jedimasterobiwan said:
yotsuya said:
jedimasterobiwan said:
what i noticed in some of the color corrections vader's black suit and helmet and cape look gray taking away a lot of black color
They should be very dark, but they should be more gray than pure black because there is a lot of shading to a character dressed all in black. Unfortunately with the universal color correction that I am looking for, Vader in my color corrected version will probably not get much of that back. I want to avoid bringing the garbage mattes back and from what I've seen of the negative1 work, those black are supposed to be pretty dark. Everything was way to bright in the VHS and LD versions.
yotsuya what's your version look like can you show me?
I've been having some rendering issues, but I think I have that figured out now. Sony Vegas is a stupid beast. It automatically shows the full spectrum in the preview window and most things I work with don't use the full spectrum. So I had to figure that out. If this render works, I'll have something tonight that I can do some screen captures of. Warning, it is the TR47 LD capture. I'm starting there because I found in viewing the different versions that that one had the best color pallet to start with. The resolution sucks, but I'll put up some before and after images and some GOUT and Bluray comparisons.
One of the things I've been looking for are the key scenes that you have to get right for each range. There are lots of blacks, but only a few scenes where you have to watch out for the whites. Then there are the various scenes ranging from the bright blockade runner to the dingy cantina. The Han/Greedo scene has turned out to be one I need to look at. The final shot of Luke at the burning Lars homestead is the key one for the brights.
I did come to an interesting conclusion. The R2s they used in Tunesia is not the same color as the the R2s they used in England or the US. In all the Tunesia shots R2 is bright blue while in the other shots he is dark blue. It could be the type of finish they used, but it appears to be the same for most of the movies (except Ep 1), just darker in ANH. It could be from the very diffuse light from all the sand. Not sure of the specific reason, but he is very bright. Not, I should point out, neon blue like on the DVD and Bluray. I personally think a different finish on the blue parts is the likely cause.