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Post #557233

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corellian77
Parent topic
Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Date created
3-Jan-2012, 4:00 AM

I'd love to see this latest work print Harmy.

I feel kind of guilty asking, since I never got around to giving feedback on the last work print, so... here it is.  Better late than never I guess:

During the binary sunset scene in your last work print, I thought the sky looked terribly dark/dull, and the sun at the right too red (this seems to have been a problem since the SEs).  I've always remembered the sky and the sun at the right as being much lighter, so I checked three different sources for comparison (albeit all VHS recordings, for what that's worth) -- a TV broadcast from 1983, the original P&S VHS box set, and the Faces VHS box set.  Although they all suffer from blown out white levels, the sky is nevertheless much more lavender-coloured and the sun on the right more bright orange than what I was seeing in your last work print.

I tried (unsuccessfully) to take a photo of the TV screen for comparison, but the results weren't too accurate, so I did a rough mockup of what I'm seeing on the VHS sources:

Harmy's previous workprint:

VHS rendition:

Again, this is just a very rough approximation of what I'm seeing on the VHS sources, but you get the idea.  Conversely, the close-up of the binary suns that occurs moments later in your last work print seems spot on in terms of colour (containing nice vibrant violets and leaning a bit more toward orange/red compared to the previous shot, just as in the VHS sources). 

I feel a bit silly using VHS cassettes to make my case, but they are the colours I grew up with, and I'm sure in this instance they're more accurate than the official DVDs or BDs.  Can anyone else confirm my opinion about the sky's colour in this scene?  Or am I completely out to lunch? :)