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Post #915490

Author
pittrek
Parent topic
Star Wars Trilogy SE bluray color regrade (a WIP)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/915490/action/topic#915490
Date created
9-Mar-2016, 7:02 AM

After reading the previous pages, I have to ask “the public” : What are you trying to achieve? Are you trying to get “the colours you prefer”, “the correct colours (whatever that means)”, “the most natural looking colours” or what?

The thing is everybody likes different colour palettes. There is no such thing as a colour palette which EVERYBODY would like so these discussions could go on forever with no result whatsoever.

Are you trying to achieve the look which George Lucas and Gilbert Taylor? Well good, but don’t forget that

  • GOUT is completely useless as a colour source, the 80’s home video transfers are much better (except the contrast)
  • Tatooine is supposed to be “hot”
  • Tunisia sky is “greyish”
  • Death Star wall panels are green-grey, not grey
  • Tarkin’s uniform is much more green than the other officer uniforms
  • R2 doesn’t have blue painting, it’s pretty dark, almost black
  • production photos are USELESS FOR THIS
  • things like shadows and highlights are very important, don’t mess with the contrast

Are you trying to make everything have the “real” colours? Then OK, production photos are PERFECT for this, but you are completely ignoring the original filmmakers “vision”.

That’s why I wanted to know what is the “goal” of this, because I have a feeling that Dr.Dre is trying to achieve something different than other people.