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After a hiatus of a few months. Work on ESB v2 has resumed, with the last 2 reels being worked on. No completion date estimate yet. Will post again, once there is another milestone.
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A brief mention of the Harmy version, and the sources here:
http://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2015/11/star-wars-beyond-the-films-ars-staff-picks-its-fave-games-toys-more/
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We have sent an email, with the link to the private preview for Reel 3 to all blog members, and supporters. Be sure to get it within the next week or so.
Thanks for all the comments, and a special thanks to Dre for his color matching tool.
Happy Holidays and hope Thanksgiving will be a memorable one.
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There will most likely be a Grindhouse version of Star Wars after the restored version is released.
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There are no percentages of completion for the reels. We are working simultaneously on a few of them. The samples posted show progress for one of them.
If we get a chance, we'll post more as they are done.
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None of the restorations have access to the negatives. All the scans are from release prints of varying quality and types.
Disney is not known for taking care of their restorations, so we don't feel like waiting for when and if they ever get around to releasing a version of Star Wars. It will inevitably have many if not serious issues if they were to do it, based on their track record, budgeting, etc.
We have the advantage of several years of experience by professionals in the industry that have been working on it, along with the peer reviews here on the forums.
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This is the first release of this restoration. Some of the scans are in 4k, but most are in 2k.
Our workflow is 1080p HD, so its too late to change our goal after 4+ years of working on it.
Moving to 4k takes up too many resources with little to no discernible improvements, along with the issue of a tiny number of people that can utilize the format properly. We are targeting a wider general audience that can view this. Finally, almost all the other restorations go up to 720p only, so 1080p is an increase over them.
Later revisions and other projects will take advantage of increased resolutions and other other standards.
HEVC isn't a set standard, so there's little point in using it for the release.
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Continuing the preview of Reel 2, with the white frame removed, and other fixes:
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The white flash is just a white frame that will be removed. We use a variety of video and film sources for the color correction, like many of the other people doing these projects, we are not relying on any one source.
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The sound has not been finalized yet, and also the cropping will be the last step, however, it will be close to the theatrical version.
Thanks for the compliments, we appreciate them.
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Thanks for all the comments. We are still in the process of reviewing the Reels, and the corrections being done to them.
Here is a more complete clip (8 minutes), which includes the previous preview:
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NOTES : Stabilization, Deflicker, Cropping and Color Correction has been applied.
Crushed blacks and other artifacts are due to limitations of h.264 format.
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We have posted another preview from Reel 2, with the scene from Luke and his aunt and uncle, and the twin sunset:
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1. Clip is stabilized
2. Clip is color corrected
3. Sound is temporary
4. Flicker removal still needs to be applied.
*UPDATE : Light flicker removal was actually used
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There will be a screening in a few weeks of the entire Trilogy again. This will include the latest corrected footage for each one, and a hybrid version of Jedi with the best reels. More details will follow in the general forum once shown.
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There will be another screening of this in a few weeks, with an improved version of the print using the more recent previews and corrections. More details and impressions will follow once its screened.
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There will be another screening of this in a few weeks, with an improved cleaned up version of the print. More details and impressions will follow once its screened.
Team Negative1
There will be another screening of this in a few weeks, with an improved hybrid version of the print. More details and impressions will follow once its screened.
Team Negative1
We're completing work on this version, and hopefully in a few weeks, we can preview a 1st pass on the cleanup.
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We have some new samples from Reel 2 that are moving towards completion. We will post them shortly.
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Concerning the sound capture, from 'cinch'.
we used a cp65 with dual cat300s for sr, but a was handled by a cat222 card.
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Since we've started posted messages, and they're not as frequent.
We're keeping a list of our posts here in this thread for reference.
Here is the latest one:
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We'll see about posting a picture of our sound decoder, and also get the information about which type of card was used.
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It's good to know, that no one takes anything you say seriously. We'll just continue to go on posting, without worrying about any possible issues you think there are.
We'll be here long after you are gone. So, thanks for pointing out our posts while you are here. We'll keep up on our end.
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Good to know. Since you have trouble with English.
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Try to keep up.
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