I agree the ideal way to go would be colour correcting scene by scene, I've said this all along but at the same time I have my reasons for not doing it this way. :)LexX said:
I think you can never get a satisfying result for the whole film with one settings. It needs color correction scene by scene.
For those of you wondering, although I am trying to match the Technicolor photos fairly closely, I am not trying to perfectly match them for 2 key reasons:
1. The photos themselves are imperfect, the exposure varies from photo to photo, and there is a question over the effect the white balace of the camera has on the hue of the colours.
2. The Technicolor Imbibition process does not produce 1:1 copies, because of the variations in the dyes used in the film stock. Therefore no two Technicolor IB prints are perfectly identical even when they are brand new.
I would highly recommend anyone who hasn't already checked out Zombie84's terrific page on the Technicolor IB showing at the Senator Theatre does so as it is highly informative!
I rendered out the second VTS to lossless AVI overnight so thats two down five to go. :D