I don't know if anyone else has come across this same problem, but I noticed that when I put together the last batch of captures for the slideshow, several of them came out quite grainy - and I wasn't really sure why that had happened. Well, after doing a bit of research, I discovered that it seems as if some of the latest Windows updates have wreaked havoc with some older versions of Windows image software. Not that Windows would ever intentionally break older versions of its software so that people have to go out and buy the newer versions. No. Never.
But I decided that instead of doing that I would simply process the images in my Linux image software instead to see if I could correct the original problems - and sure enough, it did. Ordinarily, I would have used Linux anyway because it's no secret that I hate Windows and prefer Linux. But none of my Linux DVD software can get screen caps. So, since I'd already been in Windows to get the captures from the film, I'd also been processing them in Window. But obviously that won't be happening anymore.
But anyway, as an example of how much better things turned out in Linux, here are two examples of some of the recent captures that I've redone:
Windows version:
Linux version:
Windows version:
Linux version:
The redone ones aren't the exact same moments in the film - but close enough. And certainly much better quality (Barnabas doesn't look like he's suffering from a case of Chicken Pox). And truthfully, rather than curse Windows, I should actually be thanking it because I honestly like the redone captures for the 18th and 19th better than the ones I'd done originally. But those will have to wait until their turns in the slideshow.