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De winter komt er aan, dus tijd om een paar mooie klassiekers in huis te halen voor de kinderen.
Naast Father Christmas volgt nog The Snowman (1982) en The Snowman And The Snowdog (2012)

Starlight Editions Presents

Father.Christmas.1991.h265.1440p.AAC.Multi.Starlight.Editions

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180691/

Rating .............: 7.4/10
Genre ..............: Animation | Comedy | Family | Christmas

Studio .............: Blooming Productions / TVC London
First broadcast ....: Channel 4, 24 December 1991
Year ...............: 1991

Runtime ............: 26:04
Video ..............: 1920x1440 @ 25 fps
Aspect Ratio .......: 4:3
Codec ..............: H.265 (HEVC) Main 10 @L5.0 / 10-bit
Bitrate ............: approx. 9.7 Mbps (video)
Audio ..............: AAC Stereo 48 kHz (English - original, default)
AAC Stereo 44.1 kHz (Dutch)
AAC Stereo 44.1 kHz (German)
AAC Stereo 44.1 kHz (French)
File size ..........: 1.85 GiB

About this release:

The source has been extensively processed with Topaz Video AI
for maximum picture quality:

Preparation ........: Duplicate-frame analysis (animation shot
"on twos"): of the 39,049 frames, 23,105
are unique. Only the unique frames go
through Topaz; the repeats are restored
frame-accurately afterwards.

Pass 1 .............: Starlight Mini - 1280x960
Noise reduction and image restoration
based on the original SD signal.

Pass 2 .............: Gaia 2 - Upscale to 1440p
AI-based upscaling to 1920x1440.

Pass 3 .............: Colour correction with 3D LUT
Correction LUT (33x33x33), calculated from
source vs. Topaz frame pairs: restores the
colours of the original source.
Neutral white balance, no style LUT.

Pass 4 .............: Encoded to H.265/HEVC via NVENC
Main 10, CQ 22.
Colour space: BT.709 (TV range)
Audio: original AAC tracks, untouched,
synced to the English original.

The result is an HD version that far surpasses the original
source in sharpness and colour - in four languages,
ready for TV streaming. Made especially for the youngest viewers.

Credits:
Based on the books .: Raymond Briggs
(Father Christmas &
Father Christmas Goes on Holiday)
Director ...........: Dave Unwin
Producer ...........: John Coates
Music ..............: Mike Hewer

Voices (English):
Father Christmas ...: Mel Smith

All episodes and other TV series such as Alfred J. Kwak, David the Gnome,
Nils Holgersson and many more can also be found on my YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@StarlightEditions

Screenshots: https://postimg.cc/gallery/W3qXsyR

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