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Im sorry to be the voice of pessimism but I don’t understand the push for using video game footage. No matter what tweaking can be done, it can’t pass as being real. The textures, lighting, contract, camera movement, artifacts (the magically appear) that will always stick out.

And yes I get people can truly believe or from their view/perspective they can’t tell the difference … that really isn’t a good reason to use it. It’s a bit like me taking a color blind test (which I am color blind) and say “I don’t see a pattern/etc. so it doesn’t exist” when yes … it does exist.

I appreciate the passion people have since without it, fan edits wouldn’t happen. Also people have different goals for fan edits, from being conservative to ratical.

The saying comes to mind “If you put lipstick on a pig, it’s still a pig.” Video game graphics get better and better, but it’s still not realistic and the brain will tell you “something is wrong” because it cannot 100% simulate realism, with some of the points I mentioned earlier about textures, lighting, etc.

I know this is Hal’s edit and he can do whatever he wants, I get that … I just can’t understand the push for it. If he says “I’m doing it” then I’ll accept it and move on. (But will for sure take it out using iMovie. Lol)