I thought this may be worth reposting here:
Here are the things from 005’s gallery
( https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+DrewStewart/albums/5528361230751063825 ) that remain in the v2.5 cut:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+DrewStewart/albums/5528361230751063825/5529747108149536594?pid=5529747108149536594&oid=102542760950977079734 - this is not actually a change - the garbage mattes are simply not visible due to higher contrast of the transfer.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/160952/picture:0
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+DrewStewart/albums/5528361230751063825/5562147042301698642?pid=5562147042301698642&oid=102542760950977079734
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+DrewStewart/albums/5528361230751063825/5562147050689888866?pid=5562147050689888866&oid=102542760950977079734
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+DrewStewart/albums/5528361230751063825/5562147052869174274?pid=5562147052869174274&oid=102542760950977079734
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+DrewStewart/albums/5528361230751063825/5562147057523676514?pid=5562147057523676514&oid=102542760950977079734
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+DrewStewart/albums/5528361230751063825/5562147065052555314?pid=5562147065052555314&oid=102542760950977079734
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+DrewStewart/albums/5528361230751063825/5562147070509222946?pid=5562147070509222946&oid=102542760950977079734
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/+DrewStewart/albums/5528361230751063825/5562147044233126290?pid=5562147044233126290&oid=102542760950977079734
Again, all of the above are not actually changed - the thicker scan-lines in the GOUT are due to the downscaling of the image.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/160952/picture:1
This one probably has been redone, but it has been done optically in '97 and they look nearly identical in motion, so I don’t see much of a reason to lower the quality of the entire image for it.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/160952/picture:2
Again, this is not actually a change and the slightly different look is due to the DNR of the GOUT and differences in contrast and resolution.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/160952/picture:3
This one is also not recomposited but the wipe leading up to it is new and the shot got shifted by a couple of frames, which is why the ships seem in different positions in comparison on the same timeline. I left this wipe, because again it has been done optically in '97 and aside from the tiny bit different timing, it looks the same.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/160952/picture:4
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/160952/picture:5