[Jar Jar Stinks]

Originally Posted by noirjunkie

I saw this in IMAX, and while I loved the film, the transfer left quite a bit to be desired. At times, what should have looked incredible due to the 65mm source material instead looked like a waxy, DNR-riddled mess. Of course, this could have to do with the dual-2K projector system the theater uses, but the trailer looked better than what I saw in the theater.

I really wish we had an IMAX theater that uses the laser projection system in my area.

“At one point, we were going to do it all in 4K,” Miller told me, explaining his initial plan to produce the film in a very high-resolution digital format. “Then we were in a meeting and Final Frame’s owner, Will Cox, said, ‘You know, if you wait six months, I think we can do it at 16K.’” That would require developing a new scanner, but Todd decided the delay would be worth it. “I don’t want to look back on this moment in 20 years and have said no,” he said. “That six months turned into eight. It was definitely worth it, but it was nail-biting the entire time.”

When all the scans were finally complete, the result was about a petabyte of information (1 million gigabytes).

I would think it should look decent when scanned at 16K.