| Chief Mouse 25.10.2016 15:25 |
Since a proper Blu Ray release of promo videos doesn't seem anywhere close, I decided we should do something to improve the viewing experience. This meant tracking down the best quality version(s) of certain promo clips and making them clearer, sharper and more film like (those that were originally shot on film, obviously). Majority of the stuff is sourced from 1997 Greatest Flix promo DVD. Hammer To Fall for example is sourced from GHV 2 because David Mallet made a fresh film transfer (though he cut it to 2:35.1, *but* it has more frame on the sides compared to 4:3 version) and it looks better than anything else. Same thing for Radio Gaga (haven't got round to it yet). Anyway, screenshots below. link . https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/deee/56feglpx5k7rt1r7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/5e2e/inc36j4iqnkn1977g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c8f0/dl15yk8bgygkg3b7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6f79/k1ofo5ktlt8pkkn7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> IAHL has been cut to 16:10 to avoid any frame loss. Your player will scale it to your monitor as necessary, so no black bars inside the file. https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/3801/06h2j2p65rdyp157g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a144/1brcxa5eigwjj367g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/66b5/mijd8yac86164y87g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/607e/tbo9ut805bfle9x7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/0aca/g7s795mjyvt4orw7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ee94/zu4y22kwczbn63l7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/469d/87ow41rjammltl07g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/976b/imvvt7yqai1y7qs7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6087/9g0qej3qjx8xzu27g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a4f7/8qtbbyq33bt99u67g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6a59/tco0txka9oja1wy7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b1aa/mg089cowhhkpd2d7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/46c4/gql55nn06zwo8au7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d60e/ii2c4loiy4pcsrw7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> Radio Gaga was probably the most extensive video so far. I used the GVH DVD. It required replacing all the Metropolis scenes with a higher quality version, and degrading it a bit to make it look similar to the 'car scenes'. Even with degradation it looks miles better than it did originally, so no worries. Also, some of the wide scenes were originally squeezed so I had to stretch them to match the 16:9 frame and look natural. Generally, aspect ratios change all the time throughout the video but the file remains 16:9, like the source, with 4:3 footage being pillarboxed. And then there's the rest of the usual process of making the image a bit sharper and better, etc. But that's hardly worth mentioning. Added 3 audio streams from the DVD - DTS, PCM and commentary track. https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cacf/avvgozoktwaqzqw7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ecf6/r4m57at5pc7kssk7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/98b7/zy4c3i3qgmiw6bt7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4b3d/o4u73521qwjcmsw7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8b21/raxbyw7f3o8py6l7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a0bb/z0jldw6e4t06dgg7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ea4a/e6mec80w26gc3mo7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/43da/it43yfu1vjtsxap7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> . |
| Chinwonder2 25.10.2016 15:31 |
