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mverta
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StarWarsLegacy.com - The Official Thread
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11-Feb-2015, 1:52 AM

They do not have my 4k scans of the LPP.  They scanned it themselves on a home scanner at 2k, with plans to do it at 4K.  As to the quality of the scans, I can say this: there's a reason the Scanity costs what it does.  I also know -1 got parts of some of my Tech IB scans from a print.  I also sent them part of a scene they were missing.  As to that, I can say this: even having the original negative didn't assure that Lowry did a good job with the restoration, it's not a magic button. Having Tech prints is about 25% of the final image, I'd say.  My restoration before/afters represent weeks and weeks of grueling effort per shot, pushing my visual effects and post-production experience of 20+ years to the very brink.  Trust me, to anyone with Tech scans I say, "Good luck!" It's not like you think where it's a little clean-up here, a little color correction there.  Bull. Shit.  To get what you see in Legacy is no fucking joke, even with being sponsored by top software tool companies!

I helped Harmy with reel-by-reel reference images of a Tech. and other guidance along the way.  I do what I can, when I can. Despite the absolutely insane, delusional, narcissistic arrogance of people who claim to be "saving Star Wars," (we're not, we're keeping it on life support at BEST), I still like to think we're all in this together.