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You had a theatrical-run film scanned to VHS?
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You grew up on your VHS?
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Harmy's RETURN OF THE JEDI - Grindhouse 35mm LPP (Released) — Page 7
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Cleaned and colour corrected! http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/165754
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What happened to his eyes?
Edit: Also, I think that adjustment probably speaks to Harmy’s points about how difficult that scene is to color correct. You can go and do something like this (or similar), but you’ve introduced a host of other problems for the sake of not wanting the Rancor scene to be blue.
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The goggles did nothing.
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Cleaned and colour corrected! http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/165754
I think you need a little more practice with the cloning tool. Also try using adjacent frames for clean up, and be a little more conservative on the sharpening. Color looks good though. Good effort.
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This is totally unrelated, but…
Anybody want to buy a print of Star Trek-The Motion Picture (1979)?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Trek-The-Motion-Picture-Original-35mm-Feature-Film-/231873719231?hash=item35fcc02bbf:g😮SMAAOSwAuNW4jh6
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We didn’t need the cross post, but thanks for the heads up anyway. It’s a very faded print with vinegar syndrome and warping/shrinkage. So, not good for a preservation.
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We didn’t need the six cross posts
Ah, that’s better.
Also, it’s not the print’s fault, it was in the pool.
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You grew up on your VHS?
I threw up on my VHS – the time I played the Star Wars SE.
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Cleaned and colour corrected! http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/165754
Looks a bit over-sharpened as well to me.
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Some feel sharpening is the devil. I would agree. I would also say TVs shouldn’t even have the feature any longer. It only ever served a purpose with analog signals. (And even then it was debatable.)
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I disagree - that comparison image is definitely way over-sharpened but sensitive sharpening can really help - I had to do a lot of sharpening when using the GOUT as my source.
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Hey, if you like edge enhancement, that’s good for you. I’m just stating plenty of people hate it just as much as you like it.
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Hey, if you like edge enhancement, that’s good for you. I’m just stating plenty of people hate it just as much as you like it.
It’s a different story when you’re combining material from different sources, though. I’ve needed to apply a good amount of sharpening to the SSE LPP for it to mesh with the BD. But on its own the LPP is fine to watch as is
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We already have the other 2 movies scanned and available online. I really wish we had a similar release with project Threepio and all those audios from Harmy Despecialized Edition synced.
Thank you very much for your hard work Harmy!
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Harmy, what did you think about results of Dre’s print-correcting tool on the ROTJ LPP (watchable here : http://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/920095) ?
Since this way of color-correcting seems to be pretty quick, I wonder if a “Grindhouse 2.0”, using this tool and a little manual adjustment for contrast, could be proposed before a future cleaned version which won’t arrive tomorrow.
A question, otherwise : the comparison gallery you posted on the first page showed you chose to give to the Grindhouse edition the same framing as the DE. Was this cropping a deliberate decision or a necessity due to the wear of the print or the video format ?
Congratulations and thanks for your great work on the three films !
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I don’t think I’ll be doing a Grindhouse v2.0.
As for the cropping - the framing isn’t always the same shot to shot in 35mm prints, so I had to use a cropping where there was no visible print edge on any given shot.
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I was watching the ROTJ Grindhouse, and was surprised how green some of the exterior shots of the Death Star are, especially in the early shots, and during the space battle at the end. Is this delibirate?
I ran one of the frames through my algorithm, and it came out looking a bit different.
Grindhouse:
Grindhouse + automated correction:
I’m also pretty sure the small planet/moon in the background should be red, at least that’s how it appears in the home video releases, and that’s also what the algo predicts.
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If I remember correctly, Harmy did a quick shot by shot manual color correction, so I don’t think it can be considered “correct”.
What’s the internal temperature of a TaunTaun? Luke warm.
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I love that contrast in the corrected shot.
she/her
mwah
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Harmy, I just realized that the filesize on your NFO/OP is wrong, not sure if you feel like updating the OP: it looks like you copied the filesize from the 2.5 DE release. should be 21.3 GB.
(sorry to bump an old thread for such a silly reason, but might as well be right for future readers…)
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Return of the Jedi had a blue tint inherent to the film, which I believe your algorithm removes entirely. That wouldn’t be proper, right? Someone feel free to correct me on this.
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Return of the Jedi had a blue tint inherent to the film, which I believe your algorithm removes entirely. That wouldn’t be proper, right? Someone feel free to correct me on this.
No, this print had a blue tint, that Harmy corrected to the point that the film is watchable. I just noticed a pretty strong green tint during the space sequences.
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Return of the Jedi had a blue tint inherent to the film, which I believe your algorithm removes entirely. That wouldn’t be proper, right? Someone feel free to correct me on this.
No, this print had a blue tint, that Harmy corrected to the point that the film is watchable. I just noticed a pretty strong green tint during the space sequences.
Ah, alright then. I could have sworn that there was a change of film stock between Empire and Jedi that had caused a blanket blue tint on every print. Though as you say, you’ve removed a green tint, so I suppose that’s irrelevant.