So i had to go through each shot, frame by frame, and manually align the two sources, then mask out the areas i didn’t want, keeping only the detail in the dark areas. And i’m pleased to say that it turned out pretty good.
That’s some really impressive stuff, Ady! The added shadow detail really improves these shots. It’s making the best of the two (unfortunately) best sources we have.
But there is still a lot of the hard work left to do, which mainly involves lengthy rotoscoping.
It isn’t a lot left to do, but these are very time consuming ones to do. So please don’t think that a release is imminent.
That is entirely understandable. Take as much time as you need and never feel the need to rush shots.
So this scene is either going to be different to how it is now after i have been able to film some ANH style sandtroopers, or it will just go back to how it was in 1977 ( which i think actually works better). I’m also going to replace the mirrored troopers in this shot thanks to the newly filmed troopers.
I’d say to just go back to the 1977 version of the droid discovery scene. It works better pacing-wise and mostly preserving the 1977 pacing is an admirable goal. HAL9000 already did that in his edit (which included removing one of the CGI dewbacks) and it looked good.
Oh my, that’s some impressive stuff! It’s the perfect way to tie in R1 with the AOTC plans.
All in all, fantastic update Ady! I’m excited for the final project.