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If the point was to make them look like the GOUT, then might as well just use the GOUT. The goal of the project has been to make the best possible version of the OT, which the GOUT most certainly is not. No, those pictures shouldn't look like the GOUT at all. And they don't. They look better.


Uh, so when are those T-Shirts coming?

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Originally posted by: C3PX
If the point was to make them look like the GOUT, then might as well just use the GOUT. The goal of the project has been to make the best possible version of the OT, which the GOUT most certainly is not. No, those pictures shouldn't look like the GOUT at all. And they don't. They look better.


Uh, so when are those T-Shirts coming?



What I'm saying is that the GOUT captures look different. Not that they look "like" the GOUT.
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MeBeJedi, did you take a look at the VST-plugin-based upmixing method? If so, what do you think about it?
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Originally posted by: 20th Century Mark
Not to knock the project, in fact I fully support it, however my GOUT looks completely different that the one posted here.

It looks just as dirty, just a bit different in color. Did you take the cap with PowerDVD? That would account for the color difference, that program "enhances" color by default.

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Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly
Originally posted by: 20th Century Mark
Not to knock the project, in fact I fully support it, however my GOUT looks completely different that the one posted here.

It looks just as dirty, just a bit different in color. Did you take the cap with PowerDVD? That would account for the color difference, that program "enhances" color by default.


Yes, but I have the colour enhance turned off.

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Originally posted by: 20th Century Mark
Originally posted by: C3PX
If the point was to make them look like the GOUT, then might as well just use the GOUT. The goal of the project has been to make the best possible version of the OT, which the GOUT most certainly is not. No, those pictures shouldn't look like the GOUT at all. And they don't. They look better.


Uh, so when are those T-Shirts coming?



What I'm saying is that the GOUT captures look different. Not that they look "like" the GOUT.


Oh, I gotcha.

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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
That being said, I wager ROTJ getting done before the new forums.

It's SO on now. So on.


Originally posted by: Zion
I wager the new forum software will be out before our t-shirts will... (And the shirts will be ready by C4.)


A pretty safe bet.
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Originally posted by: Zion
Sorry about that guys, the one I posted is actually the Japanese Special Collection source capture, not the GOUT. I had both screenshots in my photoshop file and mixed them up. The X0 Project result is a combination of both LD sources.


thanks for clearing that up.
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The X0 still has more detail no matter which source is compared to it...look at the "circular" droid part...nice deformed look in the GOUT, also the Storm Troopers mouth area.....

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Originally posted by: Zion
Sorry about that guys, the one I posted is actually the Japanese Special Collection source capture, not the GOUT. I had both screenshots in my photoshop file and mixed them up. The X0 Project result is a combination of both LD sources.

So... SC + DC = XØ
It's like 1 + 1 = 4

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That Japanese laserdisc is just a big piece of crap, isn't it? BTW, some nice before and after shots of the work on the LD transfer would be nice to see. I'm curious as to just how far it's come.

And it looks like the DVNR they did on the film for the GOUT disc partially erased that rubber ring the stormtrooper is holding. Nice.
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You can see the effects of the DVNR in the ring as well as the trooper's "mouth".

The JSC is very dirty, but in fact it has a lot more detail than the Definitive Collection, Faces, and even the GOUT DVD, which is why we're using it. It is also the source closest to the original film colors, which were altered in '93, again in '97, and yet again in 2004. I guess we didn't explain it very well, but these screens are after shots of the LD transfer, sans color correction. These are shots that Laserman worked on with the Black Magic workstation, which combined elements from multiple laserdisc sources as well as the GOUT DVD I believe. The cleanup and preparation of the LD captures is a lengthy process which we will explain in the next article.

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Awesome news. The new shot from the X0 project looks incredible!

How cool is this?
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Originally posted by: Zion
You can see the effects of the DVNR in the ring as well as the trooper's "mouth".

These are shots that Laserman worked on with the Black Magic workstation, which combined elements from multiple laserdisc sources as well as the GOUT DVD I believe. The cleanup and preparation of the LD captures is a lengthy process which we will explain in the next article.


I'll be damned, I didn't notice that the bars in the ST's mouth had been removed. Sheesus. And I kinda figured that the "XO Project" shot was an after shot, seeing as how it looks a hell of a lot better than the other shots.

Honestly, I'm not a big SW fan, but I've found this whole process really, really fascinating, so I'm really looking forward to whatever details you guys provide about the process that you've utilized in this restoration. I hope you release enough details about the process so that in the future, it can be utilized to restore older films that have had many releases of varying, but never ideal, quality.
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I think I messed my pants! That is amazing!!!

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(Good Job!) Continued success in your efforts Guys

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I'm a little late - but thank goodness the prank is over! Finding this out has really made my day

And beautiful work - I don't know how you all are able to extract such amazing quality from the different sources, but BRAVO!!!!