ryanvb

Maybe I was being a bit naive about the hurdles that are emerging, but I've got a strong "where there's a will there's a way" mentality, which I guess is where my comments stem from.

Thanks for the update, and if I can be of any assistance please let me know.  I actually contacted Negative1 a while back offering post-production cleanup services as I've worked in 2D digital compositing for Disney, so in that capacity, I'm definitely still on board.

Why not just scan the altered scenes, and cut it together with Ady's color corrected HD version?  This would save a lot of time and money, at least as a starting point.  Not ideal, but at least something would be getting done.

Anyways, a lot of this thread seems to be all talk, little action.  It's great to see guys like Puggo who actually go out and get this stuff done rather than just get everyone riled up for years.

ABC said:

@ ryanvb

Hi, would you be able to add the zip file with the corrected covers on the alt. binaries ? Thanks ;)

I'm pretty sure the covers I uploaded were the corrected ones.

Can you tell us what name have you choosen to call this Set on the alt.binaries?...(I guess you had to choose one).

THE *XS* OT REMASTERED SCORES

and

THE *7FN* RSO LP TRANSFER (PURE VERSION)

This is going up on alt.binaries.starwars right now, including all 8 discs with the RotJ v2 update.

I vote straight border as well.

IMO, don't crop the sides at all, as the overscan on most any TV will crop the edge of the frame as it is.  Any additional cropping on the sides will probably just cause further loss of the frame when viewing on a television.

As for the top and bottom, I would just crop them as close as possible with a rectangular mask  -- nothing fancy.  If you're trying to create the most "watchable" presentation, then presenting viewers with a cleanly (albeit overly) cropped picture is preferable to any of the other suggestions, which just seem unnatural to me.  Even in a projected environment, you're not seeing graduated (feathered) nor curved edges on your picture.  Just my 2 cents.

The project is looking amazing so far!  Thanks so much for all of your efforts.

negative1 said:

if i could get 5 people to work on it, that would be huge !! 

maybe there's a lot of people lurking in the shadows, i don't know...

negative1,

I've been lurking in here for a while now, and am really impressed with your efforts in getting these prints scanned.

I worked on a couple of Disney shows doing compositing work and rig removal and I'd love to help out with digitally restoring these prints -- as far as scratch removal, and other frame-by-frame repair work goes, I'm definitely on board.  Just PM me when the time is right.

Also, I agree that for the sake of consistency color-correction should be a one-man job.

A 1080P version would be amazing!  But just remember, it's probably going to make us all clamour for you to re-do ANH in 1080P after seeing this one ;) .