timdiggerm said:

AntcuFaalb said:

n00b said:

@ Harmy

Is there any chance to get rid of those bright boxes around the Falcon and the TIE fighters at 00:36:42 - 00:36:44? This problem was much less prominent before Lowry "restored" the material though your workprint is already an improvement over 2004.

I don't have the WP downloaded. Are you, perhaps, referring to garbage mattes?

If so, then wouldn't garbage matte removal be a "specialization" rather than "despecialization"?

Not if the garbage mattes weren't visible in theatres in 1977, due to the differences in film projection vs modern systems.

In short, no.

Visibility would depend on the theater, no? I'm sure there were many crappy theaters in 1977/1980/1983 that used way-too-bright projection bulbs.

I've never had a good understanding of what exactly Harmy's intentions are with his Despecialized Editions. That is, is he shooting for (1) "what's on a theatrical print" or (2) "what would have been visible to the audience during the original theatrical run(s)"?

A good example of my confusion is illustrated by the fact that:

1. Harmy restored several compositing errors that were scrubbed away by Lowry's process for SW DeEd 2.0/2.1/2.5. Some of these were anomalies in a single frame that were likely not noticed by many during the original theatrical run(s).

2. Harmy did not restore all of the original wipes in SW DeEd 2.0/2.1/2.5 and, in many cases, left in the optical wipes that were created by Pacific Titles for the 97SE.

Harmy: I'm not trying to talk-down your work. I'm genuinely confused and I hope you can clear this up. As I've always stated: you do fantastic work and I'm consistently impressed with the quality of your output.