I'll have to use Chin's reply because it appears I have reached a limit of pictures per post. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AOBTD added. I thought the frames are blended due to conversions but upon closer inspection that doesn't appear to be the case. Someone clearly thought that motion blur would fit there as a nice creative choice, it was applied when they edited it back in 1980 on tape. It's a typical frame blending artifact. But EVERY frame is blended. So that's my conclusion - motion blur on purpose. We can't avoid that so we done what we can. The image is a lot brighter and more colourful and a bit tighter overall. https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/3b5b/7dh1vsk1zcwzvkw7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/15a7/2lm18kc71ikpplo7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/341d/geu9k8n4z2pnon37g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> . We Are The Champions added. Again, just like with AOBTD, all the frames were originally blended so nothing can be done about the odd motion blur look. Somewhat fixed the intro & outro of the Flix by inserting the GHV footage. And the rest is the usual process. https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/667a/q9fmu04p43mk1cp7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/428b/03512zfrf4afp307g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> . I'm Going Slightly Mad added. A good source. Made it slightly sharper, slightly clearer. Removed rainbowing artifacts (the random colour spots which is often a problem in video tapes). That being said, it's not just B&W'ed, the original colour tint (ever slightly green) remains and the coloured bits remain as well obviously. https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6c76/3qkrdln4sdbo13z7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c3bb/vjf5gzec63c6dck7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e556/88q7mbzsr5746667g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> . |
| Freddie rey 25.10.2016 15:34 |
Beautiful! Please, continue it |
| The Fairy King 25.10.2016 15:37 |
Looks great! Thanks! |
| DepeX 25.10.2016 15:39 |
Really nice! Keep going please ;-) |
| . 25.10.2016 16:44 |
Looks good, and sounds like a worthy project. Would it be a good idea to announce what sources you intend to use beforehand though? |
| Freddie rey 25.10.2016 17:37 |
just look the video, and it's phenomenal. The only problem is the aspect ratio, you could do it with the 4:3 next time, instead of the 16:9. Anyway, beautiful project. thanks a lot |
| Chief Mouse 25.10.2016 23:17 |
^ I'm not familiar with IWIA available in proper 4:3 apart from letterboxed versions (which was used here too). So no useful information was cropped off, only the black bars on top and bottom. Anyway, glad you like it. |
| Chopin1995 26.10.2016 01:15 |
Amazing idea! I spent many hours in the past searching for clips in best possible quality. I'm super excited about this project. |
| Freddie rey 26.10.2016 01:42 |
Chief Mouse wrote: ^ I'm not familiar with IWIA available in proper 4:3 apart from letterboxed versions (which was used here too). So no useful information was cropped off, only the black bars on top and bottom. Anyway, glad you like it.the one available on Greatest Flix I & II DVD, was on 4:3? Can't remember |
| cmi 26.10.2016 01:54 |
^ of course not. |
| Chief Mouse 26.10.2016 04:31 |
The Kurgan wrote: Looks good, and sounds like a worthy project. Would it be a good idea to announce what sources you intend to use beforehand though?This was taken from Greatest Flix 1997 DVD. If anyone has other sources of other videos that can compete for great quality, please contact me. |
| . 26.10.2016 05:14 |
I think the Laserdisc looks better than the '97 Promo DVD myself. Just a personal opinion though. |
| aristide1 26.10.2016 05:40 |
If there is a "film aesthetics buried underneath the video tape treatment", as you say in another place, there is also an aesthetic of the illegal shares (I mean one can spot this kind of things). This site and your share are not illegal, as you probably know. So it's not a good idea to promote the trend of hidden link in PM. Unless you like to see people begging. |
| bootLuca 26.10.2016 06:48 |
Freddie rey wrote:I think yes, if I remember correctly that promo dvd is in 4:3, i will check it asapChief Mouse wrote: ^ I'm not familiar with IWIA available in proper 4:3 apart from letterboxed versions (which was used here too). So no useful information was cropped off, only the black bars on top and bottom. Anyway, glad you like it.the one available on Greatest Flix I & II DVD, was on 4:3? Can't remember |
| cmi 26.10.2016 07:11 |
Stage performance colour footage is in 16:9. B/W footage in the middle is in 4:3 and is cropped from top and bottom on GVH2 DVD. So best way to make a proper aspect ratio is to rescale original 4:3 b/w footage to 16:9 to match the stage performance footage. |
| . 26.10.2016 08:31 |
Or just leave it the way it was originally edited (in 4:3) |
| Chief Mouse 26.10.2016 09:39 |
