Savage said:RE: Lightsaber reflections/glow
I remember discussing this back in the ANH:R days, especially in regards to Ben in the Cantina. Someone did a mock-up that looked extremely convincing back then, but it was not to be incorporated into the final revision. Maybe things have changed for Ady and he would want to give it a go this time around. This is an effect I'm 100% in favor (or is that favour?). As long as it is pulled off right (and this is Ady we're talking about, so I would expect nothing less), ambient glow bouncing off the environment would add more realism and cast a mood in certain scense, expecially inside the carbon freeze chamber.
If it's possible, I say do it!
yeh i remember that. there was a reason why i decided not to add the lighting into ANH:R and that was that if i had added it into ANH:R then i would need to add it into the other 5 movies. now i was looking ahead and this created all sorts of problems. mainly in ESB & ROTJ. Thats problem was Vader. it may look good when adding it to the human faces but there is a huge problem with Vader. the scenes are dark and there is no lighting on vaders mask in many of the shots. now to pull this thing off convincingly i would have to create a travelling matte of vaders helmet & face illuminated which is just too damn crazy to even attempt to pull off. when the sabre glow hits vaders mask you would need to see the detail, which is none existent in most shots. while this would be possibly if he remain perfectly still, the only way to pull this off would be to create a 3d head and track every movement in every shot precisely then mask only the parts that need to be exposed. plus you would also have to match the trajectory of the lightsabre for the lighting on the 3d head.
this is why it wasn't in ANH:R and won't be featuring in th rest of the revisited saga i'm afraid.
plus if the lightsabres have to reflect upon its surrounding wouldn't that mean that i have to illuminate objects that laser blasts pass close too? i think it would. lol
i hope you all can see why i decided against it.
teharri said:I am looking forward to the next official clip we get. Hope it is one from the duel.
It's highly likely you will see clips from the duel in the trailer but i'm actually thinking of giving you all a sneak peak at the behind the scenes short that i'm making of the wampa next week. it may even feature the final wampa footage with the new puppet if all goes to plan.