Harmy said:
Why does the thread need any action, if there's nothing new to discuss concerning its topic?
There is always things to talk about and there is also good reason to talk about stuff. Forgive me but I used part of your stills for a comparison. And I have been looking at your work too :)
Notice all the horrible Red Blotches in the Helmet and how red the shadow of the cockpit is... Also notice how Bright Orange his goggles are. Massively over bright recomp too.
So putting the colors in a more natural state De-saturating yellow and Red in spots and altering the Brightness and contrast darkening red Hues and trying to look at this image as if I was really there this is what I think it should look like in terms of a more real approach. How can nobody spot all the Horrible red and purple blotches all over his helmet though?
Yes I know how that sounds Frink :)
We Have the foreground layer in the Gout as more or less correct but the background footage out the window looks awful. I probably excised a bit too much Red though.
So in the Special Edition we have a totally screwed up foreground image of Luke but a much better looking Background that was re-done.
This is the best blend I could do... Like it or not it warms me up that It can be fixed up and look like real footage but it's all about de-saturation of the recomposites and getting there brightness and contrast to match with the rest of the footage. Or at the very least I think it goes a way towards getting a much more natural color to these offenders where the shots were re-done.
EDIT:
I had to re-do it as there was many color hues in the Shadow purple Red and Blue that should not be there. And there is still some that should not be there around his chin.
Head Like a hole...masked in Helmet detail to properly fix the Black hole in Lukes Head probably impossible? but one can dream. There is a number of shots where the bridge of Lukes goggles is missing also in other cockpit shots. that one is a simple fix though. on this shot though the bridge is solid black rather than being missing.
