Poita’s scan of the LPP.
a scan of the whole movie or just for replacement parts?
The whole movie.
wow.
and are there plans for creating a release from that scan or will it just be used for replacement parts?
That’s a good question and the answer really depends on how much better the scan is, and how easy it is to swap sources. The new scan should be cleaner, sharper and smear free but it will still have the same color issues and much of the same physical damage. In theory, it may be possible to swap out the frames from the old print with those of the new and apply the same cleanup, but of course in the real world things are never that easy… I would like to replace as much of the source material as I can because I think that will result in the best quality final product, but not if it will take another three years to complete.
Don’t worry though, I will keep you posted every step of the way. If we have learned anything from this debacle, I think we learned that having a secretive “team” account that only makes infrequent, ambiguous and often nonsensical statements is bad. That badness leads to anger, and anger leads to hate, and hate leads us… well, to where we are now really with the team’s greatest achievement being over shadowed by allegations of misconduct.
So in an effort to avoid this sort of thing happening again I shall try to be as transparent as possible. To that end, I can tell you that Poita’s scan should be shipping sometime this week. When it arrives I’ll post some comparisons. I don’t anticipate it being the kind of night and day difference there is between the LPP and the Tech, but it should be better than what we have.
I have to get a new motherboard first, so it won’t be shipping this week, it will be next month at the earliet.