Treasure of the Seirra Madre', etc. DVD art...

[Todd Fredericks]

Pretty cool...

[Todd Fredericks]

also...

[Todd Fredericks]

and...

[Matt]

Beautiful. Are those the original movie posters?

[Ken_McAlinden]

...if you thought those were cool, check out the box set for all three and the graphical explanation of how the transfer for "Adventures of Robin Hood" was achieved from the Technicolor separations. These were posted by Ron Epstein over at the Home Theater Forum (http://www.hometheaterforum.com):
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/images/legends.jpg
The Adventures Of Robin Hood, filmed in
Technicolor's then state-of-the-art black and
white three strip process that produced some of
the richest, most beautiful color in movie history,
is now restored with a unique new patented-pending
software Warner Bros. Pictures has developed.
The ultimate creation is a much sharper registration
that stunningly restores the DVDs with superb color
and resolution (a picture of the process is below)....
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/images/flowchart.jpg

Regards,

[Todd Fredericks]

Ken, very cool!!

[John Moschella]

Does anybody know if the Technicolor restoration of Robin Hood is the same as the one used for Singin' in the Rain? I was blown away by the colors on that DVD.

[Ken_McAlinden]

Originally posted by John Moschella
Does anybody know if the Technicolor restoration of Robin Hood is the same as the one used for Singin' in the Rain? I was blow away by the colors on that DVD.
It is the same proprietary WB process as was used for "Singin' in the Rain".

The big problem with using B&W separation masters vs. color negative to create images is usually "differential shrinkage" (and, no, Mr. and/or Ms. Smarty-pants, that was not the subject of a Seinfeld episode). The B&W negative does not fade with time, but it can change slightly in size. The WB process digitally recombines the separation masters frame by frame and adjusts the geometry to correct for size variations that could cause small to large errors in registration. Small registration errors result in "fringing" or blurred edges. An example of a video transfer from an element with gross registration problems would be either of the DVD releases of "The Quiet Man".

Regards,