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kg1977
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Original trilogy deleted scenes restored Project?
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Date created
5-May-2022, 7:37 PM

As I was looking through this site, it seemed that there is some great interest in getting the deleted scenes restored so they can be used in others who are doing extended versions. It seemed to me that many tried and either quit or have taken down links to their attempts.
Now that the technology has come along way in the last 5 years as far as restoration tools, I think the time is now to finish these once and for all.
While my plan was and still is to incorporate these into my extended “-x” versions. I could certainly just share these out as I finish them and focus on them first. I am curious if anyone that has WIP on these that would save me time? Below will be the full list of deleted I am adding in, followed by my process which uses the latest Adobe tools.
I would like to start a regular cadence of finishing these off if this is the better approach. Reply to this tread if interested in this and I will divert my focus to it. If I focus on this and plan for 1-3 weeks per scene we should be able to have them all by year end or at least ANH and ESB.

ANH

  1. Luke w/treadwell on the surface - Complete-see compare video
  2. Troopers searching hallway doors immediately after entering the Tantive - Complete-see compare video
  3. Luke on the way to Tosche, old woman drive by - 30% complete [SAMPLE IMAGE BELOW]
    a
  4. Tosche Station #1 - Luke enters Tosche- Complete-see compare video
  5. Tosche Station #2 - Luke exits Tosche to see battle w/friends - 75% complete[SAMPLE IMAGE BELOW]
    a
  6. Tosche Station #3 - Luke & Biggs - 80% [SAMPLE IMAGE BELOW]
    a
  7. Blue Milk - Complete-see compare video
  8. Search for R2 (POV in the Speeder) - 60% [SAMPLE IMAGE BELOW]
    a
  9. Extended wide shot of sandpeople mounting a Bantha - Complete-see compare video
  10. Longer Cantina scene - All creatures even Black and white scenes - 30% complete [SAMPLE IMAGE BELOW]
    a
  11. Stormtroopers Search Tatooine (“stilt monster”)-90%[SAMPLE IMAGE BELOW]
    a
  12. Darth Vader Widens the Search - 60% [SAMPLE IMAGE BELOW]
    a
  13. Stormtroopers on Death Star corridor searching
  14. Death Star Sneaking Around Scene
  15. Ben and the tractor beam extended
  16. Leia and Han in falcon before Yavin - 50% complete
  17. Gonk Droid in Death Star Hallway

ESB

  1. Extra Luke intro shot with Tauntaun -93% [Sample Image Below]
    a
  2. The gang watches luke in tank extended - 95%[Sample Image Below]
    a
  3. Leia and luke after his recovery - 75% complete [Sample Image Below]
    a
  4. Extra scene of han and liea in hallway - 90% complete [SAMPLE IMAGE BELOW]
    a
  5. 3po switching the sign -5% [Sample Image Below]
    a
  6. Snow Trooper attached from wampa room -5% [Sample Image Below]
    a
  7. Extra wampa scene breaking free in the base -30%
  8. Luke’s light sabre training-70% [Sample Image Below]
    a
  9. Han repairs the falcon - Complete-see compare video
  10. Bounty hunters intro (Extra shots) - complete
  11. Boba Fett in carbon chamber (extra shot)- Complete-see compare video
  12. Lobot gets caught -Complete-see compare video
  13. Luke in Falcon medical Bay extended - Complete-see compare video

ROJ

  1. Vader walking to chamber, calling to luke
  2. Cave lightsaber construction
  3. 3PO and R2 Extended walk to Palace and door scene
  4. Luke and the Rancor (tries force Jump to escape)
  5. The sandstorm -56% [Sample Image Below]
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  6. General madine going into hyperspace before Lando -4%
  7. Deleted B-wing pilots in cockpit
  8. lando’s crew inside the falcon during attack
  9. Rebels inside the shield bunker
  10. Jerjerrods hesitation -5%

My current Restoration process

  1. Obtain HD footage
  2. Color correction, enhance contrast/clarity using Adobe tools
  3. Rotoscope actors off of background if needed
  4. Create clean background plates for scene and angel changes and use content aware fill or heal brush in PS to remove scratches and dust (skip if camera/background moves to much and instead use content aware and laso tool to remove all dust and scratches by hand frame by frame full frame with no rotoscoping and masking)
  5. Motion track any clean plates if they were made and match to original camera/footage movement if background plates are used
  6. Composite back any elements to background plates
  7. Use Content aware fill on spot areas of the elements after they are composited back in
  8. Use JPG AI neural filters in PS to remove any pixelation
  9. (Optional)Using original footage, mask out any elements that need to be composited back in but not edge rotoscoped (shadows)
    (Optional)fix any surfaces that can be improved with a photographic texture remapping, use PS warp, liquify tools and AE’s CC powerpin to stretch over and replace damaged blurry texture on objects or background.
  10. Add audio improved where needed, but not surround sound at early stage.