But I've done a lot better this time round, in all respects.
I guess by image 8 you mean the shot of the Star Destroyer over Tattooine?
Looking at that pic on this computer monitor, the black levels are too bright, they've gone to grey, which looks a bit odd.
I should have actually done another lumakey pass on that shot to make all the blacks pure black.
I did lumakey passes on every shot to make the blacks pure black, but when doing heavy compositing like that shot, it couldn't always be done without encoding it twice. Which I did on the shot of Han saying "Yes, I'll bet you have ..."
Shoulda done it tho', black's pretty important in that opening shot.
Looked fine on the TV I watched it on tho'.
I don't mean to be defensive, by the way. It's always a bit nerve-wracking knowing that your work is being scrutinized in such detail but I'm glad people care about Star Wars enough to want a damn good version of it, I certainly do and that's the motivation behind this project of course.
I think you'll all like it. Like, a lot.
As far as how my compositing skills have developed, well, there WAS a Ronto in this shot at one point.
No Ronto now. Looks fine to me.