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I will go help that f%^$er Obi-Wan.

LOL

Uh, yeah!

Oh, OK. I knew there was some explanation for why it wasn't working. :)

What are everyone's impressions?

The tracks should be numbered as soon as you drop them into a media player (I used MediaMonkey, but I tested and tried with iTunes, Windows Media, etc). They were ripped by isolating the rear channels of the surround sound mix from the DVD, which had just the soundtrack and a few scattered sound effects, but no words. If you really wanted I could make a cue file - I just figured that storing the info in the id3 tags was the way to go...

Any other questions?

1: New release of Ep. IV is in the works; everything else is current.

2: Mounting the thread in a player like VLC is easy - just point the player at the ISO and go! :)

3: Yes, this DL DVD will only play in BluRay.

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It shouldn't case color shift unless it was on an Eastman stock or something fade-prone, in which case the colors being removed would be part of the base dissolving or decomposing.

Filmguard is cleaning out that scratch line - it has minor cleaning properties. Basically, when you see a black scratch, that is dirt in the hole. Each of the other colors are emulsion layers being exposed, until you get to the white/clear base color of the film!

Harmy, I just finished watching the credits, and I have to say - YAY for Gate-weave!

Seriously, great job. It was undoubtedly a hard job, but you did it perfectly. Thanks so much!

Interesting. Never knew that.

Another thing I noticed was the weird line on the lower left-hand portion of the screen at 1:43:37 - is that correct?

That is what I meant. Why isn't he supposed to be blue? I've never noticed that before...

Not trying to be nit-picky, just wanting this to be the best it can possibly be (so that Harmy doesn't have to do a 3.0!)

Harmy, can you do a comparison of the shot I listed previously and compare it to shot 1:41:42 and 1:41:45? Just curious.

R2 looks white and black, to me. Anyone else see that?

Harmy, at 1:38:36ish (R2 closeup) the screen goes monochromatic - is that normal?

Yes, as much as I like it, I understand if Harmy doesn't want it in there. I have a number of IB prints (sorry, no Star Wars!) and they are really neat to watch because the developing process often created anomalies like this. Depending on the film gauge and developing center, IB film was processed in batches of 100-400 ft., then pieced together. The result is literally being able to see shifts in color timing based on which "section" you are looking at. The bonus result is having no two films look alike, so I completely understand not wanting to go with the screwy timing.

That's exactly what it does. All you want is a very thin layer, and it will cover up all the scratches, and also do a little bit of dustbusting! :)

Cool. I just know that I've overapplied Filmguard when using it by hand (and wound up with a sticky, lint-attracting mess) so I wanted to give you a heads up!

How are you guys applying the Filmguard? Are you actually using that applicator system they supply? Just as a word of caution, too - too much Filmguard is possible, and it is not good.

Bottom for historical reasons...

What other info would you like to know, stretch?

The track numbering is very strange. There should be 30 total tracks, once the "outtake" tracks are removed. They are just empty space, and I just used them to help me figure out where I was in the track. 

Just to check - those are FLAC and are just the soundtrack, right?

For those of you who may not know, the 1949 featurette “Ichabod and Mr. Toad” had one of the most innovative soundtracks. Composed by Oliver Wallace (who voiced Mr. Winkie in the film, as well as composing for other notable Disney features like Pinocchio), the score used the Wagnerian technique of leitmotifs, or recurring themes - just like Star Wars has “Leia’s Theme,” there exists a “Toad Theme.”

This movie, for whatever reason, had no official “soundtrack release,” so I finally was frustrated enough to do it myself!

Here’s the link: http://www.peejeshare.com/files/363232843/1.rar.html

Brooks said:

negative1 said:

 

i'm not saying anything bad or extreme will happen. but better to play

it safe than sorry.

 

later

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please please please capture jedi too if you have any concern the prints will be confiscated or otherwise made unavialable.  To have SW and Empire but not Jedi would be heartbreaking (to me, anyways)

+1. I would hate for anything to happen before Jedi was finished. :(

Here's the newest effort: https://vimeo.com/45556130

I should have this finished (hopefully) in the next few weeks. What I would really like from everyone is to make sure that the videos are the best they can be - synch issues, weird edits, etc. Really get your analysis glasses on for this!  :)

I think he means the sound won't be transferred with the RAW files, but rather with the general release. Sounds fine by me.

A number of shots are "grainy" as you put it, due mainly to the shooting technique. Some of the FX shots in Mos Eisley are many, many times removed from the original negative due to the compositing, while others such as the desert scenes were shot "soft," so it appears less clear. The shots that should stand out are the corridor scenes and the Death Star battle.

I think that's what he meant. The changes made by Lowry Digital were so vast and went well beyond what Lucas changed. The cleanup of the "nylon" look of Mos Eisley and the "blueness" of Hoth, Tantive IV, etc. were way beyond the creative changes George Lucas made.

I think, properly cleaned up, this project is the best "film" preservation we'll have for a while! :)