Poita’s new scans of the German ESB got me really thinking… One thing I liked about the Grindhouse was the cave scene is “white” like I remember, but as Harmy once pointed out to me, the Grindhouse is a terribad color reference because it’s so desaturated. So I pulled up VLC Media player and just started tinkering and I sort of “ran into” something… something that I know will be controversial, but I noticed if I cranked up the saturation AND changed the hue… I was getting some very nice results.
So I busted my old freebie standby program, AVIDemux and did a few passes at tinkering. These are screenshots of my second attempt. Seems to be a bit oversaturated still, so I might do a third before I share the settings I used, but here are some screenshot comparisons:
Note the increase in the blue intensity here:
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Making it look MUCH closer to Poita’s new scans. BUT… CHECK THIS OUT!!!
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Luke’s cave still stays mostly white, the way I remember it. 😃
Here are some other examples: (Again, keep in mind, this is one pass across the entire film… I’m actually really surprised at how consistent these came out)
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And my favorites!!
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What do you guys think?