The Golden Idol said:Amazing work, Ady! What's next on the list?
i've still got a very long way to go on the colour correction side of things.
;-) take your time, as just to get it right. Spot on so far Mr Mann.
Octorox said:That Yoda comparison was amazing. I think the color correction is likely the most significant part of this project. I am one of the unlucky people who first saw the OT as the 2004 DVDs. I think that the proper coloring brings a whole new magical feel to this film as apposed to the drab and simultaneously oversaturated color abomination that is the 04 DVDs.
i know what you mean. whilst the SEs were the first versions of star wars that i saw, the 04 DVDs were the first versions i've owned. and untill recently i had next to no problem with them.
upon first viewing, with my untrained eyes, the only thing i noticed that was off were the lightsabers. as i got older and wiser (and got a vhs copy of the SEs) i've realised how messed up the colours are! then i got a decent surround system and things got worse! it's about this time that i found originaltrilogy.com and now i know the full extent of how messed up the dvds are!
the point im trying to make is that people coming to star wars post 04 may not even know what a substandard copy of the film they are being presented with. some of us are too young to have experienced the films properly.
but then again the term "properly" is relative. to me the proper ending of RotJ is the galaxy celebrating - not a teddy bear picknick.
-doodie
edit: i just realised that i forgot the main point of my post which is, ady, the colour correction is (to me) the best thing about the work you are doing.
Due to my having a piddly little stereo sound setup, I'd never fully experienced the horrors of the 2004 ANH sound mix. And thanks to Adywan, I need not be subjected to it in the future.
With ESB, I've heard the surround mix isn't AS bad, so hopefully minor tweaking will be all that's needed.
Adywan, you amaze me. I know I'm seriously new around here, but if you quit before you finish these, I think I'm going to cry...
^Whoaaa, let's not use the 'q' word around here, ok? ;)
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Qute.
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Spudz should have been here April 1... Those were the days. I nearly cried before I became in on the joke. You can check out my recap here.
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So I was looking at the thread about the changes in Vader's suit and was directed to the Secret History of Star Wars site's area about Vader. There I found these quotes:
Return of the Jedi gave us some slight modifications as well, notably a further enhancement of the vocal flanging to make it seem more processed and electronic than in Empire Strikes Back, perhaps because the unmasking scene at the end would reveal a design that shows that Vader's natural voice is processed and amplified through an electronic system.
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Finally, Star Wars was altered where possible to match the depiction seen in the subsequent entries--James Earl Jones' voice was enhanced for the 2004 DVD release to sound more like the electronic version of Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith .
I know Ady said that he modified Vader's voice in the ANHR DVD-9, but me being the dense person I am have not been able to notice the difference.
Ady, are you going to modify Vader's voice in ESBR to match RotJ, or does ANHR match ESB so now you need to unprocess RotJR? Not like I ever noticed the difference, but I'm just curious.
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doubleofive said:So I was looking at the thread about the changes in Vader's suit and was directed to the Secret History of Star Wars site's area about Vader. There I found these quotes:
Return of the Jedi gave us some slight modifications as well, notably a further enhancement of the vocal flanging to make it seem more processed and electronic than in Empire Strikes Back, perhaps because the unmasking scene at the end would reveal a design that shows that Vader's natural voice is processed and amplified through an electronic system.
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Finally, Star Wars was altered where possible to match the depiction seen in the subsequent entries--James Earl Jones' voice was enhanced for the 2004 DVD release to sound more like the electronic version of Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith .
I know Ady said that he modified Vader's voice in the ANHR DVD-9, but me being the dense person I am have not been able to notice the difference.
Ady, are you going to modify Vader's voice in ESBR to match RotJ, or does ANHR match ESB so now you need to unprocess RotJR? Not like I ever noticed the difference, but I'm just curious.
Im a long way off the audio side of things yet so i haven't made any decision as to what i will be doing to the audio track.
