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Star Wars 4k Technicolor restoration process


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For anyone interested in the Star Wars, 4k, Technicolor restoration process:

UPDATED LINK

From the Artist (Mike Verta):

"Like a lot of you, the original Star Wars is why I became an artist. For
many years I've been restoring it in full 16-bit, 4K anamorphic, with
members of the original VFX crew consulting. My goal is not to improve the
original film or its effects, but to restore them to their 1977 glory. I
have a Vimeo channel with before and after clips on it here:
https://vimeo.com/channels/starwarslegacy

It is a passion project for posterity, nothing more, and extremely
slow-going, but the results are Star Wars at a quality that has never been
seen before, save perhaps at ILM in 1976. :) It is also a one-man show,
and I've gone through about 4,000 mice and trackballs, so I'm looking for
colleagues who might like to help with such sexy tasks as stabilization and
clean-up. If you are inspired by the clips above, please don't hesitate to
reach out!"

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The guy was was used to work for Lucasfilm.
A friend of mine told me that as he'll finish the project is going to approach Disney to release it and it won't be a SE edition :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
"He has done a better job than the guys did with the blue rays and SEs" *cit

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I think you're being blocked by Lucasfilm. Look at the url that appears when you are taken to the web page. Playing around with a Google search took me to a Lucasfilm remote access login.

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If he wants to have them up on the web I would recommend not having it with Star Wars tags. That way he can show people and link to it without having to worry about Lucasfilm hunting down every copy of it.

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Me being a tv salesman is one of the reasons i am totally into framerate/color accuracy/resolution/blur and every other thing that has anything to do with the experience of superb picture quality so i find this extremely interesting. Keep on going, it's great!

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