Rox64 said:
Hey guys, I have a question. Harmy has used a fade-free Technicolor print of Star Wars, so we can assume his restoration is 99,99% perfect in terms of colors. But what about crushed blacks that are present in the 2004 master used by Lucasfilm for the DVD and Bluray releases? Do you removed them with your magic skills, Harmy?
I'd say the colours are like 85-90% accurate - it's impossible to get any closer with non-professional equipment and software. Not to mention that colours that appear on film are practically impossible to reproduce 100% faithfully in digital, so even my sources weren't absolutely 100% accurate.
The crushed blacks are practically non existent on this release though, or at least no worse than on any other really decent trasfer of some other film. I'll be posting some comparisons with v1.0 very soon.