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Post #1080756

Author
DrDre
Parent topic
Star Wars 1977 Technicolor IB print color references (matched to print)
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Date created
2-Jun-2017, 8:26 AM

As you will notice most of the frames suffer from a green cast, which can vary from shot to shot, and as we know from Mike Verta from print to print. I’ve discovered it’s possible to balance the frames by using the sound track portion of the frame, such that we obtain the “ideal” Technicolor print. Here’s a test result (contrast is not final, I just wanted to boost the colors to better see the result of balancing):

Although some green color noise remains, it is much improved in terms of color balance. I will test the procedure on the other frames as well. To be continued…