Here's another couple of things for now vaderios -
(on page 864) vaderios said:
PS: Anyone notice how asymmetrical are the black think lines (matte section) in the holo room? It screams that it is painted and it lacks the style of a more hard surface and less the organic/painted look...
(on page 866) vaderios said:
I tried to fix most of the surrounding problems too
I'd actually never looked at the ceiling detail closely before vaderios, so this was another new one for me. :)
I like how you've made the black lines/slits a little more symmetrical in your mock-up, but there's a couple of other alternatives to consider too - instead of 'shortening' the pair of lines/slits in the way you've done, to make them match...the other pair could have been 'lengthened' instead, so that they go right up to the top of the frame like all the other pairs. And another alternative is this - if they are just left the way they are, then the pairs of lines/slits could just be *imagined* to be an 'alternating' pattern of short and long lines/slits going all the way around.
Personally, I reckon any of these possibilities can work, so I've no particular preference...but I do think that the actual thickness of these ceiling lines/slits could be made to match a little better between them all...as I notice you didn't reduce the width of the VERY thick one nearest the left-hand side of the frame in your mock-up. (although that one may just be a 'forced perspective' thing that's fine as it is)
(and although I've absolutely no problem with the indistinct detail of Vader in the existing 'hologram' shots, due to the overall lighting levels in them...I thought you did a nice job of him in your mock-up)
(on page 864) vaderios said:
...the black areas that were painted in the holo shots are there. So i assume that ady will not bother with that detail because it doenst affects the story but to me is details that fills the aesthetic.
Not to mention the damn dark/light areas that varyies from the shot to shot
This is another of those little things I never noticed before vaderios. :)
The ceiling in these two shots is merely 'darkened out', compared to how it looks in the 'side-onwards' shots of the 'hologram'. I haven't time to check, but I think at least one of these is a moving shot, so I'm not sure if it's something that can be made to match the look of the 'hologram' shots better, or not. But if not, then I'm just going to *imagine* that it's down to either the lighting levels in this 'section' of the '8'-shaped room...or that this 'section' has a different type of ceiling above it, compared to the 'hologram' section! :)
Also - althought I haven't checked the footage here...is the brighter-lit area on the right-hand side of Needa in the bottom shot just a result of the 'chamber' giving off more light due to it being more open here?