# Tian 2022: Mathematically Optimal Restoration and Stabilization of the Patterson-Gimlin Film with Computation Feature Detection

> Isaac Y. Tian, Bill Munns, Jeff Meldrum, 2022. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The current best reproducible restoration method for the film…

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# Mathematically Optimal Restoration and Stabilization of the Patterson-Gimlin Film with Computation Feature Detection

Isaac Y. Tian, Bill Munns, Jeff Meldrum, 2022. _The Relict Hominoid Inquiry 11: 263–287_.

Photographs 150 frames around the "lookback" frame (F354) from eight independent second-generation prints, aligns them with SIFT features, stabilises them to a background with a RANSAC-fitted homography, colour-corrects each, and composites them to raise the signal-to-noise ratio without manual retouching or AI interpolation; renders at 16 fps on the basis of the K-100's minimum speed.

**Patterson-Gimlin film** ArticleChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The current best reproducible restoration method for the film and a statement of its date and witnesses.

## Cited by on this site 9 records

[The camera original reel](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/artifacts/ART0CZ264V04RMH/the-camera-original-reel)

ART

[Computational restoration of 150 frames around the lookback frame (F354)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0CZ264BC2GSX/computational-restoration-of-150-frames-around-the-lookback)

Dataset

DAT

[16 fps was the K-100's minimum and typical for amateur film without sound.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/evidence/EVD0CZ2615T3125/16-fps-was-the-k-100s-minimum-and-typical-for-amateur-film)

Evidence

EVD

[Roger Patterson films the figure at Bluff Creek, with Bob Gimlin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/events/EVT0CZ25SVE2B22/roger-patterson-films-the-figure-at-bluff-creek-with-bob)

EVT

[Tian, Munns and Meldrum publish a computational restoration of the lookback sequence](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/events/EVT0CZ25W1R0V7A/tian-munns-and-meldrum-publish-a-computational-restoration)

EVT

[Bob Gimlin](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/people/FIG0CZ25PXP6CJK/bob-gimlin)

FIG

[Isaac Y. Tian](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/people/FIG0CZ25QWY6N6Z/isaac-y-tian)

FIG

[Roger Patterson](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film/people/FIG0CZ25PNW6AEN/roger-patterson)

FIG

[The Patterson-Gimlin film](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/patterson-gimlin-film)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Tian, I. Y., Munns, B., & Meldrum, J. (2022). Mathematically Optimal Restoration and Stabilization of the Patterson-Gimlin Film with Computation Feature Detection. The Relict Hominoid Inquiry 11: 263–287. https://www.isu.edu/media/libraries/rhi/research-papers/Tian-manuscript_revised.pdf
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[Read it free at isu.edu](https://www.isu.edu/media/libraries/rhi/research-papers/Tian-manuscript_revised.pdf)

Key

**SRC** 0CZ25KR43GMJ

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Journal article

Rights

The publisher's

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26 Oct 2026, for editors

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