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'''Visuals:''' On a dark blue/purple evening background with a pink sky, a splashed white stallion gallops into view from the left. When it gets closer to the camera, three stars coming from the left, right and bottom of the screen crash into each other, forming a "{{font|Times New Roman|'''T'''}}" in the Didot font (the same font used for CBS' logo, as CBS was one of the joint owners of Tri-Star until 1985). The stallion suddenly grows a pair of wings (if viewed in HD, the wings noticeably appear on the stallion out of thin air) and "flies" over the "{{font|Times New Roman|'''T'''}}". It zooms out, revealing the stacked words "{{font|Times New Roman|'''TRI STAR'''}}". The text continues to zoom out. A golden outline of a triangle zooms out with the spaced-out word "{{font|Times New Roman|'''PICTURES'''}}" under it, surrounding the text and the background. As this happens, the triangle outline reveals an abstract drawing of a Pegasus "jumping" over the logo.

'''Visuals:''' The logo starts out on a black background. Then a dark background, initially partially shown, slowly fades in and brightens to reveal that it is made up of dark cumulonimbus clouds with fog on the bottom (similar to the ones from the Columbia Pictures logo). A white flash of light then starts to glow and gets bright, as it almost fills the background. A Pegasus appears from the far distance, as it spreads its wings out and takes a few steps, causing the fog to flow. "{{Font|Impact|T{{small|RI}}S{{small|TAR}}}}", in a shiny chiseled font, slowly fades in at the top of the screen with the letters "'''T'''" and "'''S'''" in a bigger font than the other letters as the flash dims away slowly. The Pegasus stops when its wings are fully spread out and the "TRISTAR" text fully appears. The text slowly shines as the fog still flows and the company byline fades in (described below).

*December 15, 1995-February 21, 2014: "'''a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company'''" (on ''Jumanji'', the byline is blue in its first appearance, but starting with ''Mary Reilly'', released on February 23, 1996, the byline is bright yellow or white). However, some post-1995 films continued to use the bylineless version until 1999. Starting with ''Sparkle'' on August 17, 2012, the byline appears smaller and a bit darker, but slightly off-centered like in the 1996 Columbia logo. This byline was last used on ''Pompeii''; however, ''Moms' Night Out'' and ''When the Game Stands Tall'' still used this byline in tandem with the one below until August 2015.

*April 16, 2014-September 12, 2015: "'''a Sony Company'''" (seen on ''Heaven is for Real'', ''Ricki and the Flash'', ''War Room'' (the logo's final domestic appearance), and the UK theatrical version of ''The Lady in the Van'', the last film overall to use this logo). In this version, the Sony logo transitions to this logo.

*During this logo's early years, on trailers and TV spots, when the Pegasus is spreading out its wings, the "TRISTAR" text is fully solid, rather than transparently fading in as in the regular version. Also, it doesn't shine.

*On ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (the first movie to use this logo), the flash dims away earlier before the Pegasus spreads out its wings and the "TRISTAR" text appears.

*One early variant of such featured the boxed Pegasus logo at center, with "T{{small|RI}}S{{small|TAR}} P{{small|ICTURES}}" (in Bank Gothic) and the SPE byline below one another. This particular closing variant appears at the end of the features ''Chaplin'' and ''Cliffhanger'', which both used the 1984 logo at the beginning and were produced by Carolco; the former may be unsurprising, since both Columbia and TriStar first introduced their new logos for their home video and television divisions a year earlier in 1992. The movie ''Wilder Napalm'' also uses this, but with the "A TriStar Release" text above.

* 2015-2020: After the [[Sony Entertainment]] logo (albeit with motion blur added) transitions to this logo, there is the cloud formations of the previous logo shrouded in darkness, with a cerulean blue background partially illuminated by the bottom half of the screen. Then, a light shines up from the center and the clouds and background brighten, turning into full daylight. The clouds here are pure white and more ethereal in design, compared to the more realistic golden clouds from the last logo. Just as the clouds light up, there is a white stallion gallop out from the glowing light towards the camera, with the light fading out shortly afterwards. The stallion opens its wings as it runs out, revealing itself to be a Pegasus; once it stops running towards the screen, it stands up on its hind legs, showing off its full wingspan in the process. Once it has done this, the "{{Font|Impact|T{{small|RI}}S{{small|TAR}}}}" text from the previous logo (only more golden) fades in, then the byline "'''a Sony Company'''" from the previous logo fades in after that. This was last used on the Hulu original film ''Happiest Season'', released on November 25, 2020.

'''Technique:''' CGI by JAMM Visual with assistance from Daffy London. Sony commissioned the updated logo to take advantage of new technologies such as 4K and IMAX 3D, which is why there's an open matte version of this logo available, unlike with the previous logo. Daffy London provided assistance on the model, rigging, layout and animation.