OmegaMattman said:
I wasn't happy with the color correction decisions I'd previously made and I really wanted to fix some of GOUT's bizarr-o problems (missing scanlines on the Emperor and split sabers).
Nice idea to utilize the detail in the LD to restore some of the scanlines. Might I suggest the TB broadcast of Empire '97 SE, many original fx-shots with much less smear than the GOUT is to be found there, including sabers without those artifacts you mentioned. But then this project becomes something else I guess. When we are talking bizarro problems in the '93 telecine, are you also going to try and tackle these color glitches somehow?
^ everything looks like it should, but in the next frame the lights behind Threepio suddenly switch color:
some moments later when he introduces himself as C-3PO the lights have switched to yet another color:
Similar issues where green turned red/pink can be seen on Vader's belt lights, his first scene in the film comes to mind.
the scanlines are gone and the green markings turned pink in this shot:
the TIE lasers turned yellow with a blue outline:
purple laserfire from the Stardestroyer:
the Falcon's laser turned green with red outline:
TIE laser glitches:
same thing with this Stardestroyer's lasers:
weird TIE laser again:
Maybe you already know about all these but I thought it was worth mentioning them if not, these color issues is a little mystery to me as similar glitches are seen on other optical effects in earlier transfers as well but in other shots than what was seen in the '93/'95 telecine. Some of these particular ones aren't seen on the PAL THX LD's as far as I know but they had their own color glitches on other shots instead.
What makes it odd, is that it doesn't seem to be a color timing issue, the weird color casts on these opticals seems isolated from the rest of the image which are often fine, only certain opticals are affected like the laser blasts, truly bizarre, it could not be DVNR related either as it appear on DVNR-free sources like the Technidisc pressing in a few scenes as well.