MM1138

Harmy said:

What I'm saying is, that I didn't compare the two shots when correcting them. But looking at the I.B. print reference, the first shot is actually somewhat closer to the original than the 2nd one.

And there actually is a color difference between those two shots on the I.B. print as well, albeit a smaller one than in the DeEd.

 Got it - thanks for clarifying! 

Harmy said:

@MM1138: Hi, first of all, the pictures show up as broken - you have to rightclick the image and press view image (or whatever is the equivalent of that in your browser) before copying the address for inserting.

And now to your question - why is it like that? I suppose you'd have to ask the people who timed the BD - I did a shot-by-shot correction, not frame-by-frame, so this is something I just missed.

 Yeah, sorry, I noticed that as soon as I posted it. I haven't really figured out the image tool in this forum. Replaced it with the direct links.

So you color corrected each shot, but you didn't apply the same correction to Gold leader's and Luke's run, did I understand that correctly? Or is there a noticeable difference in terms of color between the two runs in the BD version?

Would you say the way the shot looks before Luke's run is closer to the way it looked originally? Because, as I said, it looks better for me, personally. Thanks! :)

First of all, many thanks to Harmy for this terrific restoration of the original movie! It's by far the best version available to the general public today.

I'm sorry if this has already been addressed, I checked the comparison gallery, but I didn't read through all 400+ pages.

I noticed something interesting today while watching the battle of Yavin: There's a first-person shot of a rebel fighter going into the Death Star trench that ILM evidently thought was so perfect that they used it twice: for the first trench run and then a second time for Luke's run. In the Despecialized Edition (2.5 mkv), the first shot is plain grey, while the second shot has a blueish tint. In the GOUT, (which, of course, is not a great source for accurate color timing) there doesn't seem to be much of a difference there, it would be great if you could elaborate on why they look different here.

The difference in color is not what bothers me, tough. Shortly before the camera swoops into the trench, there is a flash from a laser bolt which obscures the shot. It seems that the flash was used by ILM to cover up a cut in the shot. In the Despecialized Ed. this is pretty obvious in the first trench run, because the trench color changes pretty dramatically: 

Before flash:

http://postimg.org/image/x3howc4z1/

After flash:

http://postimg.org/image/n51xbmfal/

In the shot before Luke's trench run, the cut, while still visible when you look for it, is less obvious because the trench color doesn't change that dramatically due to the blueish tint:

Again, before flash:

http://postimg.org/image/e1n50hicb/

After flash:

http://postimg.org/image/pnl6j25tv/

I hope I didn't waste your time completely, maybe you could look into this and elaborate on the different color timing. Thanks a lot, keep up the great work and please excuse me if my English wasn't perfect. ;)