team_negative1

Thanks again, for all the support and questions.

Since we aren't using a blog anymore. We will try to answer whatever questions come up here when we can.

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1) First of all, it was probably overlooked in the 2nd post due to

the excitement, but a fairly major thing was mentioned that we

haven't talked about before. I'm surprised no one brought it up.

Hint:

2) We're aware and in contact with poita for the 4k scanner. This may be a factor down the road. But we have all the data we need for now for the films, and we've already made quite a bit of progress with them.

Maybe in the future 4k versions will be needed, but not until we currently finish up what we have.

3) The raw scans will be available if you provide the drives, that was the plan due to the sheer size of them (several Terabytes). I'm sure someone might try to share them afterwards.

Possible legal action or timing has no effect on this, we're not concerned about that aspect of it.

4) About recapturing the prints. Yes, we've done some recaptures of several parts to improve them. And although the print was sold, we still have access to it anytime we needed it. We also have several more resources for the other films in addition to what we already had, with vastly improved results.

5) We're busy, but now we have time to keep some updates going here, just to keep people informed. So, if you have further questions that haven't been answered yet, keep posting, and we'll see what we can do.

Team Negative1

Hello again everyone, we just wanted to apologize for the slow responses, and

also to those people that requested blog access. As you know it is down,

and will not be returning in that form. We think we showed you

our intent, and gave plenty of examples of progress to prove that

it was in fact, a real and healthy project. We hope you enjoyed that inside

look into our process and progress.

Furthermore, we will back at some point in the future, in another

form. Can't say exactly what it will be at the moment. Not to look past Star

Wars, as that is our main priority.

But with the advances we have in our capture equipment, and setup.

We now know that Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi will

be a lot quicker to complete.

We also have a dolby sound processor to capture the audio accurately

and properly. We have obtained further prints of Empire that are much

cleaner and have more accurate colors than our previous ones. 

Consequently, this will speed up the process whenever we get around

to that.

Thanks for the communities support and to everyone following us, and we will

be sure to update everyone as the appropriate time and project milestones are

met.

Team Negative1

Hey people,

Just to stop all the conjecture. We are still very, very busy with this project. The blog became less of priority for the time being.

In fact, we've made several advances with upgrading our transfer process, and have been evaluating the impact on the work we've done so far.

We are being less vocal about it, because as it has been said, there is a lot more scrutiny going on.

We know you will be very happy about what we've got done so far, and in fact we are ahead of where we thought we be at this point in time.

Most of us have been very busy with real life, jobs, and family. Sometimes, we just have to take a break from everything. But never fear, as we are getting back into it, and will have more to report shortly.

May the Force be with You.

Team Negative1

Hi guys. Sorry for the break. It's been a busy summer. We have been working hard. Myself and the others have been on vacation, and we're just getting back.

Ok, first. The site is down for maintenance and some updates. Again, sorry for the short notice. These things come up, and we are definitely due for some updates. So keep up the faith.

Secondly, there will be some bigger announcements coming up, and we are just waiting for the right time to make them. You'll see what we mean once we're ready.

We'll be back. So enjoy the break, and may the force be with you.

Team Negative1

Airwave said:

 

Williarob said:

Awesome. The Transcript has been updated to reflect the username corrections and fix the last "bluray". If there are any other corrections you think I should make, just let me know.

Looks great, although you forgot to fix "X-Wing -> X-wing". Also, I'm unsure about how team negative1 wants their name capitalized. They spell it with no capitalized letters, but I'm not sure if that's just writing style or the way they prefer it. I suppose the only way to know is to ask.

 

You can capitalize both the names or leave as is, whichever is easier. Thanks.

Team Negative1

Ok, we have replied to everyone that has applied. Please check your pm's for confirmation. For some people, we need further information before proceeding.

Once you have replied, we will send an invitation to your email, and when you supply a username, we will create an account.

We look forward to seeing you there, and be prepared to enjoy all the amazing and creative work that we have done so far.

Team Negative1

Hi everyone,

we've had a lot of newcomers wishing to join lately. And because of

that we've passed almost 200 members on the blog.

We currently have a small backlog for invites, that we hope to address

this long weekend.

In case you haven't read, or haven't supplied all the information

requested:

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Make sure you read this before applying:

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 http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/team-negative1-star-wars-1977-35mm-theatrical-version-release-details-and-updates/post/608515/#TopicPost608515

Your invite might be delayed. We will let you know.

Thanks for your patience,

and see you on the blog, a lot of cool things are coming soon.

Team Negative1

rockin said:

How do we do that? I can't see anything on there, unless we need to login -  where do we register?

A link to the registration information is 3 posts up. #571

Team Negative1

Check out the blog for some recent news and new samples.

