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Bingowings
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STAR WARS: EP V "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - 12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW
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9-Sep-2008, 7:44 PM
asterisk8 said:

Enough of the grammar school. :p

 

I was looking at the 2004 CG Cloud City balcony shot. I think it really looks terrible.

a. The balcony is too low. It comes up to about thigh-height. That is just not safe.

b. The reflection is way too clear. Especially of the balcony walls and the sky. The left side of the floor has an almost mirror finish.

c. The biggest errors are the gang's reflections. In the reflection, the three are translucent. You can see the balcony behind them! Take a look:

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6335/cloudcitybalcony01xq8.th.jpg

That's not how reflections work, and it's one of the best examples of the lazy CG work done for these special editions. A professional CG artist should know that you can't see through a person's reflection.

The truth is, I'd rather see the wall put back in place (maybe a window) in adywan's edit, but if he wants to keep this shot, it needs some work.

So here's my quick-n-dirty mock-up of how I think the shot would look better. It's not the best Photshopping, but it gets the point across. Open both up in two tabs and flip back and forth to get the full effect.

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/6580/cloudcitybalcony02xj0.th.jpg

 

Quick-n-dirty it may be but already the gang seem to be on the ground and not floating in mid air.

I did a similar quick fix to the DVD ANH Jabba which it seems pointless to post here (though if you get you magnifying glass out you might pick out in my avatar pic).

It does illustrate the scale of the mess which from all accounts seems to stem from George's "It'll do" attitude.

Ady (and most of us on here) sings from a different song book, one which includes "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) and "T'ain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)".

I really can't (though I must) wait to see his final results.