Oh, yeah, absolutely. I only colour timed the part until Han shoots and didn't do anything with the part after the smoke dissolves. I'm going to tweak that part when I'm editing the scene into the film :-)

Thanks. Yeah, when I decided to scratch the blue glow and the out of fucus fade ins and I noticed that matte on Mike picture, I though: This is something that'll make it look more like optical compositing. Then of course, I had to make sure it was pretty subtle but I think it works :-)

Anyway, here's the clip as promised: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0JOIS04S

:-)

Yeah, it starts exactly like in Puggo Grande :-) Now, as the subs had to be done for every inter-positive separately, it's quite possible, probable even, that there were different versions of the subtitles. Actually, the frame that Mike posted in his forum has a subtitle, while in Puggo's the subtitle doesn't appear until one frame later.

As to the profile, I didn't think about it and to be honest, I don't really understand the video standards and stuff but I will probably use high 4.1 for the final encode. Athough, I think that with a lossless intermediate, it shouldn't really matter what profile yours was but what do I know. ;-)

Harmy said:

Actually, the frame that Mike posted in his forum has a subtitle, while in Puggo's the subtitle doesn't appear until one frame later. 

Interesting discovery, Moth3r's bootleg also match the timing of Grande, and IIRC the Swedish 16mm, would be interesting to see how the other bootlegs compare.

You_Too said:

Isn't there swedish subs in that version? Or do you mean the swedish subs match the same appear/disappear times? I haven't seen that version myself yet, but I wonder if I would be able to watch Chewie being called Tugg. haha :)

Yeah, that's a wonderful translation. ;)

There is both swedish subs and the original english subs for Greedo present, that's how it often was handled in the old days. You have a still of the subs from the swedish print in this thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Greedo-Jabba-subtitles-theatrical-placement-and-fonts/topic/11463/ See the third pic.

Sorry about this guys, but I found something interesting... Brazilian VHS Dubbed version (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxqWs8KHNTc) Greedo scene- 5:01.

Yeah, that's the same way it was handled in the old Czech dubbing.

Yeah, Greedo is dubbed... :-)

Dubbing isn't done in Sweden, only if it's a film made for children. (take that Lucas ;) Nowadays you can often either see the dubbed version or the original english spoken version of a Disney or Pixar film in the cinema for example. So in the old days they often just placed the swedish subs over the original subs or over/below them, could be pretty ugly sometimes.

When the SW-prequel hit our cinemas in '99, there was some controversy due to Lucasfilm/Fox having done a swedish crawl and ALTA card for the first time, thinking they would do us a favor. Older people were used to and wanted to have the original english crawl with swedish subs instead.

Fun facts: in Sweden you had to be 11 years old for the first film in '77 and 15 years old! for Empire in '80, which caused major problems for the cinema staff with uncomprehending audience who tried to refer to the first film's 11-year limit. For the '82 re-release it was censored to be allowed from 11 years old after some cuts on 8 different places had been made with a total of 7 minutes cut from the film. Empire was treated like a goddamn horror film in Sweden. :)

But if you were younger than 15 in '80 you could go see it if you just brought your parents, that's what I did. :) Sorry for going a little off topic.

You_Too said:

Speaking of translations, the swedish subs on the GOUT are a bit funny sometimes too. Where Han says to Chewie "Get in there, you big furry oaf!" they've translated it as "Ner, din håriga gorilla!". (Down, you hairy gorilla!) Kind of bad translation considering there are no gorillas in the Star Wars galaxy. :)

I'm pretty sure that's a leftover from the iconic '77 translation. :) We should perhaps continue this conversation in Puggo's thread. Anyway, I really recommend his 16mm if only to have the original bad translation preserved.

Harmy said:

And here's a little sample - right is with, left is without:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GYHHN67T

Very good result! Did you use After Effects for that or... what?

I want to add this "film-look" in my home movies...

Actually, I just changed the settings of the FFDShow video decoder and re-encoded the video using RipBotX264. But After Effects would be better because it gives you more control. This way on the other hand is faster and easier.

It should work in a PS3 as it is, no conversion needed :-)

But the High-Def videos (mp4, mkv,...) are enconded by Haali Media Spliter, only Standard-Def videos (avi, wmv,...) are encoded by FFDShow. When I reencode my HD videos using the RipBot exported file, it will contain the added "film-look"?

P.S.:Sorry about my english... XD