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Post #219140

Author
Mielr
Parent topic
The Official Lucasfilm Response
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Date created
16-Jun-2006, 2:21 PM
Originally posted by: boris
Originally posted by: Mielr
Yes, and remember that all of the "new" stuff for the SE, weren't added onto to the original camera negatives (that would be impossible)- all of the original elements were scanned, then the new stuff added digitally, then it was all output to NEW negatives.
They can be and they were.

They can be and they were...what? I'm not sure what you mean.

Digital effects cannot be physically added to a 30-year old negative (to be clear- I'm not talking about cutting and splicing here- I'm talking about actually changing the content of the original negative frames). The negative can be scanned, and the digital effects can be combined with the original image via computer, but then the final result must be output onto a new piece of film.