Thanks 005 :-)
doubleofive said:
I wish the "Long Time Ago" was clearer. Maybe the titles could be recreated? It's not the best first impression for "HD".
The workprint ones were just temporary but I won't be recreating the title cards but I think the ones I'm using now are better.
Could you recolor the thruster blasts from the pods, I miss the blue.
That's why I needed you, an easy fix that I missed. Check here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHcSllYWspg
While you probably couldn't lower the probe droid down, could you put out the fires and darken the smoke back? First SE change, and its the first thing I look for when I'm IDing which version something is.
It was on my TO MAYBE DO list, I gave it a shot but I couldn't get it to work to my satisfaction, so I decided to leave it.
I would recolor the last transport, I've never liked the blue, even if it "blends in better".
Maybe consider recoloring the Falcon back to its blacker color as they approach Cloud City?
These are the same case as the probe droid.
The SE mistake of seeing Veers through the wall of Vader's screen remains, which while replacing the frame of the screen would be easy, the fancy wipe at the end of the scene (which is probably why they recomped that last shot anyway) might be hard to match.
I don't know which shot this is, I couldn't find it in your comparisons. Could you maybe post a link to the corresponding comparison pic?
The distant shot of Cloud City before Leia's apartment needs some more atmosphere/blue. And the Cloud Car isn't exactly right, but that's not a giant deal.
Yeah, that was a colouring problem and I think it is a lot better in the current version of the colour correction.
The distant hallway as Han and Co head to dinner: as people pass over it, their clothes turn orange. Especially noticable as the last lady wearing all white passes in front of it. Maybe matte out the characters, or even just do it halfway so the color change isn't as noticeable.
I was never really happy with that shot but no matter what I tried, it just made it look even worse, so I'll probably just keep it as it is now.
Is it just me, or does the frame jump around a little when the elevator window appears (well, disappears)?
Yeah, I noticed that too, it should be better now.
Lando's lips could use some more work. Good idea only using the lips from the GOUT, but maybe use the bottom half of his face? It looks off.
Yeah, I was gonna try doing some more with that but I must say I'm quite proud of that whole sequence. It's still far from perfect but it was a really difficult one (even Ady gave it as an example of a difficult sequence in his reconstruction when refusing to release it in HD) and I think it turned out OK considering the sources available, just compare it with Ady's version, I think it's definitely an improvement (well he challenged me to it, so challenge accepted ;-) )
Overall, I'm very impressed. There's a lot of work (un)done here, and I'm really just nitpicking at this point.
Thanks a lot, I'm glad you liked it and I hope the finished product will be even better :-)