PaulisDead2221 said:
Anyway, so don't worry about it. The good news is that I got the '77 theatrical surround "preservation" done. I just need to reinstall Premiere to go get it.

Hey PaulisDead,

1. Am I right to think you use the HD broadcast (being the best source) for the 90% of the movie, and replace the few "enhanced" scenes from a touched-up version of GLOT? Then what is the 2004 SE version good for?

2. Will the 6 channels audio sound as good as the the 2004 SE 5.1? This may sound heretical, but I liked listening the trilogy in 5.1.

3. It might be too late, but do you still have issues with the color correction and the right luma levels throughout the frames? If yes, perhaps I could help you a little bit. Could you send me a few pair of screencaps? A "before" screencap - the one you want to tweak; and an "after" screencap - the look you want to achieve by tweaking the source screencap. The more pairs you can send the better. My method in AviSynth doesn't involve pixel-for-pixel geometry matching. It'll match both the luma levels (by doing an arbitrary luma curve) and the colors non-linearry without bleeding. I don't know how will it work on your source, but it's worth a try.