Who still has a 4:3 screen? That letterboxing is annoying, to me anyway. |
| dave76 26.10.2016 09:51 |
Which period are you going to cover? I would guess 1973 with Keep Yourself Alive to 1999 with the Rah Mix of Under Pressure. |
| Chief Mouse 26.10.2016 10:12 |
I'm planning to cover film sourced videos for now, which means mostly 80s stuff plus Innuendo. And only if they are good enough quality to begin with. |
| . 26.10.2016 10:23 |
Chief Mouse wrote: Who still has a 4:3 screen? That letterboxing is annoying, to me anyway.I don't have a 4:3 screen, but I find cropping more annoying myself. I'll be interested to see what you will do with the 4:3 letterboxing in Radio Ga Ga. |
| Chief Mouse 26.10.2016 10:42 |
Gaga will likely have to be 16:9 with 4:3 parts pillarboxed. It is also likely I'll have to use GVH DVD for Gaga because it features the newest film transfer, David Mallet must have done it specially for that DVD. Same thing applies to Hammer To Fall, but they made it 2,35:1 which I'm not sure yet how I feel about that. |
| Nitroboy 26.10.2016 11:01 |
aristide1 wrote: If there is a "film aesthetics buried underneath the video tape treatment", as you say in another place, there is also an aesthetic of the illegal shares (I mean one can spot this kind of things). This site and your share are not illegal, as you probably know. So it's not a good idea to promote the trend of hidden link in PM. Unless you like to see people begging.Are you really just afraid to ask kindly, because you never actually contribute anything to this forum beside shitty posts like this? cmi wrote: Stage performance colour footage is in 16:9. B/W footage in the middle is in 4:3 and is cropped from top and bottom on GVH2 DVD. So best way to make a proper aspect ratio is to rescale original 4:3 b/w footage to 16:9 to match the stage performance footage.B/W footage (Freddie's and Brian's faces) is actually 1:1 AR. The Kurgan wrote:Kurgan, do you also watch 21:9 movies letterboxed in a 4:3 ratio?Chief Mouse wrote: Who still has a 4:3 screen? That letterboxing is annoying, to me anyway.I don't have a 4:3 screen, but I find cropping more annoying myself. I'll be interested to see what you will do with the 4:3 letterboxing in Radio Ga Ga. |
| . 26.10.2016 11:06 |
Nitroboy wrote:I don't think anyone is disputing the fact Brian's face is the correct aspect ratio in CM's processed version, just that it's cropped.cmi wrote: Stage performance colour footage is in 16:9. B/W footage in the middle is in 4:3 and is cropped from top and bottom on GVH2 DVD. So best way to make a proper aspect ratio is to rescale original 4:3 b/w footage to 16:9 to match the stage performance footage.B/W footage (Freddie's and Brian's faces) is actually 1:1 AR.The Kurgan wrote:Kurgan, do you also watch 21:9 movies letterboxed in a 4:3 ratio?Chief Mouse wrote: Who still has a 4:3 screen? That letterboxing is annoying, to me anyway.I don't have a 4:3 screen, but I find cropping more annoying myself. I'll be interested to see what you will do with the 4:3 letterboxing in Radio Ga Ga. It could be scaled to fit (rather than cropped) as cmi suggested, although that of course would be difficult to put into practice as it crossfades at that point. FYI, I have a 21:9 screen and watch 21:9 movies in 21:9. What's that got to do with the price of eggs? |
| Nitroboy 26.10.2016 11:47 |
Oh I didn't realise that until now |
| . 26.10.2016 11:51 |
Nitroboy wrote: Oh I didn't realise that until nowThat's ok, I accept your humble apology. This is the price you sometimes pay when converting what is essentially a 4:3 video to 16:9. The original video was quite artistically edited in that it crossfades from 4:3 letterbox to 4:3 pillarbox. You cannot easily retain that effect if you convert it all to 16:9. |
| Chief Mouse 26.10.2016 12:14 |
I totally forgot about that part. I could have easily just rescaled it as CMI mentioned. My apologies. |
| . 26.10.2016 12:18 |
Chief Mouse wrote: I totally forgot about that part. I could have easily just rescaled it as CMI mentioned. My apologies.If it was a cut it would be easy, but it crossfades. |
| cmi 26.10.2016 12:47 |
It's not that easy to make, and some parts of screen of both scenes will be lost during the transition. |
| Chief Mouse 26.10.2016 12:48 |
What do you guys think about AKOM and IAHL aspect ratio? Would you prefer it cut to 16:10 thus not losing any frame or 4:3 letterbox? Making it 16:9 would involve too much cropping. https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/50c3/095b8wn2sfwu45p7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/2942/7h993022bdbe62u7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> . |
