Project 4K77
thestarwarstrilogy.com
thestarwarstrilogy.com
GOUT was my go-to for when I wanted to watch Star Wars, until 4k77 came along :) Can't wait for them to finish 4k80, as DVD resolution is pretty garbage.
Being a child of the 90s and of the digital era I am always endlessly amazed at the quality and potential of film. Every time I hear a story about how something more modern won’t even be released in 4K because they don’t have a high enough quality source because it's all digital I’m kind of saddened.
https://github.com/bloc97/Anime4K
Yes it "guesses" what the missing information is and populates it. Similar approaches will work for live action media too.
And successive video frames encode so much extra resolution that a single frame doesn't capture, so there's a lot of information to pull from.
I'll be happy to see higher res versions of digital stuff even if it means AI upscaling but as someone who loves messing around with photo and video gear for fun I will never not find film endlessly fascinating. Somehow the fact that that they had to do all effects practically meanwhile they had the technology to film it that was so detailed that it's still up to our current resolution standards is amazing to me.
I think it depends on the movie, 28 Days Later was shot on digital potatocams and looks awesome.
I'll have you know they like to be called canon XL1s ;)
But I'm not sure how much was actually shot on those. I know a fair wedge of the action was, as it meant that they could do multi-cam shots (low budget, more realism, etc etc), I thought that they used ARRL something or others for slower shots. But I could be misremembering.
Just figured I'd post it here given the great work they've done and how many people here seem to have enjoyed it.
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=EDZSS68C4CHW...
I also think it's very telling that a bunch of fans made something better than the professional effort, with a small fraction of the budget, and are distributing it almost as a public good to ensue that it remains accessible in pereptuity.
You could argue that redistribution of the material violates copyright. However, so far as I remember the distribution channels insist that this is material for license-holders only (those who have bought the original DVDs or other media). And honestly, the people interested in these projects really do already have at least one copy of Star Wars on legal media, and sometimes far more than one! I'll even take it a step further and state that with merchandising ties (toys, video games, new films) that the market of people willing to throw money at Disney (I cry) only increases when exposing people who don't have licensed media to this material.
I wore out that Star Wars tape, and still kept watching it.
(MacBook Pro 2015 Retina screen)
That is to say, they were willing to change the colour cast from the original print to make it more consistent.
There has also been a whole load of re-painting and restoration to get that extra detail.
The 4K77 version is literally just a scan from the print. The colour correction is almost static.
I instead wish creative works entered public domain _way_ sooner. Like mb 15/20 years.
Really, given all the need there is in the world, this is a genuine concern of yours?
EDIT: And I should also note, the people who actually created the film are not the ones who reap those benefits for twenty+ years. It's only the people who control the IP.
I'm presuming it's your tarot card deck? (That doesn't look like you've even printed since 2018?)
I don't know why you'd expect me to have (or care to have) some additional safety net for these entities, when my whole premise is that they should be losing exclusive access.
If they really want, they can continue to make stuff using that public domained IP. You realise they can do that right? If marvel became public domain, disney would still be the people outputting the vast majority of "high quality" marvel content*
It just means that joe bloggs can use the work too, without having to impoverish himself or work for free.
Or, you know, they can make something new. Or go get a job like everyone else. I really don't care.
* I realise this is an oxymoron
Since when is society expected to support people regardless of what they produce?
Indefinite royalties certainly aren't it.
EDIT:
Of course in the process of looking up the URL for HSWwSitE, I discovered _How "How Star Wars was saved in the edit" was saved in the edit (sort of, but not really)_ (https://youtu.be/olqVGz6mOVE) which is a really rather thorough (if laborious) rebuttal of the overall picture the original video sought to paint, and and quite justifiably takes the original video's creators to task for extremely selective reporting (and in several cases fairly woeful research).
But boy does it go on at some length (nearly 2h!). If only someone would save _How "How Star Wars was saved in the edit" was saved in the edit (sort of, but not really)_ in the edit.
If you're looking for a cause to donate to, this seems like a good one.