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Post #717568

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moviefreakedmind
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4K restoration on Star Wars
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Date created
22-Jul-2014, 11:40 PM

NeverarGreat said:

msycamore said:


It should be noted that the before and after sample with the droids in the desert seems to be the old 2004 Lowry fiasco. It's old.

 I disagree. It looks like a new cleanup. Here's why:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/84284/picture:0

The damage in the red circle of the first comparison is completely dealt with in the RMW cleanup. However, this same cleanup seems to add a peculiar bit of damage in the green circle of the first comparison.

Moving to the comparison with the Blu-ray, there now appears to be damage in the red circle which was supposedly dealt with in the RMW cleanup. In the green circle of the Blu-ray, the spot of damage near R2 which is present in the cleanup is gone in the Blu-ray (and there's a different green artifact apparent in the Blu-ray). Also, I reduced the quality of the Blu-ray to match the RMW video, and the discrepancy remains, so the video resolution can hold this damage information.

There are several such damage discrepancies in this shot. I really don't think that this is the original Lowry work.

The lightsabers do seem to be the '04 sabers, but what about NeverarGreat's screenshot comparisons? Don't these point towards something that is not the Lowry work from the DVD and blu ray?