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Post #794426

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yotsuya
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Date created
20-Oct-2015, 4:53 PM

I have become convinced that, barring access to the ANH 3 color separations, that the original colors have been lost. Technicolor gives us a low fade print, but not fade free and we can't be sure how accurate a given print is. The color film stock prints have all faded in various ways. The original negative has faded and that is what the SE, DVD, and BR were taken from. I'm operating under the assumption that the prints used to make the DE LD set and the GOUT DVDs, being the oldest well cared for prints I know of and with the transfers done so long ago, that those are probably the best examples of the color. I found that TESB didn't need much more than some contrast adjustment. The GOUT ANH barely more than that. So I'm going to use the DE/GOUT as my reference. It helps that they match so many other references that I've been going over, such as the various behind the scenes videos and promotional photos. But this whole area of color correcting is really a matter of taste. Those who like red faces, don't mind the DVD/BR edition. Those who love Technicolor, go for that. I don't agree with all of Harmy's color choices, but his color choices are way better than the DVD/BR colors and his version is much more watchable. Since I don't agree with his choices, I'm doing my own. I'm obsessed with getting the flesh tones right, some red, but not too much. So that colors how I prefer to see these films and how I am going about changing the colors to match. And a meeting I had today at work may allow a bit more red into what I'm doing (outside observations of real people can be very insightful).