Posted: 17 Jun 16, 16:09 Here's a little project that I've long wanted to do. Rock Montreal colours always looked off to me, basically take a gorgeous looking film footage and apply an Instagram filter to it, that's how you get Rock Montreal. My goal was to undo it, which requires going through the whole concert scene by scene, because one colour setting won't fit even one song for the most part.



A sneak peak behind the edit (quite a bit of cuts, had I known maybe I wouldn't have bothered with this to begin with :P ) -







There are no colour references (the 2001 We Will Rock You DVD also has its flaws in my opinion) so the whole thing is totally subjective and corrected 'by eye'. So what you will see is what I think looks good. Might not look just as good to you, which is fine. This is an alternative version after all.



Check these to get an approximate picture of the differences -



http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/176011



http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/176012



http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/176013



http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/176014



http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/176016



http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/176017



(Mouse over the image to reveal the comparison)



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As for the audio, it has 4 streams - 2007 DTS (default), 2001 Center Channel Mix (Semi Acapella isolated) for entertainment purposes and more clearly heard overdubs, BM & RT commentary track (along with all the 2007 subtitles in various languages lifted from the Blu Ray) and Saul Swimmer 2001 commentary track.



Special thanks to Nitroboy (known as Simon Christensen on youtube) who synced and compiled the 2001 streams so that they can be added to Rock Montreal. This sure saved a bit of time :-)



The video is in 1080p, just like the original and encoded at roughly 18 Mbps via x264 encoder - no quality / compression difference to the original was found when I carefully inspected and compared separate frames. A bit of sharpness was applied, which brought out a little more detail. Filesize - the whole thing is about 11.8 GB.



What else? Well, this is a personal project and I'm not supposed to post it here, so those interested may PM me.



The Restoration Collection



http://www.queenzone.com/forums/1505635/the-restoration-collection-cm.aspx The Restoration Collection Here's a little project that I've long wanted to do. Rock Montreal colours always looked off to me, basically take a gorgeous looking film footage and apply an Instagram filter to it, that's how you get Rock Montreal. My goal was to undo it, which requires going through the whole concert scene by scene, because one colour setting won't fit even one song for the most part.A sneak peak behind the edit (quite a bit of cuts, had I known maybe I wouldn't have bothered with this to begin with :P ) -There are no colour references (the 2001 We Will Rock You DVD also has its flaws in my opinion) so the whole thing is totally subjective and corrected 'by eye'. So what you will see is what I think looks good. Might not look just as good to you, which is fine. This is an alternative version after all.Check these to get an approximate picture of the differences -(Mouse over the image to reveal the comparison)---As for the audio, it has 4 streams - 2007 DTS (default), 2001 Center Channel Mix (Semi Acapella isolated) for entertainment purposes and more clearly heard overdubs, BM & RT commentary track (along with all the 2007 subtitles in various languages lifted from the Blu Ray) and Saul Swimmer 2001 commentary track.Special thanks to Nitroboy (known as Simon Christensen on youtube) who synced and compiled the 2001 streams so that they can be added to Rock Montreal. This sure saved a bit of time :-)The video is in 1080p, just like the original and encoded at roughly 18 Mbps via x264 encoder - no quality / compression difference to the original was found when I carefully inspected and compared separate frames. A bit of sharpness was applied, which brought out a little more detail. Filesize - the whole thing is about 11.8 GB.What else? Well, this is a personal project and I'm not supposed to post it here, so those interested may PM me.