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Credits: Swordsman 2 (1992)

Posted:
Sat Jul 16, 2005 4:12 pm
by MrBooth

Posted:
Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:07 pm
by Gaijin84
MrBooth - what screen capture tools are you using? These are fantasticly clear and large frame caps

Posted:
Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:38 pm
by MrBooth
Just using PowerDVD 4.x set to capture as "original size"... they're big because they're from an anamorphic disc & I didn't resize them, and they're clear because I took some time to make sure I got good frames :p
(using the "step back" button on PowerDVD takes you to the last "I-frame" - i.e. a frame where the whole image was encoded rather than just the difference from the previous frame. Usually these frames will be the sharpest.)
Going through taking captures I realised how poorly compressed the Mei Ah remaster is, incidentally... lots of mpeg artefacts, looks more like a low bitrate DivX rip or something. You don't notice so much when it's in motion though...

Posted:
Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:45 pm
by Gaijin84
Thanks - I guess I need to update my PowerDVD. I think I'm still running a free version 1.5 or something. Shame on me.


Posted:
Sat Jul 16, 2005 11:45 pm
by MrBooth
I need to update too - they're up to 6.x now! The latest versions have something called "Eagle Eye Vision" that boosts colours/contrast in quite a pleasing way...

Posted:
Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:24 pm
by calros
Changed prod. manager; Ching Siu Tung is planner of the movie.
Added tittle alias, 1 prod. manager, 1 action director, the 6 assistant action directors, the 3 assistant directors, gaffer, sound ed., sound rec. and 2 actors more!

Posted:
Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:59 pm
by MrBooth
Fantastic! Didn't think there'd be much to add for this one


Posted:
Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:41 pm
by calros
What about Swordsman 3?


Posted:
Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:24 am
by MrBooth
Give me a couple of days - only so much wu xia I can take in one dose these days! Luckily I'm off work for another 2 weeks so plenty of time for reviewing the classics (and more importantly, taking lots of captures afterwards!).