Made a test clip of the Sarlacc: clip
Nice and subtle. Definitely works.
What software are you using to do the rotoscoping? It looks like it is giving you good results.
I can't wait to see what else you have in stored for ROTJ as there are so many things to correct/fix/change in trying to de-specialize it.
EvilSupes said:
I can't wait to see what else you have in stored for ROTJ as there are so many things to correct/fix/change in trying to de-specialize it.
Really? Like I said, I'm open to suggestions. I was really only going to do the musical number, Sarlacc and the orig. celebration. Just to make sure I wasn't forgeting anything, I went through this list and didn't really find anything else to despecialize. Exept maybe some little trimming t fit to the orig. audio.
Oh, and I used After Effects.
Harmy said:
EvilSupes said:
I can't wait to see what else you have in stored for ROTJ as there are so many things to correct/fix/change in trying to de-specialize it.
Really? Like I said, I'm open to suggestions. I was really only going to do the musical number, Sarlacc and the orig. celebration. Just to make sure I wasn't forgeting anything, I went through this list and didn't really find anything else to despecialize. Exept maybe some little trimming t fit to the orig. audio.
Oh hey I am not saying you need to do more just saying that a lot of stuff was changed in ROTJ which is probably more difficult to undo over ANH and ESB. I think the changes you are doing are probably some of the most crucial ones anyway. :-)
The only other major problem I have with ROTJ SE which would need to be fixed is the lightsabers at the end with luke vs vader as they are seriously messed up. Vader's lightsaber looks pink and Luke's looks very muted at times too. This is probably one of my biggest complaints about ROTJ SE.
Example:
Original
Special Edition
Yes, the lightsaber colors are a problem in all three 2004 DVDs, but especially in ROTJ.
Yeah, I said I'm gona try to do some basic color correction but I'm not sure if I'll be able to do the sabres. I'll certainly try.
OK, I gave it a shot. Here is a demo clip and here's a splitscreen comparison.
I think it's not bad. There is one problem though. The lightsabre problems in the 2004 version are due to contrast and brightness issues and increasing contrast brings out compression artifacts present in the source file. But IMO it's still better than the pink lightsabre.
It's unbelievable how bad the 2004 release is...
Looking pretty good to my novice eyes...
Those lightsabers look sooo much better.
If I was being nitpicky in how to further improve them I would suggest rotoscoping news ones to improve the shape and colour but that would be very time consuming.
Still, what you've done so far I can't really criticise and I would be more than happy to watch you have done over the 2004 SE any day. :-)
Well, I'm trying to get closer to the originals i.e. rerotoscoping the lightsabres is definitely not an option. You'll have to wait for Adywan to do that.
I'm sorry for the lack of progress, guys, I'm going through some tough personal problems now... :-(
Take your time - real life always comes first.
Harmy i hope your real life problems work out in your favour , but good luck with this project i love the look of all the test clips. Looking forward to a finished product. good luck with it .
OK, I finally got round to uploading STAR WARS in 1080p. Unfortunately I'm home for the holidays and the bandwith here is not very good so it'll take ages. But if you're interested, just say so here or PM me and I'll let you know as soon as the upload's finished.
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Is your version uploaded to usenet? Because a 1080p version of EPIV has just been uploaded to a.b.starwars titled "leia shoots first"
EDIT: sorry, misread your post. i see now that you are still uploading your version
There's a thread for that "Leia shoots first" release:
(so speculation doesn't clutter this thread)
There is also a "Leia gets laid" as well, what a joke.
Yeah, we never got to see that.
;-)
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*magic 8 ball shake*
All signs point to no.
No, that is not this project, mine is only an 8GB mkv. But I must warn you not to expect anything better from this project, it is basically the same thing, Adywan's HD with shots from revisited and GOUT spliced into it and it also has some framerate issues. But like for that guy, this is also only my personal version, which I only offer in case anyone may be interested but I'm well aware of it's shortcomings. The videos on youtube are actually a pretty good representation of what this actually looks like.
Harmy said:
GOUT spliced into it and it also has some framerate issues.
not very good for 8GB's