What does Blu-ray.com use for the screenshots?

[JeremyPiven]

Curious - what are you all using/doing to get these screen shots?

I am only aware of one way and that takes quite a bit of time per movie.

[Ben]

Sorry... it's a trade secret!

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by Ben

Sorry... it's a trade secret!

lol

[Deciazulado]

We use tiny fairies borrowed from Guillermo that using microscopic loupes and years of training to measure each individual pixel and aided by an extended Pantone gamut chipset compare it by eye to the x, y chromacities measured and by working feeverish overnight by filling the color on a giant 110' x 190' canvas covered wall following the classic paint by the dots method adapted to a paint by the little white squares method we might get a picture. After careful examination by a Minolta colorimeter if we're satisfied that the fairy values match, we call Ernst Hass or Peter Turner for the color work , and Ansel Adams for the black and white and we trust upon them various Hasselblads, Nikons and 4 x 5 view cameras loaded with carefully refrigerated at their aim point Kodachrome and Echtachrome film (or Pan-X for b/w) so we get a high quality chrome or large b/w negative that we can then scan on our custom, one of a kind, 16K Cineon scanner that we happen to have in the attic for archiving tiny turn of the century philatelic postage stamps. And for the next screenshot we start the process all over again.

[Ben]

Nice work, Deci... that was supposed to be a secret. Now everyone is going to be out tomorrow with a couple of million bucks buying their own magical Blu-ray.com painter set. This is what we get by not having you sign a confidentiality agreement.

Thanks, Lawyers!

[Rabidhunter]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

We use tiny fairies borrowed from Guillermo that using microscopic loupes and years of training to measure each individual pixel and aided by an extended Pantone gamut chipset compare it by eye to the x, y chromacities measured and by working feeverish overnight by filling the color on a giant 110' x 190' canvas covered wall following the classic paint by the dots method adapted to a paint by the little white squares method we might get a picture. After careful examination by a Minolta colorimeter if we're satisfied that the fairy values match, we call Ernst Hass or Peter Turner for the color work , and Ansel Adams for the black and white and we trust upon them various Hasselblads, Nikons and 4 x 5 view cameras loaded with carefully refrigerated at their aim point Kodachrome and Echtachrome film (or Pan-X for b/w) so we get a high quality chrome or large b/w negative that we can then scan on our custom, one of a kind, 16K Cineon scanner that we happen to have in the attic for archiving tiny turn of the century philatelc postage stamps. And for the next screenshot we start the process all over again.

And all this is fueled by Absinthe, right?

[Ben]

Originally Posted by Rabidhunter

And all this is fueled by Absinthe, right?

Satan, actually. Tenacious D is an unnamed contributor.

EDIT: Well, I guess they are a named contributor. Deci, could you add the Tenacious D / Satan element back into your paragraph above? We'd hate to upset the dark lord...

[Deciazulado]

I'd rather use a Thelonious Monk

[WickyWoo]

My socks are consistantly on the verge of rocking off my feet thanks to the D

Can't wait for Pick of Destiny in Lossless later this year

[jw]

This thread was funny

[Ben]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

I'd rather use a Thelonious Monk

I know a guy with a pet monkey named Theloneous. Does that count?

[Deciazulado]

Not this monkey!

[JJ]

Mods have a sense of humor?

[jw]

a request, Lets see some screenshots for CARS, The ones there are the old way and thats such a excellent transfer for blu-ray

[Rabidhunter]

Originally Posted by JJxiv1215

Mods have a sense of humor?

You should know that having fun here is prohibited, see, read this. It's in plain engrish.

[Ben]

Alright... enough of this "funny, funny, Ha, Ha" gibberish. The beatings will now continue until morale improves.

[dpomp]

the mods involved in an off topic thread!!! and it's not deleted!?!?!?

[JJ]

Originally Posted by dpompeo

the mods involved in an off topic thread!!! and it's not deleted!?!?!?

As you can see starting with my post, my dear Moderators, we are shocked as to your silliness - you best close this thread before word of it gets out - like the landed gentry keeping printed type from the serfs so that they don't rise up.

[Ben]

Deci... I see your monkey and raise you with:

[JJ]

Originally Posted by Ben

Deci... I see your monkey and raise you with:

Is this a private party or can anyone play?