>>260
I got it working now. I used the two images I posted earlier to create a matching model that I could use for other screenshots. For my first attempt I used one of the few captures from the film that didn't look like crap that I could find.
It's simple to use. Just needs to be used in conjunction with another program that can take the data and apply it to an entire film, I think.

>>261
Used a better model. It takes less than a second to conjure each image once everything is sorted.

>>262
Yes the skin tone is looking better now. I wonder where that blue tint on the DVD came from?

>>263
The only release of the film that I know of is that crappy bootleg. The video is covered in scratches and other errors too. I don't know how it got the tint, but there's plenty else wrong with the video so I won't debate it. Fortunately the film has been restored by the Hong Kong Film Archive. The only problem is that it has been restored since at least 2007.
Earlier this year the HKFA released Ann Hui's (who, funnily enough, acts in Love Massacre) film The Secret. HKFA's previous release seems to have come out in 2016, and before that in 2012. So, hopefully they'll come out with another movie in 2023, and maybe it'll be Love Massacre (The Spooky Bunch would also be cool), but it probably won't be.
Another issue is that their release of The Secret doesn't even look good. Yeah, it's better than the previously available VHS rip, but the colours look weird.

>>264
Oh I see. It might be helpful to find stills from the HKFA restoration to try for the color correction. I couldn't find very many of them, but how about this one?
https://screenhk.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/love-massacre-1981-review/

>>265
That's a promotional shot. So that particular frame doesn't appear in the film. I did try it out with the closest approximate, and the result was reasonably okay, but it looked terrible when I applied the settings for the other stills.

>>266
Too bad, I wasn't sure. Maybe there are no stills to be found. Well, if you ever process the full video let us know.

>>262
Great job! I didn't see much of Dre's software but it seems like it works out frame by frame, that's insane but it looks great. I've always wanted to do a frame by frame restoration because like you said Photoshop can greatly enhance a film.
LUT's are fairly easy to use specially if you have a simple video editor.
For a simple digital restoration I usually correct the colours & levels manually, sometimes I find a useful LUT that makes the job somewhat easier but in my opinion if you want to render and clean an entire film using one or various software you'd need dedicated heavy-ish horsepower. Or at least a nearly new, clean PC. I used to work on my brother's Mac laptop and that was a low-end wonder for digital edits. You can always process the film in segments if you don't want to strain a "cheap" PC I guess

This is a quick single frame edit I made for one of my favourite scenes of Madness, (the croc statue) tho I can't remember if the before pic was already enhanced. Just imagine what an actual frame by frame restoration could look like.

I take it you don't have much memory on your PC? I am dying of stress because I am in the same situation, all of my work I've done it in a shitty second hand laptop that will soon die, depression and alcoholism are seriously affecting me.

>>274
My PC is mid-range, I think. 16GBs of RAM, and an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6 core processor. Which software do you use? The Dre program can't fix a film by itself since it only outputs images and various data for importing to other software.

Davinci Resolve looks pretty cool. There's a free version with color correction so maybe you don't even have to pirate.
DrDre's program might be a slower method unless you want to match a screencap exactly. But if you are experimenting with colors the Resolve LUT Browser looks like a better option.
<New visual LUT browser makes it faster than ever to find, preview and apply LUTs.
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/color
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIQKEz2jzrw

>>161
>I've been trying to get into cinemageddon but I just gave up
Are you still interested or no?

>>274
>>279
Do you guys know about AviSynth and Vapoursynth? You can do these type of jobs with it. You can apply what you've done to over multiple frames with a simple script.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AviSynth
http://www.vapoursynth.com/about/

AviSynth is older/Windows only but has a simpler syntax. Vapoursynth works on other OSs and changed the syntax so some of the pre-made avisynth scripts still haven't been ported. Both will do what you need. You can find a GUI for avisynth here: https://github.com/gispos/AvsPmod/releases

>>326
I've used Avisynth as part of a ripping procedure (with MeGUI and AutoGK before that). But I've never used it for custom scripts. Once I tried to make "Zoetrope" clips but it kept giving me an error.

>>157
I found A Pugni Nudi if you're interested

>>368
Ah I see it now, thanks for mentioning it. All this time I assumed it was never posted anywhere but apparently it's been too long since I searched for it.

>>370
No prob, tho I'm very interested in Zoo as well. I used to listen to I Marc 4 and Edda all the time for years, now I transitioned to the master Cipriani since he is the main inspiration for a work in progress

>>370
Hey! I really need your help because I'm an unbelievable dumb fuck and missed the ratio threshold, can you help me contact a CG mod? You got my email right? I'm desperate because I was involved in several projects and it would be a shame to leave them all abandoned

>>380
Are you locked out of your account? Did you buy any upload credit?

>>381
Yeah, can't login, I was advised to seed until the ratio gets fixed but that could take months. I was just worried about the pending projects. I did buy upload

>>262 Did you ever finish working on Love Massacre? If so I am interested in watching your restored version.

