Lowry Digital

Lowry Digital Imaging is a digital film restoration company founded in 1988 by John D. Lowry and based in Burbank, California. Lowry gained industry recognition in the 1971 for his computer-based proprietary algorithms used in the restoration of the NASA Apollo missions 16 and 17 films. The company is now one of the most well-respected in the world, business blooming with the rise in popularity of DVDs. DTS, Inc. purchased the company on January 6, 2005. As of 15 December 2006, LDI has 700 Apple Power Mac G5s, a server bay with 700 terabytes of storage and 2 $300,000 digital film scanners.

Lowry describes the restoration process as overcoming three obstacles: wear and tear, age, and multiple generations of optical copies. Each frame is scanned into a high-resolution digital format, where the computer first checks for standard problems like size alterations or jitter. Then the files go through the lab's render farm for speck removal, which is then eye-checked frame-by-frame. The system works natively in 32-bit floating point, can process any format like HD and 4K, and outputs to a pristine digital master. Lowry software is also used to minimize grain in image quality, even in modern major motion-picture releases like Miami Vice and Zodiac.

Restoration filmography

• Zodiac (2007)
• Miami Vice (2006)
• Aliens of the Deep (2005)
• Die Another Day (2002)
• The World Is Not Enough (1999)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
• GoldenEye (1995)
• Pocahontas (1995)
• Born Too Soon (1993)
• The Godfather Part III (1990)
• Licence to Kill (1989)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Henry V (1989)
• The Living Daylights (1987)
• A View to a Kill (1985)
• The Black Cauldron (1985)
• Prizzi's Honor (1985)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• Octopussy (1983)
• Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
• The Keep (1983)
• For Your Eyes Only (1981)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• The In-Laws (1979)
• Moonraker (1979)
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
• Star Wars (1977)
• All the President's Men (1976)
• The Godfather Part II (1974)
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
• Live and Let Die (1973)
• The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1973)
• The Godfather (1972)
• Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
• THX 1138 (1971)
• On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
• Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
• The Mercenary (1968)
• The Love Bug (1968)
• You Only Live Twice (1967)
• Doctor Zhivago (1965)
• Darling (1965)
• The Great Race (1965)
• Thunderball (1965)
• Goldfinger (1964)
• Mary Poppins (1964)
• From Russia with Love (1963)
• Dr. No (1962)
• The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Sleeping Beauty (1959)
• The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
• The Spirit St. Louis (1957)
• Giant (1956)
• Moby Dick (1956)
• Lady and the Tramp (1955)
• The Rose Tattoo (1955)
• Them! (1954)
• Peter Pan (1953)
• Roman Holiday (1953)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
• Singin' in the Rain (1952)
• Alice in Wonderland (1951)
• Sunset Boulevard (1950)
• Cinderella (1950)
• Madeleine (1950)
• The Passionate Friends (1949)
• Oliver Twist (1948)
• Brief Encounter (1946)
• Mildred Pierce (1945)
• Gaslight (1944)
• This Happy Breed (1944)
• Casablanca (1942)
• Now, Voyager (1942)
• Bambi (1942)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• Pinocchio (1940)
• Gone with the Wind (1939)
• The Lady Vanishes (1938)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• Young and Innocent (1937)
• Sabotage (1936)
• The Cookie Carnival (1935)
• The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
• The Ghoul (1933)
• Little Women (1933)

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