We are still accepting applicants to the blog. 

Team Negative1

Keep checking from time to time.

There are updates depending on what we are working on and how it is progressing.

Team Negative1

All the updates are posted on the private blog. There are many new clips, and test shots cleaned up.

Team Negative1

dvdmike said:

Wait, so there is a 35mm scan?

The project for that is here :

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/team-negative1-star-wars-1977-35mm-theatrical-version-release-details-and-updates/topic/14590/

The main idea started here:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Making-our-own-35mm-preservation-my-crazy-proposal/topic/5853/

Team Negative1

Puggo,

We've tried to contact you about the color correction. But have not received a response yet. Will try again.

Team Negative1

Thanks again for all those interested in joining, we are processing your requests.

We have been working hard and steadily making progress. There are also some major improvements in our process coming that have some exciting potential. So come see what's developing.

Make sure you read this before applying:

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 http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/team-negative1-star-wars-1977-35mm-theatrical-version-release-details-and-updates/post/608515/#TopicPost608515

Thanks to all our supporters, and we know we will have the best possible preservation of the original Star Wars when we are done.

There is no other public project out there that will match what we are doing. Others are close approximations or estimates. We have the expertise in hardware, software, and experience when it comes to determining what Star Wars would have been like back when it originally came out.

Team_negative1

Mavimao said:

So we could just average out what all the transfers have in common?

Don't the Negative1 team have several sources?...

We do have several prints as mentioned in the 35mm thread. We also have a fully color corrected version of our first print. However, we will have to cross reference it against the other ones.

We haven't really looked at them in awhile due to our concentrating on our main project.

There are no unfaded prints of Empire as far as we know. We seem to have to found the best ones though. And that is more than enough of a reference for us.

Team Negative1

We have conducted some initial tests with the other prints of ESB, and while they may have better colors, there is more damage on some of them.

We will continue looking into on the side, while we make progress with our main project.

Team Negative1

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Yes, even I agree that the GOUT is likely to be a better source.  The equipment I have to work with just isn't at the same level as the professional telecine stuff they have in Hollywood.

Did you check your pm yet puggo?

Team Negative1

Thanks to everyone that's joined lately, and also for the donations. We appreciate your support. There is a lot of great things coming up. So keep an eye out for some more surprises.

All applications and invitations have been sent out.

Team Negative1

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

It's looking like Adywan won't have time to do the color correction of ROTP.  It's perfectly understandable, and I am honored that he did PSB.

I could do the color correction on ROTP myself, but there are surely people here who would do a better job.  Is there anyone here that the forum recommends?

It would involve taking the three .avi files (one per reel), and for each one finding a single color adjustment to apply to the entire reel.  I'd prefer that, rather than trying to do a scene-by-scene adjustment, because that would preserve the relative color balance of the original 16mm films.  This is what Adywan did for PSB.

Please continue this offtopic discussion of Indiana Jones here:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Indy-Blu-rays-announced/topic/13964/

There were many issues with the bluray version, from the colors,

to various scenes. However, it seemed acceptable to most people.

We do not have any plans at this time to anything non star wars at this time.

Team Negative1

Harmy said:

 

And now you'll all be interested to see that under this link you can find a complete comparison gallery of all the changes made to v2.1.

Now, there's no comments, just pictures but in most cases it should be pretty clear what has changed (in like 80% of cases it's just colors). It should show all the changes with the exception that when a whole scene was recolored, only some of the shots from the scene are shown as examples but enough to get a good idea about the coloring of the whole scene. Also, where there's a frame that has specs of dirt cleaned up from it, it obviously means that the whole shot's been similarly cleaned up, not just that frame.

If you have any questions about some of the changes, you can use the name (number) of the picture.

I should be uploading the AVCHD tomorrow :-)

 

 

Awesome job Harmy. Great job on the fixes. Cinch will be happy the greenish tinge is disappearing now. Also thanks for the credit. We always have watched your progress with great interest.

Hopefully we will collaborate in the future, when we get a chance.

Team Negative1

It will be interesting to see some results from the 8mm. But, yes another thread would be a better place to discuss it from here on out.

Team Negative1

Good to hear that you got it.

Take your time with it, there will always be people interested in buying the print, so it's more of an investment.

Keep in touch. We are still wondering if it has the real mono mix or a folddown version.

Team Negative1

We are looking into some more references. There is a derann 8mm possibility. Also we progress indicators for completions of the reels. Along with a lot more samples of cleaning in progress.

Check out the blog for updates, and more recent news.

Team Negative1

We have not tested the site for mobile access. It has too much media, video and clips that might not work properly.

It's best to access it with the latest versions of chrome, explorer or firefox.

You might be able to turn off the graphics, but the whole point of the blog is for the media.

Team Negative1