I've been having a few problems with the PC recently, after effects crashing on heavy renders & drives suddenly disappearing in windows (you could hear them power down) amongst other things. The PC hasn't been off in months and when i turned it off last night it just wouldn't restart. it tried to but failed after a few seconds and kept on trying. Luckily i know a bit about computers so i began testing that all the pci cards were in correct and changed all the cabling to the drives but still no luck. But then i tried removing the new drives and it started up without any problems. I was preying that its wasn't the drives so i plugged them back in and it failed to start again. So this time i unplugged 2 different drives and it again started up without problems. I'm such a dumb f**k at times. I totally forgot that when i upgraded to the quad core and added the 2 new drives that i should have got a higher powered power supply. I have a 550w at the moment and it looks like I've worn it out and its just unable to cope. This is going to have to wait until mid October when we get paid and i don't want to risk any damage to the pc so i'm using the wife's laptop now until i get the power supply. This project is as jinxed as ANH:R by the looks of things. But its my stupid fault for forgetting about the extra power requirements when i upgraded. So no more work on ESB:R until this problem is sorted i'm afraid. :(
adywan said:I've been having a few problems with the PC recently, after effects crashing on heavy renders & drives suddenly disappearing in windows (you could hear them power down) amongst other things. The PC hasn't been off in months and when i turned it off last night it just wouldn't restart. it tried to but failed after a few seconds and kept on trying. Luckily i know a bit about computers so i began testing that all the pci cards were in correct and changed all the cabling to the drives but still no luck. But then i tried removing the new drives and it started up without any problems. I was preying that its wasn't the drives so i plugged them back in and it failed to start again. So this time i unplugged 2 different drives and it again started up without problems. I'm such a dumb f**k at times. I totally forgot that when i upgraded to the quad core and added the 2 new drives that i should have got a higher powered power supply. I have a 550w at the moment and it looks like I've worn it out and its just unable to cope. This is going to have to wait until mid October when we get paid and i don't want to risk any damage to the pc so i'm using the wife's laptop now until i get the power supply. This project is as jinxed as ANH:R by the looks of things. But its my stupid fault for forgetting about the extra power requirements when i upgraded. So no more work on ESB:R until this problem is sorted i'm afraid. :(
Man, you just can't catch a break! We appreciate the work you do, and hey, at least you didn't lose everything or blow your motherboard!
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At least you know what the problem is and it's an easy fix. It's just a matter of scheduling and finances, now.
My outlook on life - we’re all on the Hindenburg anyway…no point fighting over the window seat.
Sorry to hear it, Ady. At least everything is still there, right?
On a bit more positive note, that LG I was looking at is $500 off this week. HMMMM....!
Well, see you all in a year!
adywan said:
This project is as jinxed as ANH:R by the looks of things.
You expected differently? ;)
Kurgan said:Well, see you all in a year!
Why a year?
Off topic but I declare the release date of SW:ANHR as international Adywan Day
now you gotta remind me when that was =P
Which release? XviD? DVD-5? Purist? PAL or NTSC? I'd probably go by the PAL DVD-9.
I hated the galaxy celebrating...news certainly travelled fast! If that's to remain in ROTJ:R then a scene needs to be added which shows the message being relayed...I mean, parties were going on everywhere! These would have taken ages to prepare and organize...I mean come on!
The ewok ending, and the original music, were always much better. Scrap the SE celebrations!
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These would have taken ages to prepare and organize
...who says they didn't? I think most viewers would assume that they were more of an epilogue, taking place after the rest of the story, before taking us back to see the heroes again.
darth_scourge said:...I mean, parties were going on everywhere! These would have taken ages to prepare and organize...I mean come on!
Doesn't take long to stand in the street and yell "weesa free"
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darth_scourge said:I hated the galaxy celebrating...news certainly travelled fast! If that's to remain in ROTJ:R then a scene needs to be added which shows the message being relayed...I mean, parties were going on everywhere! These would have taken ages to prepare and organize...I mean come on!
The ewok ending, and the original music, were always much better. Scrap the SE celebrations!
Erm... they had the holonet so it was probably instantly relayed galaxywide that the Empire is over and the Emperor is dead!
By the way, I'm all in black with a veil (its a matching ensemble) due to the hyperdrive on Adywan's 'puter being down, we're all in mourning until its fixed (I'm being serious guys!)...
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darth_scourge said:I hated the galaxy celebrating...news certainly travelled fast! If that's to remain in ROTJ:R then a scene needs to be added which shows the message being relayed...I mean, parties were going on everywhere! These would have taken ages to prepare and organize...I mean come on!
The ewok ending, and the original music, were always much better. Scrap the SE celebrations!
I agree with you...its just one more GL SE addition that over explains something that didn't need further explanation....it's almost like George thinks the SW fans are fucking stupid and need every little concept spelled out for them, otherwise we might not get that at the same time that the rebels were celebrating on Endor that the rest of the Galaxy was joyous as well.....Fucking George, you the one who's clueless....
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