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Post #1058546

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Joel
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The theatrical colors of the Star Wars trilogy
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Date created
23-Mar-2017, 9:47 PM

DrDre said:

Using the scanner and the color calibration slide, I will be able to provide accurate digital color references for a large number of shots of a technicolor print of Star Wars, that I will share with you all through a dedicated thread, where all the scans will be collected. These will naturally be useful for any color correction project for Star Wars in the future. As far as I know no such project has yet been undertaken, and these will thus be the first color references, that will accurately represent the hue, contrast, and saturation of a technicolor print of Star Wars, by using calibrated scans rather than correcting a complete scan of a print by using the projected print as a visual reference.

Is that how a color-reference slide works?

In audio, when you get a tape, there are tones either before or after the progam material that will help you calibrate your equipment for that tape, but the calibration is only for that tape.

I assume film works the same way, in that you’d have a color reference on the same piece of film you’re attempting to color-time. If it works like that, having an outside reference color slide doesn’t seem to be of much value here.

Or am I missing the point of the slide?