EmeraldGreenStudios

EmeraldGreenStudios, formerly ThomasVHSRecreation, was a British YouTuber known for making recreations of Thomas & Friends VHS/DVDs.
==About==
EmeraldGreenStudios was a channel dedicated to high quality uploads of the Remastered versions of the classic television series Thomas & Friends, presented in the style of original VHS releases, capturing both visual fidelity and nostalgia. The channel was similar to ThomasHDClassics, which is dedicated to high-quality uploads of the Restored versions of Thomas & Friends. Their differentiating factors include the presentation of the episodes, with ThomasHDClassics presenting episodes à la carte as opposed to within the guise of a VHS release, and the versions used. To see the difference between these versions, see below.
==Content==
EmeraldGreenStudios generally uploaded at least once a week, usually more. His uploads consist mostly of recreations of official Thomas the Tank Engine VHS releases, featuring the original opening idents and trailers featured before the presentation. However, the episodes themselves are not sourced from the original VHS tapes; instead, they are sourced from high-quality U.K. DVD releases (generally complete series sets), upscaled to Full-HD and presented in their original frame-rate, which includes portions shot at 50 frames per second within an episode otherwise shot at 25 frames per second (examples include the First Series episode "Tenders and Turntables" and the Second Series episode "The Diseasal"), and featuring scratch made, high quality recreations of the original type-face superimposed over the footage for titles, going so far as to rotoscope the animated Britt Allcroft signature featured in her credit found at the end of several VHS releases.  Additionally, the episodes are sourced from DVDs which contain the remastered versions of the series (such as the 2004 Complete Series DVD releases), as opposed to the restored versions. It should be noted that EmeraldGreenStudios consistently presents his content in its original frame-rate and aspect ratio, with no frame interpolation, stretching, or cropping; however, many of his videos which feature 4:3 (1.33̅:1) content are presented with a custom-made border to fill-in the remaining space of an HDTV Standard 16:9 (1.77̅:1) aspect ratio.
===Other Content===
In addition to the above, EmeraldGreenStudios was known to upload content not exclusively related to the recreation of Thomas the Tank Engine VHS releases. He was known to upload:
*Recreations of television broadcasts of Thomas the Tank Engine on networks such as Nick Jr.
*Genuine broadcasts of Thomas the Tank Engine episodes sourced from his personal VHS tapes
* Other children's television series presented in a similar format to the above, though none are nearly as prevalent as the namesake of his channel, Thomas the Tank Engine.
* Tests uploaded for viewer feedback
*Custom Music Videos featuring footage from one era of Thomas the Tank Engine edited into Music Videos from a different era (i.e. Classic Series footage in the Engine Roll Call music video)
*Lyricless Music Videos, which are sourced from specific Thomas the Tank Engine releases; these are rather rare, have generally not been uploaded by other channels, and have the caveat of often being sourced from VHS. Despite the aforementioned caveat, they are generally palatable due to the process used by ThomasVHSRecreation to clean and upscale the footage (to Full-HD). These uploads are also presented within 50 frame per second containers for particular scenes which were originally shot in this frame-rate.
*Recreations of U.S. Thomas the Tank Engine VHS and DVD releases, presented in their original episode order, but reimagined as U.K. home-video releases (i.e. featuring idents presented on U.K. Thomas the Tank Engine home-video releases and the U.K. narration of Thomas the Tank Engine episodes as opposed to the U.S. narration)
*Gameplay of the popular vehicle simulator Trainz 2019, featuring imported locomotives, rolling stock, locations, and routes featured on the fictional Island of Sodor, the usual setting of Thomas the Tank Engine.
*The occasional custom DVD release
==Personal Life==
Because of the lack of personal content featured on the platforms used by EmeraldGreenStudios, not a lot is known about his personal life, except for the following:
* He is a male.
*He currently resides in the United Kingdom.
*He is generally regarded as a very nice individual.
*He collects Thomas the Tank Engine merchandise and memorabilia.
==Trivia ==
*In June 2021, his channel was terminated for violating the YouTube Terms of Service. What happened was that someone stole one of his videos, so he tried to report the channel.
*He used to have an alternate channel called ThomasDVDStation
**However, he deleted it.
* He runs a Discord server dedicated to Thomas the Tank Engine home-video discussion
*He has a large collection of UK and US VHS and DVD releases
*Because his uploads were very authentic, he has presented some oddities featured within the original content, which other channels may consider editing-out. Some of these oddities are rather rare, including the early versions of some UK Thomas the Tank Engine narrations which were mistakenly released on several UK VHS releases and a rare early version of the Thomas the Tank Engine music video "Come for the Ride" which features no on-screen lyrics and alternate footage
== Remastered and Restored?==
There are three different masters of Thomas the Tank Engine: the original analogue masters, the 1998 Digital Remaster of Series 1-4, and the 2004 Digital Restoration of Series 1-5. Why the series was restored twice (remaster and restoration are used as differentiations of the two versions, both were 'restored') within such a short time-span is unknown. There are many differences between the latter two masters, which are both superior to the original analogue masters, including the following:
*The 1998 Remaster has the same color timing as the original masters, while the 2004 Restoration features entirely different colour.
*The 2004 Restoration is framed incorrectly, often revealing more video information which, while interesting to see, sometimes reveals studio equipment or crew members (i.e. a previously unseen pair of hands pulling Bill and Ben off of the set with strings in the Second Series episode "The Diseasal"). Alternatively, the opposite has been known to happen — in the First Series episode "The Flying Kipper", portions of the episode are cropped in such a way that the top of the screen is drastically cropped, reducing the visibility of the sky and cutting-off information (while revealing more of the bottom of the sets).
*The 2004 Restoration is generally less noisy, and tends to show more detail in areas of dense on-screen masses such as foliage
*The 2004 Restoration has various errors, such as outtakes featuring malfunctions of the live-action models and occasional audio errors, such as the Thomas the Tank Engine intro theme playing in the background for a portion of the Fourth Series episode "Gallant Old Engine"
Which version is superior is entirely subjective, but both versions have its supporters and its detractors. ThomasHDClassics is generally regarded to have the highest-quality episodes of Thomas the Tank Engine available on YouTube because it uses the sharper and more vibrant 2004 Restoration. ThomasVHSRecreation can be seen as an alternative, offering the more accurate 1998 Digital Remaster.
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