I checked my current settings against the last screen caps I posted and it is hard to tell the difference. A general less green tint and the dark areas are no longer as oversaturated. I have rendered it three times without changing the settings in any way. I have, however, been tweaking the various scenes, comparing them to the 97 SE and 2006 Gout (The SE colors are very different, but it helps with saturation, contrast, etc). So far I have not changed my basic color correction settings on any of the scenes… though I am considering using the previous version for the burning homestead.

The conclusion I have come to is that a bunch of amateur monkeys must have gotten their hands on this. I have learned Lowry didn’t do any color correction, just dirt removal. That leave George and the people at Lucasfilm. They should be embarrassed by the horrible transfer. And there was simply no need to make some of the changes in saturation and contrast that I have found. The only way to explain the horrible state is that they did not use the original color timings when they scanned it and then tried to fix them afterward. I’ve color corrected TESB and ROTJ and they need almost nothing in comparison… just a bit of de-reding. I think I’m going to post a video next. I’m going to use ANH and ROTJ and compare the reused shots. Both before color correction and after. And maybe with the Gout as well or the 97 SE. I’ll have to see what I’m in the mood for.