You_Too said:
Once again thank you for the nice comments.
djchaseb said:
Seems like you guys are nearing the end!
Actually, we're only halfway through the first film when it comes to the cleanup.
I'm sorry to say this but it takes a huge amount of time to work on the cleanup of bad frames. This is something that me and DJ might have to discuss, because this autumn things have been moving slowly, both because it takes so much time to actually work on it, and also because I've had some health problems that have prevented me from working on it. I went through two surgeries the last couple months, and while things are almost back to normal now, I still think if we keep doing this project the way we have, it might take us years to finish all three.
Even though SW has many frames with dirt, glue marks, flashes and all, it's nothing compared to ESB. ESB has thousands and thousands of them and it's not only single frames, because it's the GOUT we're talking about. Glue marks and such things are smeared into the frames before or after so it all usually needs cleanup in more than one frame.
In the near future I think I'm gonna discuss with DJ if we should only clean up the color errors, like Tie lasers being yellow, the Falcon's laser being green etc, and leave the rest as it is. After all, the glue marks are from the negative, and many of the dirt marks and flashes are from the interpositive, so a lot of it was seen like that in the cinema too!
We'll see how it turns out but either way, the GOUT have never looked better, remember that. :)
I was really impressed with how well the preview clip looked, really hard to believe it was GOUT sourced. I understand (well not really) how much work goes into these things, getting burned out is inevitable. Health problems are always a drag as well, I've been going through a rough time myself and it really puts your life on hold. Personally the glue marks and imperfections never bothered me much, whatever you guys decide to do it's going to look world's better than what we have now! All the hard work is very much appreciated. And honestly I don't see Disney bothering with restorations, I think they'll be using their resources on things to come instead. If we didn't already have the Blu Rays we would have a shot, but not with them already out there. Just my opinion.