| Nitroboy 26.10.2016 12:50 |
I definitely would prefer cropping out the letterboxes :) |
| . 26.10.2016 13:16 |
Can't you make them 16:9 pillar boxed? Personally, I'd choose to trim the right side a little more than the left to get rid of that round edge at the top right. ">link |
| BETA215 26.10.2016 13:20 |
The best, IMHO, would be to crop any unwanted black border. And in the case of 4:3 video, keep 'em that way. If you have a 4:3 TV you'll enjoy it, and if you play it with your 16:9 TV/PC you can crop it temporarily with the TV system, VLC Media Player or other players. So you keep the image and everybody can do what finds comfortable. |
| DepeX 26.10.2016 13:43 |
If I were you I would prefer 4:3 letterbox. |
| MercurialFreddie 26.10.2016 13:47 |
That is the fantastic project, Chief! But won't it be considered as sharing the official material by the forum administration ? Wouldn't it be treated the same way as your fabulous project to "restore" the proper colours to the Queen Rock Montreal? |
| Nitroboy 26.10.2016 15:05 |
MercurialFreddie wrote: That is the fantastic project, Chief! But won't it be considered as sharing the official material by the forum administration ? Wouldn't it be treated the same way as your fabulous project to "restore" the proper colours to the Queen Rock Montreal? Queen isn't offering this stuff for sale. It went out of production and retail ages ago. |
| Thistle 26.10.2016 20:00 |
Aristide1 showing yet again that he is a complete and utter tosspot. Nice work, Chief :) |
| musicland munich 27.10.2016 00:07 |
Keep on with your excellent work Chief ! |
| Jake12 27.10.2016 00:22 |
Would love to see you fix up Save Me! Hard Life I'm excited to see! |
| aristide1 27.10.2016 04:18 |
Nitroboy wrote:The "out of print" argument is naive. The content is copyrighted, not only particular releases.MercurialFreddie wrote: That is the fantastic project, Chief! But won't it be considered as sharing the official material by the forum administration ? Wouldn't it be treated the same way as your fabulous project to "restore" the proper colours to the Queen Rock Montreal?Queen isn't offering this stuff for sale. It went out of production and retail ages ago. It is official, but should not be seen as illegal, considering its declared purpose and the good faith of the author. |
| MercurialFreddie 27.10.2016 12:47 |
"""""Queen isn't offering this stuff for sale. It went out of production and retail ages ago."""" I agree and I'm 100 % with others on this. That project as all your past projects are tremendously good and origin in your well-meant advertisement of the band's legacy in a greater quality. DOUL 2011 docu extras showed what COULD be done with these promo videos. Queen Prod. should take your doing as an example as majority of the great bands out there have released their greatest hits in an improved quality either via streaming or on Blu-ray. But it won't heart if we ask Richard Orchard or YourValentine what do they think about putting this stuff here.... I'm not a member on this forum since it was established but wasn't a generally consensus accepted between this forum and Queen that we can put all we want here as long as it isn't copyright infringement ? |
| bootLuca 28.10.2016 23:57 |
bootLuca wrote:This is what I have:Freddie rey wrote:I think yes, if I remember correctly that promo dvd is in 4:3, i will check it asapChief Mouse wrote: ^ I'm not familiar with IWIA available in proper 4:3 apart from letterboxed versions (which was used here too). So no useful information was cropped off, only the black bars on top and bottom. Anyway, glad you like it.the one available on Greatest Flix I & II DVD, was on 4:3? Can't remember |
| bootLuca 28.10.2016 23:57 |
bootLuca wrote:bootLuca wrote:This is what I have:Freddie rey wrote:I think yes, if I remember correctly that promo dvd is in 4:3, i will check it asapChief Mouse wrote: ^ I'm not familiar with IWIA available in proper 4:3 apart from letterboxed versions (which was used here too). So no useful information was cropped off, only the black bars on top and bottom. Anyway, glad you like it.the one available on Greatest Flix I & II DVD, was on 4:3? Can't remember |
| . 29.10.2016 06:01 |
The Greatest flix '97 Promo DVD is a 4:3 disc. The Greatest Flix Laserdisc variations are 4:3 discs. |
