). I did my best to match the loudness of this 5.1 audio to the rest of the film. It wasn't easy, but considering my limited skills doing this kind of stuff, I'm more than happy.
Hope you like it.

The film itself is not regraded or anything. I've seen the 35mm open matte scan that's been floating around, and I think the bluray colors are just fine.

Quote:41.09 GB
Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x1080 23.976fps [V: h264 high L4.1, yuv420p, 1920x1080 [default]]
Audio: FLAC (framed) 48000Hz 6ch 4608kbps [A: flac, 48000 Hz, 5.1(side), s16 [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: Español [spa] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: English [eng] (subrip) [default]]
Subtitle: UTF-8 [S: No subtitles]

Some pics of the trailer footage: https://postimg.cc/gallery/Th5Smc0/222427ca]]> <![CDATA["Zack Snyder's Justice League" formatted for widescreen]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-6924.html Fri, 08 May 2026 10:05:41 +0200 Beber]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-6924.html https://fanrestore.com/thread-6845.html

Here's my widescreen 1.78:1 aspect ratio version of Zack Snyder's Justice League.

[Image: ZS-JL-widescreenjpg.jpg]

The composition of each shot, nearly 3.200 of them, was meticulously redone one by one without introducing in-shot artificial panning as the movie was originally intended to be matted to 1.85:1 anyway. Why not making it 1.85:1, you'll ask me? Well, 1.85:1 and 1.78:1 are very close to each other, plus 1.78:1 fills your 16:9 screen at home and can still be soft matted to 1.85:1 in some players such as VLC and some projectors can add mattes on the top and on the bottom as well. The source used was the UHD. The two discs were glued together, removing the indication that "Justice continues on disc 2", plus a few seconds of black screen were cut out between the two parts so the transition to the title screen of chapter 5 doesn't feel too different compared to the others. The color grading was made in Rec.709 and mimicks the official one as seen on the Blu-ray 1080p. The only liberty taken was the squishing of 8 shots during the Superman/Flash face-off where the VFX mostly already made for the theatrical release probably didn't fill the 1.33:1 AR which lead to a bit of cropping and stretching resulting in weird thin figures for our characters. When aiming for a widescreen aspect ratio, there was no reason not to squish those shots back to more proper proportions.

Here's a trailer I made for the occasion:

Video: available* in 1920x1080p and in 2880x1620.
Audio: English Dolby TrueHD Atmos, English Dolby Digital 5.1-EX, French Dolby TrueHD Atmos, French Dolby Digital 5.1-EX.
Subtitles: French, English SDH, French forced.
File sizes: 54.6GB in 1080p and 96.8GB in 1620p.

[Image: Mera-Lois.jpg]

*NOT AVAILABLE TO NEWBIES.]]> https://fanrestore.com/thread-6845.html

Here's my widescreen 1.78:1 aspect ratio version of Zack Snyder's Justice League.

[Image: ZS-JL-widescreenjpg.jpg]

*NOT AVAILABLE TO NEWBIES.]]>