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hairy_hen
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Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD - V2.0 - MKV & AVCHD (Released)
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13-Jul-2014, 3:29 PM

That DVD shot of the uniforms looks ridiculous.

As for the new 'lost in the snow' scene, I think he pretty much nailed it this time.  The workprint was too washed out and dulled down, since as he said before, the 2004 transfer is monochromatic and smears a huge amount of blue over everything, so when you desaturate that part of the image, the whole thing becomes flat.  This time, it can plainly be seen that the colour and contrast of the characters has had much more life breathed into it, allowing them to stand out against the background.  It now looks more 'real', if that makes sense; and the new colours form an ideal compromise between the 1993 and 1997 versions.  I heartily approve!

Harmy, I'm curious as to how you managed to deal with the characters and backgrounds separately, so they didn't affect each other.  How was this accomplished?