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#506573
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Rob said:

There should be no further suggestions or criticism for Harmy. We finally have a fabulous presentation of Star Wars that is nothing short of amazing. We should now focus our efforts on telling Harmy how great he is. We have all been coming to this site for so many years that some of us seem to have become confused as to our original goal. Our goal was to have Star Wars on DVD, and now we have it in a quality that can only be called fucking awesome. There should be no more "Harmy you should do this" or "Harmy I don't like that". You bitches don't deserve to smell Harmy's shit. Harmy rules. Harmy rules and you don't, just get over it. Harmy delivered and you didn't, so shut up. From now on just tell Harmy how fucking amazing this thing is and how much he rules because that's the truth. Harmy rules, Harmy is the man, Harmy is Elvis, Harmy is Zeus.

If you don't stop swinging from Harmy's big hairy nutsack you might rip his balls off!

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#502213
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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I've been working this out for a while; I've finally found the actual fucking answer. Case closed.

Take an average Picker for example. This is how it breaks down.... Assuming X is the subject in question appearing as he would naturally, Y being a factor of junk drunk, and A being how X would look when filmed or photographed - it would look something like this:

X = X

BUT 

= X * (Mikey / Y)

 

 

 

 

 

It's tough to understand but this visual makes it way, way easier.

Here's a rough example of X (just a quick cap but it'll still make the point):

Now when taking everything into account here's how X would actually appear:

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#502047
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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That Star Wars in concert pic is not valid comparison. During that show they use brightly colored lights, lasers, and other lighting effects that hugely effect how it appears on screen. It's less about a faithful presentation of the movie and more of a light and orchestra show.

 

That's not the case with the Technicolor screening, it was purely about faithful presentation. The flesh tones in those pics are completely natural, it's not as if faces appeared intensely red and orange on the screen and the camera magically made the fleshtones appear natural. That's how the film was intended to look, color timing wise.

 

I'm also junk drunk.

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#501935
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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I'm sorry man, but that's just not reasonable. They are too bright because of the way they were captured but even after adjusted for brightness they can still be used as a fantastic color timing reference, the first shot looks completely natural and the second one is way off, it looks like he put lipstick on and sat under the sun for 6 days straight. Why would you think that's more accurate than how the technicolor presentation actually appears? Makes no sense at all.

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#501833
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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timdiggerm said:

Stinky-Dinkins said:

Mmm, Obi Wan too orange, too baked.

 

Flesh tones, Harmy. Flesh tones.

So you're saying the robe should be black?

If I had to pick between a black robe a blazingly orange face I'd go with the black robe, although I'm not sure why you'd have to choose between the two. It looks like he's been spray painted.

 This is how Obi Wan appeared in the original theatrical run:

 http://savestarwars.com/images/senatorcorrected/technicolor15.jpg 

http://savestarwars.com/images/senatorcorrected/technicolor8.jpg

 

Very, very natural flesh tone. On the pale side, if anything.

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#501716
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Harmy said:

Thank you guys. I'm glad the effort I put into the flashes is appreciated, and I must say the results do make it totally worth it. I also decided to fix the shots where Obi's cape goes black - they bothered me too much:

 Mmm, Obi Wan too orange, too baked.

 

Flesh tones, Harmy. Flesh tones.

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#498139
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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That's what I was trying to say about Harmy's shots in comparison to the Technicolor caps. There's a red bias in Harmy's original shot comparison not seen in the Technicolor print and that is what makes faces look so occasionally odd (look at R2's red light, Luke's face, etc. like I said before) so it's not just a matter of saturation but color timing, so even if you're going to have it be oversaturated you can still have the fleshtones look more natural.

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#497905
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Harmy said:

OK, here goes, I darkened the technicolour picture to more reasonable levels (only brightness and contrast, nothing else) and tried to approximate the colours of that:

 

 Looks much better to my eyes. Fleshtone looks better than it did in the original comparison. Rather than a solid red gradient throughout his entire face and chest you can actually discern the red glow from the setting sun on proper skin tone.