[In progress] The Matrix AAP-AR [EXPERIMENTAL VERSION] (three sources, new grading)

[deleted user]

The Matrix 1999 WEB-DL 1080p [Open Matte] -BLUEBIRD

Might want to check it out

They're unfortunately somewhat low-bitrate, though.

[deleted user]

Yep, the whole trilogy is in my hands... ready to test this open matte version and BD to produce a new AAP-AR - hope to find out the right settings, as I have no idea of which ones would avoid the admitedly sparse align problems.

Will you add the fullscreen as well? Far as I see it, you practically have to.

[spoRv]

Fullscreen should wait for now... but I thought about this, of course! (I'm crazy, according to someone here... )

AAP-AR DVD grading Vs AAP-AR BD grading: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/128748

As you can see, framing is different; often DVD AAP-AR has more image than BD - in particular during the interrogation scenes and briefly after it.

[spoRv]

UPDATES:

AAP-AR using three sources (SDTV, WEB, BD)











comparison of the previous images with BD: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/128995

(Note: I'm pretty sure that who hate AAP-AR with "only" two sources, will surely hate this one; while the others (few?) who love the dual source, will love much more the triple source one!)

Luckily most of the times WEB or BD cover the SDTV logo, but in some instances it is fully or partially visible; sometime inpainting works, but others doesn't...
The only way to get rid of the logo is to find out a second source; I've searched all around, and the only available source is from an ATV capture; quality is quite low, and color grading is different; but often it is good enough to wipe out logo - even if sometimes its "ghost" is noticeable; we'll see in practice if the shots which need a logo removal will be good enough.

Some examples (just from the first few minutes, the rest should be put in sync) - left SDTV, right SDTV delogo using ATV for logo removal:









Considering the source I'm forced to work with, they are not that bad!

[deleted user]

This looks amazing spoRv, can't wait to watch this.

In that shot of the skyscraper, the sky brightness is a little off on the SDTV. Is that a ColorMatrix issue?

[spoRv]

Thanks! Maybe we are the only two who are interested in this... anyway, I'm working on the color issue, it seems OK in a shot and off in another!

EDIT: think to do the same for Matrix 2 & 3...

[Stamper]

Make it three!

[maksnew]

This is a very interesting project, my friend had very old HDTVs possible first broadcasts, Open Matte had bad frames in them, but the quality is very high, especially for the first part, I'll ask for these files and I will be able to pass it on to you.

[spoRv]

I think I have it - it should be MPEG-2 split into three .mpeg files; but they are not useful for this last attempt, as this used the new (BD) grading, while open matte is generally old (DVD) grading - apart WEB which has the new one.

If only I could find another SDTV (new grading) with a logo placed not on top left, it would be used to remove logo.

[maksnew]

You can see the screenshots of this entry in my group
https://vk.com/club146199716?z=album-146..._247519844

I'm looking forward to the whole trilogy appearing on Amazon channels in Open Matte and high quality.