I would have posted this a couple of days ago, but my computer has been out of service (network issues - had to replace my router and a switch). But today I had a chance to import DrDre’s reel 1 into Vegas and compare it to my GOUT color correction. It is so very close on some of the shots. You can see the same colors in both, but the color in the GOUT has a bit larger pallet. Not surpising since the prints they were scanned from are separated by several generations. I’m going to continue my BR color correction following my belief that the GOUT is a good guide to match to.

And while I can understand the desire to recreate that original 1977 experience, that is not my goal. What I want is an authentic scan of the original negative with the original color timing. The Tech IB prints are the closest we can get our hands on, but they all seem to have a noticeable tint. And pretty much no-one doing a major color restoration is relying on the Tech IB print colors. Add to that worrying about bulb color is kind of pointless. We need to know what the original colors of the print were first and even then I have no interest in a version based on any given bulb. I want the original colors captured on film - what the 3 color separation master would reveal if they would bother to have it restored (it would create a digital master that is superior to anything we have ever seen). In 1997 restoring 3 color masters that have shrinkage was impossible. Today it is commonplace. Until they do that, we will have to use our best judgement. This project is the closest anyone has yet come because it is revealing the original colors of a faded print. It is unfortunately a copy of another print, but it is still as close as we have gotten and it shows a close relationship to the GOUT colors (an inferior image, but good color information hidden in there).