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Post #1079409

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DrDre
Parent topic
Star Wars 1977 Technicolor IB print color references (matched to print)
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Date created
28-May-2017, 6:20 AM

yotsuya said:

I think we need to figure out how to apply these to the film in our restorations. I am encouraged that C-3PO comes out a bit brassy (on the greener side of gold) and a lot of the skin tones look fantastic. But the darker colors seem far too dark. I think we need to couple these with the Senator and other showings to understand how the dark colors appear when projected. I don’t think they come out quite that dark on the screen. Those Tatooine/Tunesia shots look way too yellow (as in unnaturally yellow) but the rest look great. Can’t wait to see more.

It seems to be a generic property (issue?) with the technicolor prints. When we compare the calibrated scans with Mike Verta’s calibrated photographs, the yellow appears fairly consistent:

I will adjust the contrast and brightess settings somewhat to see how the scans come out, to optimize the scans for view on a computer screen.