I’ve decided on sticking with the Technicolor colors, after seeing NeverarGreat’s amazing Leia regrade. I think it looks most authentic, even though we will have to contend with the Technicolors well known green shift issues. So, I went back to the drawing board, and here’s the final color grading. I think it looks pretty awesome:
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Putting aside everyone’s color preferences, I think the contrast in these examples is spot on. Most notably, It brings out a richness in Threepio as well as the more yellow-orange skins tones (the green tinge in the troopers’ wide shot makes the more yellow skintones of them look somewhat waxy), and retains a good level of brightness. Some of the ColorBalanced shots found here Estimating the original colors of the original Star Wars trilogy are immaculate but probably too dark in the Tantive corridor scenes. What’s been done in this 4K77 regrade seems to accommodate contrast and retain the brightness.
I still prefer these colors…if anyone was wondering Estimating the original colors of the original Star Wars trilogy
They feel very natural as opposed to a post processing grade in Resolve or other. Having tools to control all ranges of color in an image isn’t always the best way.