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Police Story III colour regrade/correction
#11
Good luck with your project bud.
Keeps us all updated.

Do you have the Hong Kong Rescue release of this?
Might be worth syncing your grade with that one so you can use there audio tracks untouched.
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#12
Thanks. Here's a very rough screen of where I'm at. Just fumbling around with various settings, any advice is appreciated
[Image: Image3.jpg]

Compared to a shot from a similar point in the scene (untouched Japanese blu-ray)

[Image: original-Image1.jpg]

Yeah, I do have the HKR release. Wanted to initially use it for colour correction, but it occasionally jumps between different colours/tones itself, due to their sources. I do plan on syncing the audio (at least the laserdisc PCM) and the English subtitles. I asked the guys who supplied them (just to be safe), and they were okay with it.

Edit: wanted to test out a simpler approach. All I've done for this one so far is correct the white balance.


[Image: Image1.jpg]

Edit again:

All I've done now is correct the white balance via AAV Colorlab (different to the above edit), and play with the curves a little, and I unintentionally came quite close (to my eyes) to the colour grading of the HKR release. That I was originally aiming for.

HKR

[Image: 02.png]


My correction:


[Image: Image2.jpg]
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#13
[Image: Image2.jpg]

This looks very promising!

Could you do a few more screenshots from throughout the film using these settings?
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#14
Certainly.

[Image: Image1.jpg]

[Image: Image2.jpg]

[Image: Image4.jpg]
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#15
Looks good so far Serums
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#16
Appreciate it, PDB. I'll keep tinkering with it, but realistically, unless anything sticks out I might just leave it as is. I've been offered syncs of both Cantonese laserdisc tracks (in stereo and mono). I might include those and just focus on checking the colour correction, rather than working on the audio sync myself.

I can't discount the fact that the audio in question is from a different capture (or captures) to what I have, which has a slight buzzing noise/interference during the credits. Nothing too distracting, but noticeable all the same.
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#17
It looks great bud.
Perhaps try upping the saturation just a tiny bit.
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#18
Thanks for that. What do you think? Upped it by about a quarter.


[Image: Image1.jpg]

[Image: Image2.jpg]

[Image: Image3.jpg]

[Image: Image4.jpg]

Judging from some screenshots it looks quite accurate to the HKR version:

HKR

[Image: 03.png]

My correction:

[Image: Image6.jpg]
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#19
Might have to turn it down just the slightest touch, looks just on the edge to my eyes.
Not that the screens look bad, it just starting to look a little artificial if you know what I mean.

It's really hard to judge without a moving scene to be honest.
Great work bud.
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#20
Good point.

Here's a brief clip:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qp2nmkmpense85...s.mp4?dl=0
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