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Post #934861

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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
26-Apr-2016, 1:16 AM

Awesome, thanks poita, that’s such a difference! The problem of the blue sheen was caused by a programming error I made while updating the algorithm. The problem has been fixed.

Here are the corrected frames based on your scan. You can notice, that even for this high quality scan, there’s some blue noise in the very dark areas. The reason for this, is that there’s actually blue noise in the scan. It’s pretty faint, but it’s the same color as the darker areas of Beru’s shirt, for which the blue is desaturated:

So, by restoring the color of Beru’s shirt you also enhance the noise. You simply can’t do one without the other.

Interestingly, the colors are now an almost perfect match to the Technicolor scans I have, including the Luke shot, aside from a slight pink shift in the Tech scan.