| bootLuca 29.10.2016 06:05 |
yes, my version is taken from the promo dvd |
| Chief Mouse 29.10.2016 06:37 |
Same as the 1997 Flix DVD I used, letterboxed 4:3 meaning ultimately 16:9 except for the middle pillarbox bit. |
| . 29.10.2016 10:32 |
Chief Mouse wrote: Same as the 1997 Flix DVD I used, letterboxed 4:3 meaning ultimately 16:9 except for the middle pillarbox bit.Re:1997 Promo DVD. Some of the content is 4:3 fullscreen, some is 4:3 letterbox and a few parts are 4:3 pillarbox. Some of the content morphs from 4:3 letterbox to 4:3 fullscreen. It's a 4:3 disc edited for 4:3 screens. |
| Chief Mouse 29.10.2016 10:42 |
The Kurgan wrote:Chief Mouse wrote: Same as the 1997 Flix DVD I used, letterboxed 4:3 meaning ultimately 16:9 except for the middle pillarbox bit.Re:1997 Promo DVD. Some of the content is 4:3 fullscreen, some is 4:3 letterbox and a few parts are 4:3 pillarbox. Some of the content morphs from 4:3 letterbox to 4:3 fullscreen. It's a 4:3 disc edited for 4:3 screens. Are we talking about I Want It All or all the videos on the DVD? I just checked IWIA again and my comment above still applies to it. Pretty much nothing was lost by me cropping it to 16:9 and introducing a little pillarboxing so that I don't crop too much to fill the 16:9 frame. The only bit that I messed up was the Brian & Frieddie B&W bit, which I already apologized for. Other than that the IWIA video is perfectly good in 16:9. If you meant the disc as a whole and all the promos on it, obviously the majority of the content is 4:3 and some of the stuff like It's A Hard Life is 16:10. |
| . 29.10.2016 10:45 |
Watch Radio Ga Ga. You should have fun with that one. |
| Chief Mouse 29.10.2016 10:52 |
Will see what's the best approach to Gaga. Right now I'm not planning it. |
| bootLuca 29.10.2016 13:35 |
thanks for having me made this clear! Have you already compared this promo dvd with Queen Rocks and/or Greatest Karaoke Hits? |
| Chief Mouse 29.10.2016 14:08 |
I don't have Queen Rocks DVD but I asked around. The karaoke DVD won't do cos of the burned in lyrics appearing on the screen. |
| bootLuca 29.10.2016 14:32 |
The Queen Rocks DVD doesn't exist... officially :) you're right about the karaoke dvd A couple of pictures from the Queen Rocks Dvd, Dvd made from vhs |
| bootLuca 29.10.2016 14:33 |
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| Chief Mouse 29.10.2016 14:38 |
Judging from the screens it looks okay but the 1997 Flix is still better. |
| . 30.10.2016 01:48 |
Queen rocks was also released on Laserdisc (NTSC) in Japan. |
| cmi 30.10.2016 02:13 |
I have a 'Queen Rocks' LD => DVD transfer... |
| cmi 30.10.2016 02:17 |
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| cmi 30.10.2016 02:17 |
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| Chief Mouse 03.11.2016 15:01 |
Update, see OP. Might take a break for now mainly cos of the time this takes due to my 2008-ish setup with dual core and 2 GB RAM which makes me render in several passes uncompressed and it's a mess. Anyway, enjoy. |
| . 03.11.2016 15:44 |
Exactly right, well done and big thanks. I'm in one of those videos! |
| brians wig 03.11.2016 16:35 |
Chief Mouse wrote: Update, see OP. Might take a break for now mainly cos of the time this takes due to my 2008-ish setup with dual core and 2 GB RAM which makes me render in several passes uncompressed and it's a mess. Anyway, enjoy.Gee. Sounds like you need a crowd-fund project to buy you some new kit! |
| DepeX 03.11.2016 16:58 |
I'm afraid I'm quite late but I have a 4:3 Hammer to Fall if you want to work a bit more ;-) Excellent work anyway, Chief! |
| Chief Mouse 03.11.2016 17:00 |
I have 4:3 too and it looks fairly good. But this is a newer transfer so it blows the fullscreen version out of the water quality wise. I compared them frame by frame. |
| DepeX 03.11.2016 17:08 |
All right! Can I ask what source did you take for HTF, which features the newer transfer you were talking about? |
| Chief Mouse 03.11.2016 17:11 |
I mentioned it in the OP. It is GHV 2. It also features more frame on the sides compared to fullscreen version. |
| Chopin1995 04.11.2016 02:34 |
The Kurgan wrote: Exactly right, well done and big thanks. I'm in one of those videos!I guess - Friends Will Be Friends :) |
| Nitroboy 04.11.2016 05:09 |
Once again, thanks :) |
| Chinwonder2 04.11.2016 08:28 |
Thanks! You're hard work and commitment is always so appreciated! -Chin |
