adywan said:
The smile was a nod to the original Emperor who smiles at the exact same point.
I've given up on this video. No matter what i do there will be complaints. First the face is too static and that the original emperors face is more emotive, then i add the smile at the same point as the original Emperors smile and some motion to the face, then the face needs to remain more emotionless.
So that's it. No more videos. I'm spending so much time going back over videos i have posted trying to please everyone that i'm wasting time that could be spend on other scenes. When i get to the point that i'm pleased with a shot, i should stop there. I'm never going to please everyone and things just then get bogged down.
I'm pretty sure that some people thing i can perform impossible things. You have to remember that i can only work with what i have available with existing footage, etc. The only way i could do the emperor any better now would be to pay Ian to reprise his role in this scene and get him to wear a prosthetic that matches his ROTJ one. But we all know that this is never going to happen.
I can understand, and frankly I can be patient enough to just wait until it is finished the way you want it. It would have been nice to see it this summer, but I would rather you take the time to make it right and release it 4 to 6 months later than have something that you wouldn't be happy with.
...which (or at least I would like to think) is the motivation(s) behind a lot of these posts. Most of us understand that you are doing all the work, and it is easy for us to "make a suggestion" when the suggestion only takes a bit of time writing a forum response, whereas you have to dig through After Effects and all of that stuff.
Regardless, don't feel you have to please everyone... just take all of the comments with a grain of salt, ponder the idea if it is something you would like (since that IS the point of these threads, which is to receive feedback and possibly ideas you may not have thought of) and either work on the ideas or not. Even so, don't EVER feel that we ever had the power to pressure you to do anything. This is YOUR EDIT and we're just along for the ride. I know we can be like the kids in the back of the bus and get unruly, but you're the one driving it and so far I think it's safe to say that we like where you're going.