canofhumdingers said:
Although one thing that still makes me question if it's not also a recomp... Is it just me, or does the ship in the GOUT look like it's nose is pointing just slightly up as compared to the 2004 version? Look at the pics in 005's post. I know they're not the exact same frame, but the angle of the ship never really changes in that shot even though it is moving.
It DOES look like the element was slightly rotated. No idea WHY...
In shots like these, I'd love it if Harmy were to try to combine the ships from the GOUT (or 97SE, for shots which weren't recomped until '04) with the 2004 starfields. If you look at the comparison, you can see that it's the same starfield element as in the GOUT, just with much more of the original detail intact. I can see the stars from the GOUT in the 2004 pic, there's just many more stars that didn't get erased by DVNR, lossy resolution, etc.
The only drawback is that the bigger stars don't really glow like they do in the GOUT - can we blame crushed blacks again?