| MackMantilla 04.11.2016 22:55 |
Thanks Mr. Chief Keep the good work ;) |
| Omega Cool 07.11.2016 11:47 |
Beautiful!!!! Really nice. Thanks Mr. Chief |
| musicland munich 07.11.2016 12:19 |
Chief Mouse wrote: Update, see OP. Might take a break for now mainly cos of the time this takes due to my 2008-ish setup with dual core and 2 GB RAM which makes me render in several passes uncompressed and it's a mess. Anyway, enjoy.Check your PM Chief ! |
| Chief Mouse 07.11.2016 17:14 |
^ Aye. |
| musicland munich 07.11.2016 18:20 |
Chief Mouse wrote: ^ Aye.^ Re |
| Chief Mouse 08.11.2016 04:19 |
^ |
| musicland munich 08.11.2016 11:02 |
^ Re |
| Another Roger (re) 13.11.2016 09:53 |
Excellent work. Well done! :) |
| Kuijpy 13.11.2016 12:40 |
I really like this! I think youre the best member of all here on Queenzone! |
| Chief Mouse 21.11.2016 11:08 |
Princes Of The Universe added. https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6087/9g0qej3qjx8xzu27g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a4f7/8qtbbyq33bt99u67g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6a59/tco0txka9oja1wy7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> . |
| Chinwonder2 21.11.2016 13:55 |
Nice! Thanks Chief! :) -Chin |
| onedunpark 21.11.2016 16:13 |
Thanks, as always, Chief. |
| Chopin1995 22.11.2016 01:11 |
Thanks Chief. That's a really great project! |
| DepeX 22.11.2016 02:03 |
Cheers! |
| . 22.11.2016 08:36 |
Magnifico. |
| alberbal12 23.11.2016 09:07 |
Amazing! |
| gioscana 23.11.2016 15:12 |
Thanks !!! |
| mric! 30.11.2016 14:57 |
Thank you! |
| Chief Mouse 04.12.2016 10:48 |
https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b1aa/mg089cowhhkpd2d7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/46c4/gql55nn06zwo8au7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/d60e/ii2c4loiy4pcsrw7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> One Vision added. |
| onedunpark 04.12.2016 13:06 |
Thanks as always Chief. |
| The Real Wizard 04.12.2016 14:39 |
Fantastic stuff, Chief ! Just a slight nitpick - One Vision and Save Me have the beginnings and endings of other songs cross-faded in the audio. |
| Chinwonder2 04.12.2016 15:39 |
Great Cheif, thanks! This project is really taking off! Funny as the years went on, they used film instead of video! -Chin |
| DepeX 05.12.2016 03:59 |
Cheers! |
| . 05.12.2016 04:37 |
Thanks again. RW - It would be a pain to try and sync Save Me to PCM audio as the speed does not match. One Vision can be easily fixed using the existing PCM audio track in audacity. |
| Chinwonder2 05.12.2016 05:26 |
The Kurgan wrote: Thanks again. RW - It would be a pain to try and sync Save Me to PCM audio as the speed does not match. One Vision can be easily fixed using the existing PCM audio track using audacity. I've sent you a pm, whenever you can answer! :) -Chin |
| tassilo 17.12.2016 14:16 |
Thank you very much. |
| Chief Mouse 13.01.2017 07:38 |
Update! Radio Gaga was probably the most extensive video so far. I used the GVH DVD. It required replacing all the Metropolis scenes with a higher quality version, and degrading it a bit to make it look similar to the 'car scenes'. Even with degradation it looks miles better than it did originally, so no worries. Also, some of the wide scenes were originally squeezed so I had to stretch them to match the 16:9 frame and look natural. Generally, aspect ratios change all the time throughout the video but the file remains 16:9, like the source, with 4:3 footage being pillarboxed. And then there's the rest of the usual process of making the image a bit sharper and better, etc. But that's hardly worth mentioning. Added 3 audio streams from the DVD - DTS, PCM and commentary track. https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cacf/avvgozoktwaqzqw7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ecf6/r4m57at5pc7kssk7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/98b7/zy4c3i3qgmiw6bt7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4b3d/o4u73521qwjcmsw7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8b21/raxbyw7f3o8py6l7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> |
| cmi 13.01.2017 08:15 |
Great! Looking forward to watch it today. |
| Chinwonder2 13.01.2017 08:26 |
Amazing as per usual! This looks fantastic, any future projects you have in mind yet? :) -Chin |
| dave76 13.01.2017 08:41 |
Another great piece of work like he does best. He should presents this to QPL. |
| Nitroboy 13.01.2017 09:04 |
