frank678 said:
I'll have to double check properly later but my initial impression is they are all too blue now. I prefer the Star Wars settings you had just before this updated one (which bested the savestarwars.com gout correct and lee thorogood technicolor project to my eyes).
I think the reason why you think they're too blue might be the vibrance setting I'm using. You see, it digs up the least saturated colors which you sometimes couldn't even see in the raw GOUT. (It even digs up some minor color noise that seems to be all over the movies) Also keep in mind that the GOUT is sourced from a film print which might have been slightly faded as well.
And I'll tell you exactly what I changed compared to the old settings: I increased the vibrance to make it even more saturated and dig up more "lost" colors. I added a curve which increases red gamma so the picture doesn't come out as cyan-tinted as it did with the old settings. (I checked this closely so I didn't overdo it, but made it balanced) I also decreased the amount of red in yellows, to compensate for the saturation and red gamma increase.
That said, when comparing these two settings, they are not that different, and the new one does look better. To prove this I made a comparison of screenshots. Each shot in it is divided. Left half is old settings and right half is new. If you have a hard time noticing it, check the shot of the jawas carrying R2.
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8991/differenceo.jpg
I also want to tell you that I tried some settings where I almost completely removed the cyan tint which is seen here and there, but the movie came out lifeless and desaturated-feeling. I think the movie probably can't look much better unless a better source is used. I believe we have the film print to blame. Though I'd say my settings improve the GOUT a lot, and I'm proud I've come this far!
pittrek said:
They look OK. Did you also change the script according to your newest settings ? I'd like to do a small test encode to see it in motion
I will make a test encode sometime soon. I've updated post 4 with the new scripts and link for the curve files.