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Post #714949

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SirJonah
Parent topic
Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD - V2.0 - MKV & AVCHD (Released)
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Date created
5-Jul-2014, 6:57 PM

Harmy said:

And that is the main difference between Laserschwert's original files and my adjustments - Laserschwert's letters were very thin and sharp - much thinner and sharper than in that 35mm scan, so I used a matte choker effect to make them fatter and blurred them out a little bit - this is unfortunately what also caused the fuzziness in some of the logos but over-all, I think it brought the credits much closer to the way they look in the 35mm scan. The amount of the glow is also is also inspired by the 35mm.

I guess the gate-weave may be a bit too much, I'll have to look into that.

Remember that a 35mm release print is 3 generations removed from the original cut negative and therefore about a 1/3 softer and more blurry. Same with the gate weave. So you have to decide what you are matching, the cut negative (what most of the film is a scan of) or a degraded print.