![]() ![]() While they aren’t exactly like how a proper remaster's colors would look, they are mostly accurate to the best references we’ll ever have. The colors in my attempt are referenced from high quality scans of the original cels (the Misato above is referenced from EoE, where the cel appears for 1 frame). The infamous scene where Asuka’s face is lost in the darkness has been replaced with upscaled DVD footage, with superior upscaling to what previous episode 16 restorer pwnsweet used.Ĭhart that shows my color correction compared to Sephirotic's release of the BD, and the cel reference used. While most of the work is color correction, I’ve also replaced footage with other high quality media where possible. I’ve been working on and off for the latter half of this year on editing the bluray release to be somewhat close to what a proper remaster would look like. However, While the Sephirotic’s release of the 2015 bluray has many flaws, it’s a stable base for a restoration to take place. This is because the master film was either lost or destroyed, and as a result we will never have that episode remastered in HD. ![]() If you’ve watched through NGE I’m sure you’ve noticed the sudden drop in quality for episode 16. Set zoom to 100% to compare pixel-to-pixel. Had to compress the OP image to fuck to fit file size so it's pretty useless, here's the full-resolution comparison image: I think that, thankfully, the two major Leliel scenes in particular (the first assault and Eva Unit 01 breaking out) are among the scenes that benefit the most from this treatment, the latter especially. I hate overuse of DNR as much as the next non-insane person but in the case of a deprecated source like this I think the experiment is justified so long as it's not suggested to be in any way definitive, just another option. ![]() This is not a final version- some shots look better than ever before, but some have heavy DNR gloop or artefacting from the AI tools used I'm going to go through this versus the pure BD and DVD sources shot by shot to see which source looks best for each shot now, and then we'll assemble a cut that uses the best-looking version of each shot and then carry out any minor colour and jitter corrections necessary after that. Opinions on this alpha version of this project's attempt to improve episode 16 (celluloid masters lost to damage before Renewal/HD release)? This is a combination of BD and pre-Renewal DVD sources, and Collector's Disc cel images for some still shots, with AI colour-correction applied using the cel images as references, and AI upscaling/sharpening on the DVD-sourced footage (mostly for dark scenes like the infamous demon-Asuka shot). ![]()
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