I don’t know if I’ve softened up to the film grain feature on Resolve, but just for kicks, I decided to go ahead and reset the film grain back to the default settings. The only setting I decided to change, however, is the x/y grain axis to stretch it horizontally 2 to 1, giving the grain an anamorphic look. I feel that I didn’t give readers a fair idea of what the film grain looks like because of how low the setting was in the previous test. This new test shows a pretty rough estimate of what counts as “normal” to DaVinci Resolve. The results do look very grainy, and perhaps it suffers from too much compression. However, this second test does a good job of silencing those who complain about Episode II looking too clean, and I like the much dirtier aesthetic shown here. However, I’ll leave it to the rest of you to decide which one is better. For the most accurate results, I strongly recommend watching them both in 1080p, since that’s the closest to what the original file looks like at present.
Here’s the new test I’ve been entertaining:
…And here’s the previous test.
Let me know which one you like best.