Here’s my attempt:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/185122
JEDIT: The yellows are a bit too saturated when uploaded to the web, so just imagine a slightly less saturated image here.Although Dre’s version is the most balanced and saturated, Tatooine was intended to be a desolate wasteland.
IMO it’s a little bit too desolate. I think this is closer to the mark for me:
Perhaps you are right, and it should be more balanced.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/185234
I’m really reticent about ‘prettying up’ the image for the final product, however, since Mike’s preliminary correction is merely to get back to the color of the negative, not to retain the intentional color shifts of the final film. Every source I’ve seen that features Tatooine has had some sort of yellow-green in the shadows, with the sky tending towards red. An unnatural cast for sure, but I can’t shake that this is what was intended, especially since it seems to be only the Tatooine scenes that are affected.
Yeah, I think that looks much better. 😃