I really like the majority of the shots!

But yes, I do sometimes see that effect. What you should do is have your project set to 1280x540 or whatever, and then render at 1280x720 to add the bars. However, often times those bars changing colors should be an indicator that your black levels might be a bit off. I noticed that in a few of your earlier samples (the Mos Eisley matte painting for example) but haven’t looked at your new ones closely yet!

edit: this is an example of the blacks being blue: http://i.imgur.com/aeMZP5y.png

It’s interesting that you seem to have taken the Tusken/Ben scene closer to Harmy’s 2.5. Is that because you used his as a basis (I used the 97SE as I think it had better color dynamics) or did you essentially revert it using mine as the base?

I like the color scheme you’re going for with the force choke scene, and the other scenes in that room. The blacks might be crushed, but I’m not comparing it to another version right now so I’m not entirely sure.

http://i.imgur.com/mBasrCE.png Kind of wish you used mine here, but we’ve already discussed this. 😛

http://i.imgur.com/n4Q4fCl.png This is a tough shot and you did a good job.

http://i.imgur.com/jFPewj7.png This looks pretty good. I struggled a bunch with that scene. Considered going back to the blu-ray as a starting point.

http://i.imgur.com/bczf7wR.png Something is wrong here. The black bars are red and so are the shadows.

http://i.imgur.com/AnKI3QF.png nice!

The battle of Yavin looks really nice and consistent. Did you use my version as a basis for the whole film from that point on?