Dre, I’d be interested in seeing this shot at full res, in 4K77 and BluRay versions. I’d like to check something. 😃
they could’ve just taken a promo photo from right next to the camera lens.
Were there two suns in the sky ok Tunisia that day ? 😉
[Dek Rollins said:]Tech prints of Star Wars generally had a lot of green casting, especially in the dark areas IIRC.
Can we be sure that it concerns Tech prints only and not Eastman prints before they fade too ?
Your pic is fine and makes me think about a photograph of this shot by Mike Verta during the screening of a tech print.
Is it more correct than the purple version ? That’s a good question.
I’m sorry but your gif is too yellow and flat. The film can’t have looked like this IMO !
Like the sky on Yavin ? http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/KDG7NNNX
The frame is from Dr Dre’s thread there : https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Star-Wars-1977-Technicolor-IB-print-color-references-matched-to-print/id/55404. So the scan is accurate to the print
If I well understand you, a single correction could do the job, and it would be visible in the brightest shots only.
EDIT : For the sunset, the same correction is hardier noticeable http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/FJEFNNNU
Your point is interesting anyway. The fading you refer for the Tech prints (the most reliable references we have) would be the fading of the o-neg and of the IP before the print were struck (this is less thant one year AFAIK) ? And the fading would be only noticeable on the highlights ?
So, to go from a tech look to the original unfaded look (excepted the flaws of the printing process), the green channel should be pushed for the very high values ?
Example there : http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/FJEJNNNU
(no explosion in that example, so the difference is minimal)
Technicolor prints of Star Wars have been printed by IB for the 1977 release in UK. Indeed, they have faded, but a very little (as opposed to Eastman prints).
As for the various laserdisc, when they have been produced (in the 1980’s - 1980’s), the sources captured (which are not Technicolor) had already faded.
The technidisc sunset shot looks great to me but… is this really the original look (as you say it is) and not a regrade applied for that release ?
Technicolor frames usually look more purple as Neverar matched the bluray to.
Good to read it’s useful. 😃
The comparison also seems to confirm that the subtle shades of the Tantive IV walls are not recoverable with the color information of the BluRay.
The colors look wonderful anyway !
In framecompare : http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/KDK7NNNX
That’s gotta be from 2.7 right? I remember his technicolor grade to be a bit warmer.
No, that’s Neverar’s v1. For anyone interested in the differences in our color gradings, here are comparisons for the two sets of shots of the bluray regraded:
http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/KDLLNNNX
http://www.framecompare.com/image-compare/screenshotcomparison/FJBJNNNU
Hard to say the one I prefer, as the both look great ! Good job again Neverar and good luck Dr Dre for finishing the film. 😃
I like it too ! Perhaps it deserves to be a little less contrasty though.
Harmy, I would love you releasing for one of my non-anniversaries a 5 Gb 4K version of SW with the Jabba scene but Jabba being replaced by a giant garden gnome. Thanks for your work !
Will Audrey Tautou appear in Despecialized 3.0 ? Sounds great ! 😃
Thank you
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I was happy that I was complimented
And we are happy that you were happy.
Congrats !
Looks like the weather is still rainy. 😄
Not only the corridor, the whole frame is green. 😉
These three shots look yet awesome !
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 ?
That’s incredible !
Did the admiral bump his head on a wall ? 😄
The red pannels in the Death Star control room seem to be less orange than what we often see in other technicolor corrections.
just don’t create a Georgebot. adding random trees and stones to scenes…
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