Fan restorations milestones

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Projects

First fan edit:
The Phantom Edit (2000) by Mike J. Nichols - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_Edit

Most known fan edit by general public:
Star Wars [Despecialized Edition] (2011) - by Harmy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmy%27s_...ed_Edition

First preservation with multi language audio tracks &
First preservation with untouched LD AC-3 track:
Star Wars: A New Hope [SET ruLes] (2013-01-02) - by spoRv - https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Star-W...D/id/15052

First regraded restoration using a color reference:
The Thing [spoRv] (2013-07-18) - by spoRv - https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/The-Th...D/id/15723

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Techniques

UAR: Ultimate Aspect Ratio (2018-01-06) - by spoRv - https://fanrestore.com/thread-1975-post-41661.html
First theories:
Overlap matching (2013-12-26) - by spoRv - https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Restor...240#680083
The Slice technique (2013-12-27) - by spoRv - http://blog.sporv.com/the-slice-technique/
Axis-Aligned Polygon Aspect Ratio (2014-02-21) - by spoRv - https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Restor...m/id/16435
Practice:
Auto OverlayAvisynth plugin - by random.next (a.k.a. introspected) (2017-12-22) - https://github.com/introspected/AutoOver.../tag/0.1.4 (note: I'm pretty sure he released it even before)
First SD UAR project released:
Resident Evil UAR SD (2018-02-20) - by spoRv - https://fanrestore.com/thread-2043.html
First HD UAR project released:
Iron Man Hybrid (2018-06-15) - by random.next - https://fanrestore.com/thread-2194-post-...l#pid44845

PaNup:
PAL and NTSC upscale (2013-09-23) - by spoRv - https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/PaNup-...y/id/15928

Grain Plate:
first proposal (2015-03-19) - by NewNightmare - https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Adding...n/id/17564

Cinema DTS:
first proposal (2011-11-14) - by borisanddoris - https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Preser...k/id/13541

Updated: 2019-04-30

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This came to my mind lately, as we are doing so much in the fan restoration field, yet many do not know the milestones that actually brought to actual high quality levels of our projects... so, time to fix it!

I added my own projects, along others that I remember; still, there are A LOT of "firsts" to add; hope you will all chime in and help to update this thread!