Princess Meemee has been cut out of the film.
In my new cut, there was only one shot where you could still see two Princesses. I used a quick matte to paint Meemee out of the frame - quick and dirty and not that well. It's less confusing this way, but I will miss her and her angular features.
As promised, I have restored the Thief "tree" shot in the polo sequence. It's not seamless, but it is pretty good. It has taken a lot of work to do ... almost akin to the "One Eye's Eye" shot which I was never happy with ... and still am not happy with.
Working on the sound. The Emule workprint's soundtrack is full of nasty pops, clicks and errors all over the place, so I'm switching to the sound from the Stanch workprint pretty constantly. It's missing the first Tack/Yumyum "love scene" (and Thief material afterward), and Yumyum and the brigands after the witch ("Gentlemen, we must return at once!") up to the beginning of the war machine scene ("Ready the positions!") ...
All this has to be gotten from the Stanch workprint. This is actually all storyboards apart from The Thief putting his cloak back on and "Ready the Positions," so no great loss.
That said, the sound is of a much much higher quality. The difference is remarkable.