It's exciting to see people experimenting with the captures. I am happy to give a copy of the raw transfer to anyone who wants to play with it. I made that offer for the PG, and I make the same offer with the PSB. Remember, though, that the raw transfer isn't yet complete - there are dropouts still to patch and I want to get a decent baseline white balance from Adywan done.

Regarding the stills, remember that they are just stills. The hard part is getting the moving version to not contain artifacts in the process. I actually spent quite a bit of time experimenting with limitedsharpenfaster, descratch and despot myself, and while I liked many of the results, I didn't like that they occasionally produced artifacts, or removed some detail, along the way. Notice, for example, that in stills #2 and #5, the number of stars in the starfield that have been removed.

Actually, some people might prefer such a version since it would be cleaner, sharper, and thus probably easier on the eyes. I just want to ensure that my release is as true to the original 16mm film as I can.

After I get a single decent transfer of all three reels complete, synched with the optical sound track, I'll be happy to let others play with them. Whether I end up prefering it over mine or vice versa isn't important, because again I have no problem with multiple versions emerging. In fact, it was always my intent for these captures to lead to multiple releases.