We have been trying to get a hold of Laserman for a long time. We've sent emails to both him as well as his wife with no luck. I'm guessing they may not have internet access right now, so we are going to try snail mail.

Originally posted by: KnightmessengerI've been wondering, would it be alright to ask how each of you became so knowledgable about video technology and Star Wars in the first place? Were you familiar with all the different video releases like the Special Collection, Definitive Collection and Faces or was this gradually learned through trying to learn about improving upon previous laserdics transfers such as the Dr. Gonzo set? Did any of you take filmmaking classes in college? Or did one of your jobs deal with technical aspects of computers that would have taught you about script functions like avisynth? Or how Laserman acquired such advanced video hardware?
I'm just curious. If you feel any of those questions are too personal, you don't have (as if I could actually force you) to answer them.

I can't speak for the other guys, but for me, most of the things I now know about video and Star Wars video releases came from a lot of research when I first started thinking about doing my own transfer back in 2003. Back then, I really wasn't that knowledgeable about video editing, much less video cleanup or scripting. I spent days reading through threads at videohelp.com and the doom9 forums trying to figure out how other people were doing their analog video captures, cleaning them up, and transferring them to DVD. I did the same thing when I started getting into DVD authoring and making custom menus. I researched the specifics on how DVDs work and taught myself how to use Sonic Scenarist. My ROTS DVD is the fruit of all that research. I guess I've always had the mindset that I didn't want to do anything unless I did it the best way possible. So even now before I do anything I usually look around and see if the gurus over on doom9 have come up with anything new. More recently, I started going to film school in January of this year and I've learned a lot about the filmmaking process since then.

Laserman has worked in the industry for a long time. His knowledge comes from years of experience doing things some of us only dream about. He was able to borrow the Black Magic workstation from the studio he worked for.