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#953296
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team negative1 - star wars 1977 - 35mm theatrical version (Released)
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towne32 said:

BMadden said:

Was checking out the 'Spleen earlier and someone had put up an MKV with 5.1 audio, but it has already been taken down. Any chance that was someone here and if so will it be up on a.b.sw anytime soon?

(Please unstar and disable this torrent; huge technical problems.)

Is the reason stated. The mods just copy and paste it from the message they get. So I guess the question is whether it was from the uploader or Mr. Sunshine.

Thanks for the info. The original description stated there may be video glitches so perhaps the uploader decided to pull it down.

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#927512
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Harmy's Despecialized Star Wars 1977 - Color Adjustment Project for v2.7 (released)
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TJT said:

Hi,

I torrented the 18 GB Despecialized v 2,5 and watching it currently - great work!!!

However I have couple questions… why is it letterboxed??? There are black borders up and down the screen which I simply can not get rid of using VLC media player… I would like to crop it to fill the entire display area but this can not be done since it’s letterboxed. Why on earth would one letterbox any video…

Also, I notice that the film has LOTS of different audio tracks, while some commentary tracks will probably be interesting… I don’t think it’s wise to include for example Polish audio (that’s what subtitles are for)… it just bloats the size and makes people less interested in downloading and sharing it. A preservation effort which nobody/few watches hasn’t achieved its goal.

But yeah, what’s up with the letterbox thing?

Did I just enter a time warp back to the year 2000? Just wow.

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#914656
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Harmy's Despecialized Star Wars 1977 - Color Adjustment Project for v2.7 (released)
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[towne32 said:]
Again, sorry for the trouble and use of your bandwidth. The 2.6 release that’s up should be 100% watchable, though. I might not upload the update to the spleen, and just use filesharing sites to share it with you guys who know about these issues and want a fix. Not sure.

I’d appreciate it if you could upload an MKV of 2.7(or whatever you choose to call it) to the Spleen when it’s done because I’ve found that’s the best way to share these big files. Thanks again for all of your efforts on this release. 😃

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#911696
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Harmy's Despecialized Star Wars 1977 - Color Adjustment Project for v2.7 (released)
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Darth Lucas said:

Yeah no problem 😃 just thought I’d throw it out there in case you wanted to use it.

If anyone’s interested I may put an mkv of my 1981 despecialized on the spleen in case someone wants it but doesn’t necessarily want my final blu Ray disc with all the bells and whistles. This uses towne32’s version as a base with a few scenes color corrected by myself and a recreated 1981 crawl/flyover spliced into the beginning.

I’d definitely download that if you put it on the Spleen. 😉

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#911621
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Harmy's Despecialized Star Wars 1977 - Color Adjustment Project for v2.7 (released)
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towne32 said:

BMadden said:

Did you take another look at the desaturated colors in the explosions we talked about yesterday and determine if anything could be done about that? Can’t wait for the release. 😃

Yeah. Actually, although my work on those shots is extremely minimal, it does look a bit more intense than the raw Tn1 shots as I up the contrast (darkening the blacks) and slightly bump the saturation. But no, they cannot be made fiery orange/red like Harmy’s.

Something like that should’ve been picked up in the scan. I don’t think it’s really bleached or anything. And a few example shots I’ve seen from other scans look similar. The flames are a bit more orange in some blasts than others (like the trench explosions). But some, like Red Leader, really do look a bit pale, don’t they? I can’t say conclusively, but this does seem to me the way the print actually looks to some degree. It’s possible that things changed for the GOUT. I just don’t know.

I think there will be some you’ll be happy with and some that will be a bit too pale for you.

Thanks for the explanation. As Harmy just said I’m sure everything will look great when watching the film and not comparing screen shots. 😉

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#911285
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Harmy's Despecialized Star Wars 1977 - Color Adjustment Project for v2.7 (released)
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towne32 said:

BMadden said:

Looking through your latest gallery on Imgur my only critique would be that the shots during the trench run where there is an explosion have too much orange removed from them. I can see why you wouldn’t want them to appear too saturated, but fiery explosions should have more of an orange color to them than I’m seeing in those shots. That’s the only thing I would change, however, as all of your other color adjustments are a big improvement over 2.5 imho.

Thanks. Perhaps you’re right, but I actually have no clue what is right or wrong in this case. I do agree that there should probably be a happy medium in between, though I’m not sure that I can achieve it. Maybe I’ll tinker with it.

Thanks for all of your hard work. I didn’t think I’d ever need anything other than 2.5, but I’m actually using your 1.0 as my go to version of ANH right now.

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#911255
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Harmy's Despecialized Star Wars 1977 - Color Adjustment Project for v2.7 (released)
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Looking through your latest gallery on Imgur my only critique would be that the shots during the trench run where there is an explosion have too much orange removed from them. I can see why you wouldn’t want them to appear too saturated, but fiery explosions should have more of an orange color to them than I’m seeing in those shots. That’s the only thing I would change, however, as all of your other color adjustments are a big improvement over 2.5 imho.

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#911236
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team negative1 - star wars 1977 - 35mm theatrical version (Released)
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DrDre said:

I say let’s get back on-topic. Williarob will get a superior scan, as a “parting gift” from poita, and the Silverscreen Edition will be better for it. So, whatever happens, there will be a good quality, high resolution version of Star Wars available to enjoy, and fiddle with. Meanwhile, Mike Verta will hopefully get his chance to present his restoration to the powers that be, which offers the best chance of an official release (theatrical for the 40th Anniversary?), and the restoration and release of the other two films in the trilogy. So, despite some drama, things are looking pretty damn good.

Ps. Let’s not forget about Harmy’s Despecialized 3.0!

It’s funny to think back to how happy I was when the first version of Despecialized was released and look at where we are now. We’ve got Despecialized 2.5 and the Silver Screen Edition which are both awesome in their own respects and then all of the future projects you mentioned. Pretty cool. 😃

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#910789
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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chyron8472 said:

I went to a relative’s house tonight for a family get-together because my cousin was in town. My cousin works at Disney, on the software for Disney Movies Anywhere.

I was talking to him about Star Wars, and he told me about how, a week before TFA came out, people in his office there at Disney dragged a bunch of chairs and couches from various conference rooms into one large room and watched all 6 Star Wars movies on a projector.

And when they watched the Original Trilogy, they watched Harmy’s Despecialized Editions. In an office at Disney.

No joke.

That is amazing. Now that people are out from under the thumb of Uncle George maybe they’re realizing that the non-SE versions of the OT are the only ones worth watching.