>>157 Still no luck with Zoo, sad to think it's getting rustier and rustier inside an old man's attic. These links seem to expand on it, posting for posterity https://www.quartetrecords.com/product/zoo-folle-gli-animali-che-simpatia/ https://m.facebook.com/fourfliesrecords/posts/1776380022470898 https://www.facebook.com/fourfliesrecords/photos/1974-zoo-folle-making-of-1giuliano-sorgini-with-the-director-riccardo-fellini-wh/944781922297383/

>>513 So it's hard to find. Nature documentaries are probably lower priority to save compared to an actual film. At least we have the music I suppose Nice photo with Sorgini rocking the leather vest + leather pants. His Africa Oscura album is pretty good too, it's a moody contrast to Zoo Folle.

>redistribute I'm looking for an obscure jap film called Avec Mon Mari (1999), as far as i'm concerned its unobtaniable atleast in the US. Also looking for Waiting For The Flood (1990, which in all honesty is likely lost, VHS is out of print https://letterboxd.com/film/waiting-for-the-flood/

>>522 Looks like a Big Black album, I'll let you know if I find anything

Lately Karagarga is getting custom color uploads taken from Gaumont blurays that tend to have a lot of yellow.

>>633 Wow those are great, nothing worse than a film drenched in piss. Same problem with the Police Story release

Gloria mundi AKA Tortura AKA In Hell (1976)

>>523 I have found a single copy available on Amazon, I will purchase it and rip it for you.

>>684 Doing God's work anon

>>690 No problem. Avec Mon Mari will arrive from Japan, it'll take a bit of time to get to me in the States. I will try and rip it for you and upload it to secret-cinema.pw. I usually lurk this place, but decided to be more involved and post.

>>701 Thanks! Sounds great.

>>705 Avec Mon Mari has arrived, I will setup my equipment to rip it. You can contact me via xmpp @ lazarus@neko.im or lazarus@404.city

>>757 nigger just post a mega link like everyone else

I was thinking Cocksucker Blues might be the most famous film that hasn't been restored at all. I doubt it can be restored very well without going to the source. Given its reputation I was prepared to be shocked. Instead I got bored and bailed out halfway through. There's some sex and drugs but plenty of uneventful footage and forgettable (often barely understandable) dialogue. The Stones' star power evaporates as soon as they step off stage and start killing time before the next gig.

>>47 >Promises Written in Water He moved onto a new movie called April that's stuck in development hell. Why does he have to be a sap even at his age.

<Over the past year, I spent most of my free time restoring (and learning how to restore) this vintage 12 minute exhibitors reel from 1975. Finally finished it and posted it on YouTube. Here is the link to watch as well as more info below. Logan's Run: Selected Scenes '75 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seAFOzrAds8 Logan's Run: Selected Scenes '76 (raw vs. recolor) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3-ScJLFXqk <Created in November 1975, this is the earliest known compilation of footage from MGM's LOGAN'S RUN (released June 1976). Designed to be shown to theater owners and industry professionals, but deemed too slow paced. Instead it was further trimmed down resulting in the quicker paced Selected Scenes '76 (running only 7 minutes long). <Since it was never intended to be seen by paying audiences, quite a few "spoilers" are included. It also contains clips from deleted scenes, as well as alternate camera angles of familiar sequences from the released film. The music is from ICE STATION ZEBRA (1968) because Jerry Goldsmith had not yet finished composing the score for LOGAN'S RUN. <Never issued on any home video format, Selected Scenes '75 is scanned and restored from a badly damaged vintage 35mm film print. Perhaps the only print left in existence.

>>805 Great work anon! Always neat to see things like this

>>757 Could you also post a mega link? Thanks in advance.

>>757 Hopefully the requester got it somehow...

>>817 I'm still alive anon, I'll post the mega link. I was looking for a platform where I could host a file of that type, you've just reminded me. I will rip the film and drop a mega link this week, I promise.

>>818 I did, I've just been busy with work lately. Being a video game tester drives me crazy.

>>839 >Being a video game tester That sounds awful

>>842 Oh believe me, it is. I work for one of the worst, EA. I'm only here because it pays more and is full-time compared to other jobs in my area.

>>842 Here is the film: https://mega.nz/file/E3hWma4A#qHxT0zbVtz7C4Ddw25YJJREROSrBkU-b7KvP_EpPUfI Note: The audio and picture quality is not the best, but I know you were looking for this film and would like to see it right away. I'm going to keep trying to convert/stream the film via VLC. I attempted to rip it via Handbrake but I think there's some kind of encryption that messes with it through Handbrake.

>>873 If there's encryption on the disc, you could try DVD Decrypter before ripping

>>873 Just use MakeMKV to get a straight mux

>>890 I run a Linux system, that won't work. :/

>>962 Dude LInux is where the whole scene got it's start. Look around.

>>962 Here you go. The essential MKV program. https://mkvtoolnix.download/downloads.html

>>962 MakeMKV supports GNU/Linux, you just have to build it yourself https://www.makemkv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=224