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Post #1054017

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poita
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Empire Strikes back 35mm restoration feedback thread (POUT) (a WIP)
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Date created
8-Mar-2017, 11:21 PM

It had considerably more grain when projected in 1980, and still does 😃 This sample has had the grain markedly reduced.
However, he opening fox logo is extremely grainy as it is a stock piece that was used and reprinted over and over again for every Fox release from the late 70s through to most of the 80s.
It is by far the grainiest part of the whole thing, so don’t take it as an example of the rest of the film.

Any of the scenes with multiple elements composited are also grainier as they have multiple layers each with its own grain pattern.

If you project this sample, onto a reasonable sized screen, it will also look less grainy than on a computer monitor. It will also look a bit less so once the contrast is balanced a little.
However, people are becoming more and more sensitive to grain as we see current movies shot without it or on ultra-fine grain film stocks, which is why so many older films are scrubbed clean for BD release.

You will notice some shots where done on different stock, you can see some fine grain scenes followed by very grainy scenes.

I will probably reduce the grain on the grainer sections to try and get a more consistent look on the ‘next’ version, but will be keeping it as to the print (with all its varying grain) for the first version.

Less compressed version uploading now: https://infinit.io/_/34Eyh4J. it should be up in about a hour or so.