Coming from this thread: https://forum.fanres.com/thread-982.html
I'm currently working on re-editing the original Australian Cut of Crocodile Dundee in HD using the US Blu-ray containing the shortened and altered International Cut, and the Australian DVD containing the Australian Cut.
Here is a comparison of the two versions which I'm using as a guideline for the edit: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=172550
Thankfully, the hard-to-get (especially outside of Australia) Australian DVD containing the Australian Cut was thankfully provided by user Turisu, who also already altered it to 23.976 fps. I additionally de-interlaced it with Handbrake's default Decomb filter, which provided good results, and also raised the audio by 5 dB so that dialogue is roughly at the Blu-ray's level.
For the actual editing I'm using TMPGenc Smart Renderer 6. I'm trying to use as much Blu-ray video and audio as possible, as the DVD's quality (especially audio) is very poor. This means that I will have to touch the audio track afterwards for parts where I can use DVD video + Blu-ray audio (parts of the opening credits) and vice versa (scenes with altered dialogue but identical picture in the International Cut).
The transitions, both video and audio, are very noticeable. Additionally to quality differences, the DVD has a different color scheme and slightly different framing, and the audio is dynamic-compressed. I am not planning to do any corrections to that (that is outside of my skill range ).
I'm currently ca. halfway through. Sometimes I did cuts during longer takes that have been shortened in the International Cut. I tried to be frame-accurate, and they work OK. Just wondering whether I should also include very slight shot extensions in the Australian Cut like the ones at 20:13 and 20:18; and if yes whether I should cut these also during a take or only at edit points. Will decide that later.
Feel free to drop suggestions or hints
I'm currently working on re-editing the original Australian Cut of Crocodile Dundee in HD using the US Blu-ray containing the shortened and altered International Cut, and the Australian DVD containing the Australian Cut.
Here is a comparison of the two versions which I'm using as a guideline for the edit: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=172550
Thankfully, the hard-to-get (especially outside of Australia) Australian DVD containing the Australian Cut was thankfully provided by user Turisu, who also already altered it to 23.976 fps. I additionally de-interlaced it with Handbrake's default Decomb filter, which provided good results, and also raised the audio by 5 dB so that dialogue is roughly at the Blu-ray's level.
For the actual editing I'm using TMPGenc Smart Renderer 6. I'm trying to use as much Blu-ray video and audio as possible, as the DVD's quality (especially audio) is very poor. This means that I will have to touch the audio track afterwards for parts where I can use DVD video + Blu-ray audio (parts of the opening credits) and vice versa (scenes with altered dialogue but identical picture in the International Cut).
The transitions, both video and audio, are very noticeable. Additionally to quality differences, the DVD has a different color scheme and slightly different framing, and the audio is dynamic-compressed. I am not planning to do any corrections to that (that is outside of my skill range ).
I'm currently ca. halfway through. Sometimes I did cuts during longer takes that have been shortened in the International Cut. I tried to be frame-accurate, and they work OK. Just wondering whether I should also include very slight shot extensions in the Australian Cut like the ones at 20:13 and 20:18; and if yes whether I should cut these also during a take or only at edit points. Will decide that later.
Feel free to drop suggestions or hints