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- #899590
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- Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/899590/action/topic#899590
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Dropbox link would be great š Thanks.
Dropbox link would be great š Thanks.
Yes. And yes please on the subs!
Nice looking print, wonder how much it will go for. Maybe Poita or AMPS will check into it:
Team Negative1
The images look like someone took the Blu-Ray and added film scratches to it.
I donāt think heās going for the look of the negative in terms of color, that would make no sense - the negative doesnāt have any color-grading done.
Itās definitely a reel change. Iām not sure why they sometimes appear to be handmade scribbles, such as that, rather than a clean oval.
My guess would be that the original reel-change marks were on the damaged missing frames, so someone made new ones.
BD ISO is a safer bet.
I donāt think you can actually add other videos though.
It works on Macs too.
Yeah, thatās pretty much the plan.
I hope so! No promises though.
That would be awesome because of the different language and other alternate audio and subtitle tracks. But how would you handle the frames missing at the reel changes?
Yeah, I think itās not smearing - itās a light leak.
No problem - I donāt expect to have the video side done until the end of the week. š Looking forward to hearing the new mix!
Any chance of a re-upload?
Well, I did a little experiment applying a bit of denoising and making the colors more saturated and ātechnicolorizedā:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/158521
Itās just a fun experiment though - I love how grainy it is, because it represents what the print would look like in a cinema and the colors do need a bit more attention, which I think theyāre gonna get for the BD25 release, but not necessarily in this direction.
Neat Video plug-in. And then I added some finer grain using the Add Grain function.
I did that - I wanted to test what it would look like - also, I didnāt use Dreās tool - I just did a quick adjustment in AE without even looking at any reference. š
Thereās definitely something to that Technicolor look though š
Iām pretty sure that is one of the fixes TN1 are planning for the BD version though.
Yeah, my only complaint about the TN1 version is that the colors could still use some work, especially the skin-tones, which are downright purple at times and I canāt believe that is what they look like on the actual Eastman print (Benās hut is a great example but there are other places where this is an issue as well, mostly in the first half of the movie).
Hereās just a really quick tweak of a couple of frames:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/158471/picture:0
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/158471/picture:1
But I agree that it would be a mistake to try and make it look like the IB prints.
Well, I support them but I do love your work, Harmy.
I guess I was just getting used to the idea of this preservation being ādefinitiveā, if there truly can be such a thing. And the concept of it being somehow supplanted by Team -1 makes me feel a bit defensive.
I know. Itās silly.
I actually never considered it definitive in any sense of the word - I always said it was meant to be a placeholder version until something better came along and now it has and Iām glad for it š
Good news for those who prefer the polished image quality offered by the Despecialized Edition to the more authentic (in the sense of watching a fairly clean 4th generation copy in the cinema) Negative 1 version, is that I can now make a version of it, that will be both closer to the original version and also completely HD. It will take time though, so I recommend that you enjoy the Silver Screen Edition, which is an amazing achivement million years in the making, on your screens, this winter. š
What is the password for Team -1ās 35MM RAR archives?
negative1
Pretty simple really - Unlike Despecialized, Team Negative 1ās version is 100% native HD with fairly high consistent quality and itās 100% original version. It has some color issues but so does Despecialized.
The official BD is of course cleaner and has a bit more detail, so Iām hoping Despecialized v3.0 will surpass the image quality of the TN1 version with the newly color-corrected BD as the main source and some further cleanup of the 35mm unaltered inserts. But for the biggest purists among us, Team Negative 1ās release will likely stay the go-to version.
Harmy, can you explain why you consider this superior to your v2.5?
Actually, v2.5 is probably better quality than this in the scenes where only the BD was used but this is a nice consistent HD transfer with no non-HD materials, so over-all, Iād say itās better.
Wow! Looks great! Until I can make a new version of Despecialized (and this will be an invaluable asset in doing that) I would definitely recommend Team Negative 1ās version over Despecialized v2.5.
Thanks Harmy,
Youāve been a big part in giving us some publicity. We appreciate your comments.
We anticipate great things for the future, and there will be more news about it soon.
Team Negative1
This is awesome! People working together instead of having egos collide. Nice work to both! Iām looking forward to checking this out.
Of course! Weāre all just trying to get the best possible version of Star Wars here and thatās all that matters!
And Iām sure, even with v3.0 of DeEd, this will stay great many peopleās preferred version, because itās beautifully authentic, and thatās awesome! Thereās no competition here š
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