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#777526
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Star Wars 1977 releases on 35mm
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adywan said:

poita said:

I've had a few PMs worried that it looks a bit 'dark', the original file is 16bits per pixel, so the shadow detail is all in there.

e.g. Here it is massively overexposed.

 It's great to see that all the detail is still there in the dark areas and can be easily pulled out. :) That looks to be a great print

 Thanks, the print was supposed to be cleaned before scanning, the cleaning wasn't anywhere near as thorough as it could have been, so there is more dirt than is strictly necessary to be cleaned up, but the shadow detail does seem to be intact on the print. Some prints of Jedi in particular just don't have anything in the shadows to extract.

I hope it will turn out to be useful in your efforts Adywan.

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#777525
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Star Wars 1977 releases on 35mm
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Thanks, I really appreciate the support and feedback everyone gives here, and all the projects various people donate their time and expertise to creating.

After all the trials and tribulations of finding and obtaining prints, and getting the best scanners, and all of the machinations to make this stuff happen, it is frustrating holding it all up due to something so inane as storage failure and a lack of storage.

I just wish a HDD truck would crash in my front yard.

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#777508
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team negative1 - star wars 1977 - 35mm theatrical version (Released)
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SilverWook said:

Nobody out or threaten anybody, okay? Play nice, kids.

 As mentioned, I have no intention of doing so, other than outing myself, which was only as I don't enjoy threats, and it was the easiest way to remove it :)

I really just wanted to be sure that no one on the team was thinking they were anonymous, it would be awful for someone to do work thinking that way and be unpleasantly surprised later when they worked out they weren't. I have my eyes open going into this stuff, and I think that is important if you are going to do it.

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#777485
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team negative1 - star wars 1977 - 35mm theatrical version (Released)
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Don't worry, I'm not going to 'out' anybody or anything, (even with veiled threats tossed nonchalantly in my direction) but really, if they think they are currently in any way protected, and are worried about being found out, then I would advise they walk away from it now, as it would be pretty delusional to think they wouldn't be found if looked for.

There is no need to 'disclose' their identities, but thinking that not having their voices on a track is any kind of protection is a bit silly.

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#777478
Topic
Info: 35mm print based restorations - massive set of prints for sale...
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jedimasterobiwan said:

if you are looking to do 35mm restorations maybe try mallrats,chasing amy it says 35mm blow up from 16mm,and jay and silent bob strike back their blu rays are sub par.

 Suggestions for potential restorations are a good idea, there is a forum precisely for that on FanRes, so that would be a great place to post a request.

I personally am not looking for more projects, but thought the list on FanRes is a great resource for anyone else looking to undertake a preservation project.

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#777472
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team negative1 - star wars 1977 - 35mm theatrical version (Released)
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team_negative1 said:

You might know who we are, but no one else does. We know who you are too. So it goes both ways.

 

My name is Peter Richards, and I restore film, it has been 4 years since I last touched a laserdisc...

There ya go, now it can go both ways with everyone, I'm not picky :)

So many people keep telling me various neg1 identities, so I figure it isn't actually much in the way of a secret...

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#777465
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team negative1 - star wars 1977 - 35mm theatrical version (Released)
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team_negative1 said:

Currently, we have a lot of footage about the making of the restoration, but due to privacy issues, all the scenes have been subtitled.

Either that, or they would be audio only, like our interview on the podcast.

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http://www.theexpandedfandomverse.com/2015/01/episode-023-mr-black-and-team-negative-1.html

They may just be bonuses when we are done.

Team Negative1

 Seriously guys, everyone knows who you are, just lay the audio down on the making of if you want to, it would take Disney about 5 minutes to find all of you, me or anyone if they could be bothered :)

I don't think having one's voice on a narration track would be the smoking gun they require to 'bust' anyone. Far easier ways to find people.

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#776481
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Star Wars 1977 releases on 35mm
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DrDre said:

How many scans do you have at the moment? Do you plan to release any of the raw scans (downscaled to 1080p)?

 The raw scans are just over 20TB each, and like most prints, each one is not quite complete due to splices etc. some are missing small ranges of frames, others have bad damage to other parts etc.

Once I get the last three prints scanned I will have all frames, complete and no frames with particularly bad damage that don't have the same frame in good condition on another print.

Once that is done I can assemble the complete movies and create a 1080P workprint for each with timecode so that I can start logging the various issues that need attention and draw up a plan for getting it all done.