Once again: Excellent job! |
| Chopin1995 13.01.2017 11:04 |
dave76 wrote: Another great piece of work like he does best. He should presents this to QPL.Quite true! Thank you Chief! |
| The Real Wizard 13.01.2017 14:12 |
Great work, Chief. It's insane that you don't work for QP - you are more thorough than anyone they've got there, as evidenced by most of their products over the past 20 years. |
| Gregsynth 13.01.2017 19:14 |
Nah, it's just they're afraid of him. They're afraid of the truth that his work blows their work away! :D |
| RadekQ 14.01.2017 07:51 |
Thank you very much! Nice and hard work is done here! |
| Rami 15.01.2017 04:48 |
Thank you very much indeed for all your effort!! |
| onedunpark 15.01.2017 07:10 |
Again and again, so many thanks for this and all your other work. |
| krantzet80 15.01.2017 15:31 |
Your work is simply stunning! Thank you so much for doing this! |
| Chief Mouse 25.01.2017 06:17 |
Headlong added! https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a0bb/z0jldw6e4t06dgg7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/ea4a/e6mec80w26gc3mo7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/43da/it43yfu1vjtsxap7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> . |
| Chopin1995 25.01.2017 06:28 |
Again thank you Chief! I love it! One of my favourite Queen clips :) |
| Barry Durex 25.01.2017 07:15 |
Thanks Mr. Mouse, it might just be my PC but this one seems a little out of sync. |
| Chief Mouse 25.01.2017 07:20 |
I don't think so. It should be exactly the same as the original because no frames were cut and audio is untouched as well, just muxed onto the video. Perhaps in some parts the original wasn't edited perfectly in sync with Freddie's mouth movements. |
| Chief Mouse 25.01.2017 07:30 |
This is one video which I don't think has actually any improvement at all. But it's an alternative version just in case you want to download. |
| Barry Durex 25.01.2017 07:54 |
Chief Mouse wrote: I don't think so. It should be exactly the same as the original because no frames were cut and audio is untouched as well, just muxed onto the video. Perhaps in some parts the original wasn't edited perfectly in sync with Freddie's mouth movements.I added a 250ms delay to the audio and now it seems fine (on my PC) So this is a straight copy from the promo DVD? |
| Chief Mouse 25.01.2017 08:04 |
Barry Durex wrote:Chief Mouse wrote: I don't think so. It should be exactly the same as the original because no frames were cut and audio is untouched as well, just muxed onto the video. Perhaps in some parts the original wasn't edited perfectly in sync with Freddie's mouth movements.I added a 250ms delay to the audio and now it seems fine (on my PC) So this is a straight copy from the promo DVD? Yes, the AC3 file is lifted straight from the Flix DVD. |
| Chinwonder2 25.01.2017 08:04 |
Thanks Chief! :) -Chin |
| The Real Wizard 25.01.2017 12:18 |
Man, the Headlong video is such a great piece. It's amazing how much fun they had, considering what they were facing. They sure did cherish their time together. It was probably the closest they'd been in over a decade. |
| bootLuca 27.01.2017 09:28 |
Thanks a lot, but unfortunately the Mega's link doesn't work... maybe is temporarily offline... |
| Chief Mouse 05.02.2017 12:28 |
AOBTD added. I thought the frames are blended due to conversions but upon closer inspection that doesn't appear to be the case. Someone clearly thought that motion blur would fit there as a nice creative choice, it was applied when they edited it back in 1980 on tape. It's a typical frame blending artifact. But EVERY frame is blended. So that's my conclusion - motion blur on purpose. We can't avoid that so we done what we can. The image is a lot brighter and more colourful and a bit tighter overall. https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/3b5b/7dh1vsk1zcwzvkw7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/15a7/2lm18kc71ikpplo7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/341d/geu9k8n4z2pnon37g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> . |
| Chopin1995 06.02.2017 03:20 |
Thank you Chief! I was curious what can you do with this because it was always one of the worst clips (in terms of quality). Now I know why and you've done great job like always! And thanks for short explanation about this video. Love this project |
| brians wig 06.02.2017 03:31 |
I always thought it had been filmed in NTSC which is why it was so crap. |
| brians wig 06.02.2017 03:32 |
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| March-68 13.04.2017 05:11 |
Thank you so much, Chief! Excellent! |
| PiotreQ 13.04.2017 07:58 |
Thanks for this! |
| Chief Mouse 01.07.2017 16:31 |
We Are The Champions added. Again, just like with AOBTD, all the frames were originally blended so nothing can be done about the odd motion blur look. Somewhat fixed the intro & outro of the Flix by inserting the GHV footage. And the rest is the usual process. https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/667a/q9fmu04p43mk1cp7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/428b/03512zfrf4afp307g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> . |
| Nitroboy 01.07.2017 16:44 |
Excellent job as always :) |
| Chopin1995 02.07.2017 00:49 |
Great! Another beauty from Chief Mouse Production! |
| Chief Mouse 02.07.2017 05:08 |
I'm Going Slightly Mad added. A good source. Made it slightly sharper, slightly clearer. Removed rainbowing artifacts (the random colour spots which is often a problem in video tapes). That being said, it's not just B&W'ed, the original colour tint (ever slightly green) remains and the coloured bits remain as well obviously. https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/6c76/3qkrdln4sdbo13z7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c3bb/vjf5gzec63c6dck7g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/e556/88q7mbzsr5746667g.jpg" border="0" alt="Simple, Free Image and File Hosting at MediaFire" /> . |
| Chopin1995 02.07.2017 10:18 |
Once again thank you Chief :) |
| Unniendo 02.07.2017 16:14 |
Thanks a lot, Chief! ;-) |
| pmatsynot 03.07.2017 05:03 |
Thanks Chief for these and all the other work |
| Tim June 03.07.2017 13:42 |
Thank you very much for this. Great! |
| Omega Cool 03.07.2017 18:33 |
Excellent Work, thanks!!!! |
| RafaelS 04.07.2017 09:04 |
Simple question: where can we download the videos? |
| Chief Mouse 04.07.2017 10:37 |
Check the txt I attached at the bottom of page 3. |
| RafaelS 04.07.2017 11:37 |
Chief Mouse wrote: Check the txt I attached at the bottom of page 3.Thanks Chief Mouse, great work and great stuff. |
| RafaelS 07.07.2017 20:32 |
The mixing of Radio Ga Ga is...different, but very good actually. I think you did great with all the videos but I Radio Ga Ga is up right there. |
| musicland munich 07.07.2017 23:07 |
Keep it coming Chief, keep it coming :) |
| Jake12 07.08.2017 21:17 |
Hey Chief are you going to do Days of our lives as well? |
| RafaelS 09.08.2017 18:51 |
Jake12 wrote: Hey Chief are you going to do Days of our lives as well?I suggest that you should use, if you can the Early/Alternative version that was "released" last year... |
| RafaelS 09.08.2017 18:53 |
By the way, maybe it's just me, but the link to the text file on page 3 doesn't work. |
| Chinwonder2 09.08.2017 18:56 |
RafaelS wrote: By the way, maybe it's just me, but the link to the text file on page 3 doesn't work.Don't worry, it's not just you. The whole forum attachments system seems to be completely broken. Anyway, here's the Mega folder with all of Chief's excellent work: link -Chin |
| RafaelS 09.08.2017 23:30 |
Chinwonder2 wrote:Thanks Chin, that's what I thought, because I get an error message when I click on it.RafaelS wrote: By the way, maybe it's just me, but the link to the text file on page 3 doesn't work.Don't worry, it's not just you. The whole forum attachments system seems to be completely broken. Anyway, here's the Mega folder with all of Chief's excellent work: link -Chin |
| popy 16.11.2017 19:43 |
Suggestion to Chief Mouse: Heaven For Everyone. link I don't know if the Blu-Ray contains all the films/versions used on the videoclip. Or if there are other Blu-Rays with those other films. So my suggestion is edit these as you did with Radio Ga and Metropolis, find the Queen clips used and superimpose them as in the original videoclip. What do you think? |
| Kuijpy 17.11.2017 14:49 |
Sorry maybe im blind, where can i download the videos? |
| Chief Mouse 17.11.2017 15:04 |
link |
| Golden Salmon 17.11.2017 15:32 |
RafaelS wrote:May I have a link?Jake12 wrote: Hey Chief are you going to do Days of our lives as well?I suggest that you should use, if you can the Early/Alternative version that was "released" last year... |
| Kuijpy 17.11.2017 16:13 |
Thanks Chief Mouse, Champion |
| DragonflyTrumpeter83 17.11.2017 20:37 |
Chief.... Thanks for all your hard work! |
