Star Wars Trilogy SE bluray color regrade (a WIP) — Page 26

DrDre said:

Here’s the complete set thusfar:

I dare say “perfect”? Dam nice.

Here’s a shot from reel 5, and one from 6:

Evacuate in our moment of triumph?:

A shot of aunt Beru, and the entry into Mos Eisley:

Another shot of reel 5:

Here’s the complete set of regrades:

DrDre said:

Here’s a shot from the Tarkin/Leia confontation:

Why does this shot stick out so much from the rest? I think all the others look just amazing, but this one just seems wrong?

g-force said:

DrDre said:

Here’s a shot from the Tarkin/Leia confontation:

Why does this shot stick out so much from the rest? I think all the others look just amazing, but this one just seems wrong?

Stronger “sepia” tint in the skin tones.

g-force said:

DrDre said:

Here’s a shot from the Tarkin/Leia confontation:

Why does this shot stick out so much from the rest? I think all the others look just amazing, but this one just seems wrong?

I checked the frames, and you’re right, it’s too yellow:

Here’s a slight upgrade of the Tarkin shot:

DrDre said:

g-force said:

DrDre said:

Here’s a shot from the Tarkin/Leia confontation:

Why does this shot stick out so much from the rest? I think all the others look just amazing, but this one just seems wrong?

I checked the frames, and you’re right, it’s too yellow:

Wow, I’m glad I said something, 'cause that looks great!

DrDre said:

Okay, now tell if I’m being too critical, but is this one just ever so slightly too yellow as well?

g-force said:

DrDre said:

Okay, now tell if I’m being too critical, but is this one just ever so slightly too yellow as well?

That one actually isn’t. This scene is actually quite warm. While I can’t show you the frame, the 1977 bootleg while being a bit more yellow overall shows similar colors:

I’m very happy with how the original barren look of the entry to Mos Eisley came out. It’s a very specific look, very different from the bluray.

Bluray:

Bluray regraded:

You can also get a sense of the scene from the video of the Senator print screening:

https://photos.smugmug.com/Movies/Star-Wars-at-The-Senator/i-85m3xjB/0/19d0e8b2/640/06 move along-640.mp4

Here’s a comparison between the bluray and the regrade.

Bluray:

Bluray regraded:

It’s amazing how these corrections are as beautiful as they are fast ! Is your source the raw Blu-Ray with the encoding error which blow the highlights out or a corrected version with the information recovered ?

UnitéD2 said:

It’s amazing how these corrections are as beautiful as they are fast ! Is your source the raw Blu-Ray with the encoding error which blow the highlights out or a corrected version with the information recovered ?

I’m actually using Schorman’s 2004 HDTV preservation, as I already had it available on my external drive.

I like these very much too, DrDre. They blow the Bluray out of the water and then some. Two observations if I may:

• 8th frame (Obiwan with hood up). The sky in this looks almost completely white - perhaps blown white - even after you lowered the brightness a little. The Bluray appeared to have more detail here: cloudier on the left, more blue on the right.

• 10th & 22nd frames (Tarkin, Leia, Vader & X-Wing). Blacks look crushed in parts of these frames e.g. Vader’s cloak. This may well have been the case in the Bluray and/or my monitor is to blame!

Bluto

Bluto said:

I like these very much too, DrDre. They blow the Bluray out of the water and then some.

Thanks!

Two observations if I may:

• 8th frame (Obiwan with hood up). The sky in this looks almost completely white - perhaps blown white - even after you lowered the brightness a little. The Bluray appeared to have more detail here: cloudier on the left, more blue on the right.

On the technicolor print the sky is almost white, so this is accurate to the original color timing.

• 10th & 22nd frames (Tarkin, Leia, Vader & X-Wing). Blacks look crushed in parts of these frames e.g. Vader’s cloak. This may well have been the case in the Bluray and/or my monitor is to blame!

This is bluray crush. On the print scan this is not an issue.

Bluto

Thanks for confirming!
Bluto

I’ve added two more shots from Lars homestead sequence: