Originally posted by: THX
As far as official releases go, the Japanese Special Collection is supposed to be the closest, color-wise. Remembering the colors accurately is apparently a neurological impossibility. Comparison to theatrical reels won't help unless you have a non-faded print, hence Lucas's dye-transfer reference print.
Yeah, from what I understand, a dye-transfer print makes an excellent source for color reference, but not to create new film elements. I don't fully understand why they can't be used to create new negatives, etc., but it must have something to do with the fact that they are made so differently than chemical-based prints with emulsion layers. As far as official releases go, the Japanese Special Collection is supposed to be the closest, color-wise. Remembering the colors accurately is apparently a neurological impossibility. Comparison to theatrical reels won't help unless you have a non-faded print, hence Lucas's dye-transfer reference print.
Originally posted by: THX
Thanks for the info, Mielr. Here's yet another depressing quote from Robert Harris:For the record, the use of a dye transfer print as a transfer element, would not yield an acceptable image. Any discussion of prints, in general, for transfer would be heading in the wrong direction.
[original context]Thanks for the info, Mielr. Here's yet another depressing quote from Robert Harris:For the record, the use of a dye transfer print as a transfer element, would not yield an acceptable image. Any discussion of prints, in general, for transfer would be heading in the wrong direction.