canofhumdingers said:
Oldfan said:
I was just looking at the comparison shots posted between v1 and v2. Many of the shots actually look like the black levels are totally crushed - like take a look at the shots of the Millennium Falcon docked on the Death Star (shots 72 & 73, 80 & 81) - tons of detail is just gone, lost in shadow, and in shots 80 & 81 the door on the left in the background is almost impossible to see. And in the shot of Obi-Wan early on (shots 22 and 23), the v1 looks nice but v2 is totally blown out, with all detail in the background completely lost in a sea of white, and the colors look terrible compared to v1.
Is this just unavoidable due to the different sources used for v2? I don't mean this to sound like a criticism, I'm just curious why such a difference in quality- to my eyes many of the v1 shots have more background visible, even though the v2 are clearly sharper. In those shots, is this just how it looked originally, and we're just used to seeing tweaked versions over the years, or are those shots just due to limited available sources? It seems in the shots I mentioned above, v1 looks far better overall.
What comparison screenshots are you looking at? I haven't seen any posted. I haven't gotten to watch the whole thing yet, but I have skimmed through and I think v2 looks night & day better than v1. The blacks were not NEARLY as crushed. And the colors were far better. Now, regarding the brightness of the introduction to Obiwan, that has received a fair bit of attention from people who feel it is too bright. But Harmy was provided access to a 1977 technicolor dye-transfer print to use as a color reference and that is apparently what the scene looked like, odd or blown out as it may be. Being able to use the dye-transfer as a color reference is a huge deal b/c those prints do not fade (or fade VERY little) and so what we're seeing is probably the closest to the original colors anyone has seen since the original theatrical release. And they are QUITE different than we're used to seeing in the many official home video releases.
This was posted elsewhere.