Progress report:

I’ve been working on ANH. I think I may have a tweak for the GOUT. SE is not finalized at all but is good for comparing any changes between it and the blu-ray. It is impacting my corrections to the blu-ray in fun ways. Sometimes it means I don’t correct something and other times it forces me to correct something else. Fortunately I’ve done a lot of the work before on a previous draft and my efforts were not wasted. I also stumbled on an excellent way to fix the Falcon’s engine effect (which on the blu-ray is white with a deep blue halo. I found a way to enhance the glow and produce a blue halo in each of the effected shots. I only detected it in the last 4 shots, but I used the effect for all 6 times we see the engine glowing at full power (we also see it a couple times where the engine revs up and I didn’t touch those). I tackled Red Leader and Porkins. Red Leader had a color changing helmet which didn’t exist in the GOUT or SE. Porkins’ shots were all washed out compared to most of the other pilot shots. I also did a quick correct of the explosions (using my previous correction overlayed with my new color colorection using a color key to mask the explosion). It is the same technique I plan on using, but I need to finish my correction of the SE before I finalize those. I still have some pilot shots to fix (some are yellow and others are washed out). So the Death Star battle is a big more work with this color correction, but I didn’t have to touch most of the Tatooine shots like I did last time. There are some things I know I need to fix still, but the major ones have all been addressed. I might post some samples depending on how it looks when I render it and watch it. I tend to see new things every time.