Harmy

Yeah, I saw that one. Cool, thanks 😃

Now, of course, I have to figure out how far to go with removing the power-windowed color changes. For example, in the scene where Luke first sees Leia’s hologram, the Skyhopper outside is recolored completely to a point where it can’t even be fixed with color correction and would have to be replaced with another source.

Thanks. I’m just trying to figure out what additional changes were made (rather than old changes being redone), so I don’t miss any changes in v3.0 when using the UHD BD 😃

Hi, is there a list of changes made in only the 19SE?

No need to message me. Just follow the link in the first post.
Also, let’s not feed the obvious troll 😃

That will depend on what comes out first. But if 4K80 comes out first, then it will definitelly be a source.

😀

Yoda says: No explanation, only explanation in your mind. 😄

These days, one could do a deepfake of ANH Mark Hamill.

A new stream, where I show work on TESB v3.0
https://youtu.be/IrMjUjey384?t=120

Here’s a new live stream I did today 😃
https://youtu.be/IrMjUjey384?t=120

I export everything in rec709. To be honest, all this hdr stuff is giving me headaches. Not just for Star Wars but at work too - there, at least, we have a dedicated support team for this stuff. 😀

Awesome, thanks!

Harmy said:

Also, having been out of the loop for a while, I’m wondering, if there are any noteworthy preservation projects that I might have missed in the last year or so - maybe even WIP releases and stuff like that.

Just want to bump this 😉

Actually, in this forum’s vernacular, GOUT (George’s Original Unaltered Trilogy) explicitly refers to only the 2006 DVD release. Anything pre-Special Edition would be OUT (Original Unaltered Trilogy).

No need to worry there 😄

I do declare that I hereby commit to going with theatrical frames. I do so swear, lest my crops wither and my manhood shrivels like a dried baby carrot…

😁 😂

Yeah, that’s what I was afraid of. How much different would a theatrical timing be for SW?
TBH, I’d actually rather stick to GOUT for backwards compatibility - I really doubt anyone is going to miss those extra frames when watching the movie. I was just afraid that any new audio preservations would be done to the new standard but it seems that no new standard actually exists, whereas the GOUT actually did present a tangible standard.

Also, having been out of the loop for a while, I’m wondering, if there are any noteworthy preservation projects that I might have missed in the last year or so - maybe even WIP releases and stuff like that.

Hi, guys, here’s my new update video:

https://youtu.be/1RBGGB8tgzU

And I wanted to ask - the comunity is slowly but surely shifting away from the GOUT standard and I will probably do so for Despecialized 3.0 as well.

But, my question is - what exactly is the new standard? I would imagine it would be the 4K## projects but which versions, and also, what about Empire?

Yes, please - I already did and anyone else, who can, should do so too. Thanks.
Reporting these listings is kind of like fighting windmills but it’s the best we can do.

I think it would have to be SDR but to me, that’s not really a problem - the colours of 44rh1n’s version are just lovely, so if we could get the best of both worlds - the detail of the UHD or rather EE BD version with the colours of the theatrical BD or EE DVD, I would be perfectly happy.

We watched disc one last night and today, I decided to try playing disc two of 44rh1n’s version instead and almost immediately my mom, who has no idea about colour grading and stuff like that but is a huge fan of LOTR, commented that the colours are much nicer.

So, I don’t have an hdr TV but my folks do, so I took my UHD player along with my LOTR UHD BDs with me for Christmas. We’re watching FOTR now and I definitely don’t like the new grade so far - the Shire looks bland and desaturated. And I don’t like the hdr either - the brighter scenes seriously hurt my eyes and it makes it uncomfortable to watch.
I will keep the UHD Blu-Rays but only so that I can download any fan-versions sourced from them.

Yeah, the more I look at these, the more disappointed I am. I think I actually will be sticking to Blu-Ray for my viewing, at least for TTT and ROTK and for FOTR, I might actually stick to 44rh1n’s version, because I looked at it again yesterday and even though the detail level is noticeably worse when comparing it to the UHD or even the EE BD, on its own it just looks beautifully film-like with lovely colors. This sort of really shows the rule of diminishing returns with 4K - sure, in direct comparison, there may be a difference in detail but when I’m watching a good 1080p transfer, not comparing it to UHD, never do I think “I wish I was watching 4K” - what I think is “this looks gorgeous” but if I was watching a DVD, I certainly would think “I wish this was HD”.

Well, having compared it directly in motion to the Blu-Ray version, it does look to me like the same source with a new color grade and tons of DNR and sharpening applied.