Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace 1999 Regrained Edition V2 1080p BrRip x264 KK650 Regraded

kk650 presents: Regraded The Phantom Menace Regrained Edition V2


Technical Specs:

Name: Regraded The Phantom Menace Regrained Edition V2

Size: 1.9 GB

Video: 1920x824 H264 23.976

Audio: English 92 Kbps AAC-LC (2CH)

Subtitle Track 1: Alien Subtitles in English

Subtitle Track 2: English Subtitles

Subtitle Track 3: Spanish Subtitles


With this V2 release of The Phantom Menace, as well as adding grain to make the film look more filmic, I have also regraded the film to remove the constant blanket red tint found throughout the whole blu-ray.

The overly red sunburnt fleshtones of the blu-ray have also been adjusted to closely match the more natural fleshtones of the Star Wars Semi-Specialised Edition V2.2, making this film more visually appealing and consistant with the latest V2.2 Semi-Specialised Editions. Like the Star Wars Original Trilogy, The Phantom Menace was also shot on film, as will be the new Star Wars films coming out thankfully. Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith were both shot on digital.


Like many, I was unhappy with the all the DNR (Digital noise Reduction) that the official blu-ray of The Phantom Menace had that scrubbed away lot of the detail, making everybody in the film look very waxy, so I decided to try and see if I could reverse the DNR by adding some film grain myself.

By adding some fine grain to the transfer, I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of detail that I was able to recover that I hadn't even noticed before on the blu-ray. All this detail that had been hiding beneath the DNR had just come right up to the surface, making this new regrained version of The Phantom Menace look more filmic, as it should do because it was shot on film, but more detailed as well, all considered, a big improvement over the original blu-ray transfer IMHO, especially when viewed in motion.


I hope you like what i've done here. Enjoy! :)


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Here are some screencap comparisons between the official blu-ray and this regraded and regrained release:

Official Blu-ray 1:



Regraded and Regrained Edition 1:



Official Blu-ray 2:



Regraded and Regrained Edition 2:



Official Blu-ray 3:



Regraded and Regrained Edition 3:




Release MediaInfo:

Video
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Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : avc1
Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding
Duration : 2h 16mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 900 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 16.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 832 pixels
Original height : 824 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Original display aspect ratio : 2.35:1
Frame rate mode : Variable
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Minimum frame rate : 23.974 fps
Maximum frame rate : 23.981 fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.050
Stream size : 1.81 GiB (95%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2015-12-02 22:02:02
Tagged date : UTC 2015-12-02 22:02:31
Color primaries : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4, SMPTE RP177
Transfer characteristics : BT.709-5, BT.1361
Matrix coefficients : BT.709-5, BT.1361, IEC 61966-2-4 709, SMPTE RP177

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : 40
Duration : 2h 16mn
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 92.0 Kbps
Maximum bit rate : 101 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 89.6 MiB (5%)
Language : English
Encoded date : UTC 2015-12-02 22:02:46
Tagged date : UTC 2015-12-02 22:02:47