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Post #114917

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Laserman
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.: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
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14-Jun-2005, 3:58 AM
Thanks for the compare - the dvd version is obviously a lot cleaner, and has more details in some areas that I was unhappy with on my capture (like the white area on Leia's forearm).

But this is just the capture, no tweaking as yet, and while the DVD is way too saturated and way to red, the raw X0 capture will benefit from a colour grade, as it is off towards green on the original laserdisc. We can't put detail in that just isn't on the laserdisc, but we can get it looking better than the original laserdisc.
For example a quick sharpen, and a slight move away from green gives you a totally different feel to the picture:
http://www.mudgee.net/quickjob.jpg
Now it is over sharpened, and the colour is way off to the red end, a simple push in another direction and it will look completely different again, so you see what I mean - the raw capture is no indication of what the final result may be like.

I will have to take a look at the original film in this case to see where the colour really should be, and how sharp the image should be, as there are no obvious neutral points in the scene.