Rock Montreal Colour Grading [FINISHED]

hey Nitro, just wanted to thankyou again for sharing your work with us.

I had enough free spare time yesterday, at last, to watch the whole show and absolutely loved the new colour grading.

This will be my pick every time I want to revisit the Montreal footage from now on :-)

You're welcome! :)
Out of the ~100 people that downloaded the torrent, only ~10 people actually said "thank you", some of them only whilst asking for someone to seed (after I had gone to bed).

It was really only meant for those who already own the Blu-Ray; but of course there will always be those who grab everything and never really show appreciation.

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[b]Adam Baboolal wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]
Are you implying that the imagination of the editor (who probably wasn't even there 26 years ago) and his perception of how it *should* look is more accurate than what was actually caught by cameras? I rather take the original colours, sorry :P[/QUOTE]

You assume that Brian and Roger never had any input into how it should look. Sorry :P[/QUOTE]

Yes, I assume that. I doubt they told the editor what to do and stood next to him in the editing room.

Thanks Nitroboy. I am downloading it!

Thanks Nitroboy. I am downloading it!

Thanks Nitroboy! Great job :)

Thank you very much!

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[b]Adam Baboolal wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]
Are you implying that the imagination of the editor (who probably wasn't even there 26 years ago) and his perception of how it *should* look is more accurate than what was actually caught by cameras? I rather take the original colours, sorry :P[/QUOTE]

You assume that Brian and Roger never had any input into how it should look. Sorry :P[/QUOTE]

Yes, I assume that. I doubt they told the editor what to do and stood next to him in the editing room.[/QUOTE]

I keep forgetting, why would anyone from a band that cares about their staging, light show and sound, want to see how their latest acquisition from eagle rock, looks as well as sounds? Perhaps, dare I say, even put their own artistic stamp on it.

It's sad that, even when I say I can see both sides of this recolouring debate, no-one bothers to truly see both sides of the issue.

Last year, I made a video ad for my fiancée's wedding business (as a singer). She was just as interested in all the footage (including lighting) to want to sculpt the final videos' look. The point I'm making here is, every artist putting something out for public consumption is involved with every aspect of their performance. So, when I see you dismiss the idea that they (Brian and/or Roger) didn't spend time checking their own concert when it was in the works, I find that to be incredibly narrow-minded. And hell, we're talking about Queen, a group who always want to be involved with their artistic output.

Now, I'll end with what I originally said... I think both ideas have merit. So, I applaud your efforts to recreate the colour from the previous release. But, I also see the choices made for the Rock Montréal release as being worthy, too.

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[b]Adam Baboolal wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]

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[b]Adam Baboolal wrote: [/b] [QUOTE] [b]Chief Mouse wrote:[/b]
Are you implying that the imagination of the editor (who probably wasn't even there 26 years ago) and his perception of how it *should* look is more accurate than what was actually caught by cameras? I rather take the original colours, sorry :P[/QUOTE]

You assume that Brian and Roger never had any input into how it should look. Sorry :P[/QUOTE]

Yes, I assume that. I doubt they told the editor what to do and stood next to him in the editing room.[/QUOTE]

I keep forgetting, why would anyone from a band that cares about their staging, light show and sound, want to see how their latest acquisition from eagle rock, looks as well as sounds? Perhaps, dare I say, even put their own artistic stamp on it.

It's sad that, even when I say I can see both sides of this recolouring debate, no-one bothers to truly see both sides of the issue.

Last year, I made a video ad for my fiancée's wedding business (as a singer). She was just as interested in all the footage (including lighting) to want to sculpt the final videos' look. The point I'm making here is, every artist putting something out for public consumption is involved with every aspect of their performance. So, when I see you dismiss the idea that they (Brian and/or Roger) didn't spend time checking their own concert when it was in the works, I find that to be incredibly narrow-minded. And hell, we're talking about Queen, a group who always want to be involved with their artistic output.

Now, I'll end with what I originally said... I think both ideas have merit. So, I applaud your efforts to recreate the colour from the previous release. But, I also see the choices made for the Rock Montréal release as being worthy, too.[/QUOTE]

Fair enough. Brian and Roger might have had some input in the colouring process (even if they did, most likely they made it look how they wanted it to look probably more than intending to make it how it actually looked), or might have as well not. We can only speculate.

I see what they might have intended, but it doesn't work for me. In my opinion the difference is too drastic and taken to extremes. At the end it's a matter of taste. So if you think their choices were worthy, good for you :-)

I'm watching it right now.
The intro was way too pink, but I'm now watching Play The Game and I liked almost everything, the only problems were the intro and the "Roger cam" - that one is also too pink.

Thanks for the feedback Pittrek :)

Nitroboy - watched this in full last night. It looks brilliant. I don't have issue with the Roger colours, either. Thank you for your work here - this is now the go to "release" of Montreal.