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On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 01:58:30 -0700, jmsatb5 wrote:

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> shabaz.x{at}gmail.com wrote:
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>> Second, is it _technically_ possible to do an HD version of original
>> B5? Does the Super 35 film that I believe the live action was shot on
>> offer the option of re-scanning for HD? For the live action / CGI
>> composited shots, are the live action parts of those still stored in a
>> format that would allow rescanning into a higher resolution and
>> different aspect ratio? And last, with new CGI assets being created for
>> The Lost Tales, would that make it in any way easier for the CGI to
>> finally be re-rendered at some future point in time, even with the
>> original files missing?
>>
> 
> Yes, you can up-rez 35mm to HD fairly easily, especially since we had
> to deliver film negative masters to WB...but again you'd have to crop
> the CGI if you wanted it in wide.  We tried experimenting with
> up-rezzing Jeremiah to HD and it looked fine.

I imagine the hard part would be to get Warner Brothers to *find* the
film.

-- hendrik
                                                                            
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