kk650 said:

No replies yet? Maybe I should have said 'I'd appreciate it if ANYBODY could check these two clips and let me know whether you think they look overexposed' haha.

Come on guys, please help me out here. Let me know what you think. Did my old settings look better or do the clips look better with my latest settings? Is it the 500mb video files making people reluctant to check these clips out even though the download speed is very quick? I can regrade them at a lower bitrate no problem to make the files smaller if that's the issue.

I think the newer settings are a bit better, but the blacks are a bit too low, (too far under 16,16,16) and the colour saturation seems a bit too high for me. Also there is a bit of inconsistency shot to shot. Han's shirt is almost lemon yellow in that opening sequence and the faces are too orange. The highlights have been clipped, so the faces have gone a little leathery. Contrast it to the next shot from your same clip, where Han's shirt is closer to the correct hue.

BTW, what colour are the walls in the room your are doing the correcting in? If they are not neutral, then hang an off-white sheet on the wall behind your monitor, it helps keep your colour perception accurate.