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Post #928487

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DrDre
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Estimating the original colors of the original Star Wars trilogy
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Date created
13-Apr-2016, 3:25 AM

One of the challenges involved with correcting an entire reel with one model, is that color fading may vary a bit across scenes. For example the Vader/commander shot still has a slight teal cast:

The question then is, whether the shot originally had a slight color imbalance, or whether the shot was slightly more faded than other shots. However, to make it more appealing, you can apply a second conservative correction with the algorithm for the specific shot or sequence of shots (keeping in mind the points raised by g-force, and the assumptions underlying the algorithm):