Info & Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist — Page 72

Janskeet said:

Darth Lars said:

Janskeet said:

Davnes007 said:

 

Now doesn't that look sweet?

This would require the Death Star to rotate so that the window will be facing the battle later.

When it rotates, the lighting on the window frame should change. I think that would be very difficult to do.

You guys don't seem too enthusiastic about this idea. I think it would be great for ROTJ: R. But it is a long ways away. I wish I had Adywan's or Vaderio's, or this dude Davnes007's, skills. I would start whipping out my own ROTJ: R right now. Davnes007, could you tell me how you made this image?

Well, trust me, it's not as hard as it looks...it's just takes time.

(I think these steps should work the same in Paintshop and Photoshop, and other such apps. . I use Paintshop).

1. Copy-n-paste the Emperor frame you want to fiddle with.

2. Promote that layer so it's not a 'Background' layer.

3. Use the cut-out tool ('freehand selection', or 'lasso').

4. Take your time, and cut-out all the windows. (OMG, that's a pain in the butt! That's why some of the window frames look weird.)

5. Copy-n-paste a planet picture that you think will look right, and make sure its layer is under the 'Emperor' layer. (I used a frame from when Wedge shot out the DSII, and turned it 90 degrees, and enlarged it a bit.)

6. If you need to, copy-n-paste a starry background, and make sure its layer is under the other two layers.

That's all I really did, for that picture anyway. The main trick is to be able to work with the layers properly, so that the transparent areas (of the Emperor pic) let the other layer(s) show through.

Has there been any word on whether Ady is planning to restructure the opening of ROTJ:R this way? I hope he's planning something similar.

Davnes007 said:

4. Take your time, and cut-out all the windows. (OMG, that's a pain in the butt! That's why some of the window frames look weird.)

Indeed! It would be nice if that magic wan tool was really, really smart, or you could just tell it what to do. :p

P.S. You gotta watch this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CixquqPrCk

Ripplin said:

Davnes007 said:

4. Take your time, and cut-out all the windows. (OMG, that's a pain in the butt! That's why some of the window frames look weird.)

Indeed! It would be nice if that magic wan tool was really, really smart, or you could just tell it what to do. :p

P.S. You gotta watch this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CixquqPrCk

Lol...cute video :D

I tried using the Background Erase tool, but most of window framing was too close to being black to be of much use.

@ChainsawAsh

If you've already got something planned, etc., I won't step on your toes with it...and the flow of events didn't appeal to me, personally, anyway. Happy Editing :)

Janskeet said:

st of this work looks like Digital compositing and you guys do an amazing job. But can any of you do CGI and on a Lucasfilm level (not that that is say much)?

Software and machines are completely constructed for specific Effects. Mostly these companies make their own software and hardware and enhance the current ones (3d max-maya etc)

Despite the fact that their computer power are superior and they have programs that is not available for public (f.e: Flint)

Thank god they still use Photoshop :P

-Angel

Davnes007 said:

shanerjedi said:

And Monroville, your suggestion #3 is a great idea, either instead of or in addition to showing the "monster" coming to the surface under the sand.

Hah! I have an idea:

Take the idea of the sail barge collapsing into the sarlaac pit, then cut in the shot of the spice worm rising up from the sand in Dune and taking out that vehicle.

Take out the vehicle and replace it with a sail barge mockup.

There you go! :p

Hmmmm.....Empire + Dune = WOW

...I feel an epic idea-clip in the making :D

It's a little weird, and a bit jarring, but fun to watch I suppose. I don't think this one tops my 'Lando System?' video...but you can be the judge of that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqGK0b0tXKw

Now thats a big worm!

-Angel

Sluggo said:

Did the Lando System video actually plug Ady's Episode IV revisited and also mention that Vader wasn't at Bespin?

Maybe you guys already noticed it, but I thought it was pretty funny.

:) Yep...it would be easier to see and read if I encoded the video in a better definition, but I've only got a Pentium 4, so it takes too long.

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Not very happy but is an improvement.

Sure now the eye will go from sun to palace instead of the stupid creature.

-Angel

^That's beautiful. And yes, that's a stupid creature. Sooooo Muppety. (which is fine if you're watching "The Muppet Show", of course, but in this context...)

vaderios said:

Not very happy but is an improvement.

Sure now the eye will go from sun to palace instead of the stupid creature.

 

-Angel

thats so beautiful!

That's a scene that could be implemented fairly easily into a movie, too, I'd think, as that scene is a static shot, basically. Just add a very slight movement to the clouds, maybe, and there y'go!

VERY nice vaderios!  You just need to add a second sun and it'd be a perfect background matte.

edit: Oops... I just realized I didn't scroll to the right far enough... you really have to put these comparison picks one under the other :p

VERY nice vaderios!  You just need to add a second sun and it'd be a perfect background matte.

There is a second sun ;)

Im not usually do this :)

-Angel

shanerjedi said:

Davnes007, that was genius. I knew you couldn't resist Dune and SW together. Thumbs up! I love mockups.

Thanx my man. I only wish there was an aerial view of the sail barge I could have used.

Yes but remember lukes rendezvous point was tatooine so their is a continuity issue. Just have it begin with death star. Then luke flies to Dagobah then we can just get to the rest