Color matched Jabba Conversation!
https://youtu.be/a4dJL7it0MI
For those of you interested, I have rendered a rough preview of the regrade. I figured because of how long it’s been, I should share at least something. PM me if you would like to download it. It’s roughly 16gb, so it’s not that huge.
Keep in mind that this is going to be rough. While most shots are colormatched, there may be a few that don’t match up when returning to a previous camera angle. I plan on doing another pass through the timeline once I finished colormatching to Sanjuro’s color grade. There are going to be a few missing 97 exclusive shots that are missing due to the reference footage being offline when I exported. The cgi rocks are in front of R2 and Greedo shooting Han is missing entirely. I would have linked the footage backup, but since this is a rough preview, it doesn’t really matter.
Here’s another glimpse at some more Technicolor/97 goodness.
https://youtu.be/KnOhJHBC2jI
This looks so cool! May I have a link?
Italian faneditor.
EDITS LIST:
Episode IV - THE HEIR OF SKYWALKER. Episode VI - RETURN OF THE JEDI RENEWED. DYAD IN THE FORCE (3-into-1 sequels).
PM me for links if interested.
PM sent. Thanks!
Here’s another clip! I’ve been a little absent from working on the project, but I’m back at it.
https://youtu.be/9Zj_pclqc-w
Hello everyone.
Figured I’d give an update to the project. I’m currently color matching more of the blu ray to sanjuro’s 4k77 grade, but still have a ways to go. It’s going to be closer than previously due to having an improved color workflow. Dre’s color matcher was helpful, but it could only help so much. I was also limited at the time due to using Adobe Premiere rather than what I use now, Davinci Resolve. That and for as embarrassed as I am to admit it, the LUTS I generated for color matching are gone due to the drive I was working on crap out on me and not backing anything up. I’ve since taken better precautions to prevent that from happening in the future, but I’m still disappointed in myself for allowing that to happen.
On the brightside, using resolve has helped in getting the color matching to be even closer to Sanjuro’s grade and frankly takes WAY less time than exporting snapshots, cropping them to match perfectly, exporting the cropped shots, running them through Dre’s color matcher, and then bring the exported LUT into premiere (if the LUT even looks right to begin with). Resolve offers the kind of precision I need for this project. I’m planning on putting out a version 2.7 where a majority of the film is color matched and the remaining footage is “sort of close” color matched. Version 3 will eventually happen, but considering my commitments outside of fan edits as well as wanting to put some more focus on 1997 regrades of ESB and ROTJ, that will come later. Version 2.7 will also have the Authentic and Semi-Authentic options I hap previously mentioned. It will also include the Dolby TrueHD mixdown I was working awhile back.
I’ll have some sample clips up rather soon, so stay tuned.
Here’s some scene samples!
This looks very promising, i will be interested in a link when your v3 is finished ( semi authentic.)
The 3 things i don’t like with the 2020 version are the digital rock, the extra greedo line and the color grade so your project is exactly what i was looking for without knowing it could be a thing.
Those technical difficulties you had sound like a total pounding headache. Regardless, I hope everything works out for you with the rest your project. This is definitely looking pretty awesome judging from the updates that you’ve posted so far.
I’m definitely looking for to it! Along with another two films too. Though I understand those are going be awhile from now. Still I can’t wait!
Don’t fake the funk on a nasty dunk.
Hey everybody!
I am so so so so sorry for not saying this earlier, but I have a more recent version of the project available for download. It’s sitting at version 2.6. PM me for a link.
Hello everyone.
I figured since it’s been a hot minute that I should update you all. I want to stress that I have not forgotten about this project or any other ones you may be following of mine. I’ve recently revisited them and continued work on them. I’ve been finding new techniques to not only color grade better, but improve color accuracy when it comes to matching the blu ray footage to sanjuro’s 4K77 grade. I’ve also been revisiting Dre’s Color Match Tool and it’s been a lot more helpful than my first attempts. That, and it finally is compatible with my laptop’s version of Mac OS X
With that said, I have been thinking about a potential upgrade to my regrade projects. Primarily the ones using the 4k Disney releases. I wanted to know if there’s anyone who would be interested in making a 4K HDR version of my regrade. I understand that isn’t the easiest thing to do, but there’s some people on this site that do it like it’s nothing. I would do it myself, but I don’t have the equipment or money to feasibly do that.
Until then, I’ll catch you all later and update the project with samples.