team negative1 - star wars 1977 - 35mm theatrical version (Released) — Page 3

negative1 said:

star wars IS SAFE NOW.

Thank the maker.

As impressed as I am by Harmy's recent Despecialized v2, knowing that a scan of the actual 100% real deal exists is extremely gratifying.

Star Wars is too important to the history of cinema to stand by and let it suffer the fate of Metropolis, which has only recently been rescued from its own butchering and almost completely preserved 80 years after its initial release.

timdiggerm said:

x-1?

awesome, as a math major i get it,

that can be the codename for this project:

the x-1 project

later

-1

about the bonus content 

from the jedi1.com blog..

i will be previewing an ISO of the

dvd that will contain the material

from there... its 3.6 gig right now!

anyways... i'll double check it, and

we might replace some of the videos

with higher quality versions..

i don't want it to be too big... but

it should still fit as much as possible

onto a 4.7G SD DVD...

you will be able to download this also

a separate extra bonus, with background

material on this, other topics, and also

quite a bit on the ESB 35mm project also...

more on this once i get it... 

thanks to williarob for this!

later

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ww12345 said:

Can that be a download as soon as it is finished?

i doubt it will be finished before the release.

the best case would be around the same time.

i still have to add all the videos in higher quality.

and go through and make sure all the links work.

it might be better to just put the data in one area.

and create new video chapters for all the sequences.

it would be easier to watch. but then it wouldn't be

integrated into the site... also, i could just leave the

low resolution files in there, and do the video separately.

still working on it..

later

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Bobocop said:

negative1 said:

star wars IS SAFE NOW.

Thank the maker.

As impressed as I am by Harmy's recent Despecialized v2, knowing that a scan of the actual 100% real deal exists is extremely gratifying.

 

thanks, but technicallly, unless you watch the raw version,

with correction..... you'll be seeing a digitally altered version

that's about 95% original, incuding stabilization, clean up,

dewarping, and digital fixes..... still that's much better than any

other version out there!

sometimes i forget,

since i've been watching only bits

and pieces of the original lately.

that i really haven't BEEN WATCHING

the movie at all, looking for things..

i think this is the 5th time, i've watched

the original 1977 version in its entirety.

the first was in 1977 and the second

in 1979, and the other two might have

been at other peoples house on video/cable.

i usually watch the SE versions, so it's

weird not seeing jabba, or the cg creatures/ships,

or the effects or colors from those versions!

interesting..................

later

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Gorramnerd said:

I understand that this is a 1080p project, but since you've gone through the tremendous effort you have, are you going to be able to have a full resolution version stored anywhere for posterity, until the technology to view and present 4K is available to the masses?

we're not working in 4k..

anyways, the more we think about the issue of distribution

of raw files. the further it slips away through our fingers...

we are looking into the possibility of some archive service,

but even that will be a longshot...

the more i think about it, there will most likely only be our

own personal archives, and possibly one given out to a single

person via mail/drives, and then that person could pass it onto

another.. and form a chain that way... that's how it used to

work in the past... might have to bring that model out of

retirement.. as more time passes, the less likely anything

will happen.. but you never know?

later

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in the beginning...

there was star wars...

here's a look at the comparison

of the cleanup of the original intro..

remember, this is a red faded print

that had the original crawl which was

used to splice into the lpp:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/cleaning-up-dirty-frames-for-scenes/post/594751/#TopicPost594751

i'll post the full cleaned up version soon..

and so it begins!

later

-1 

and so..

after several years of waiting,

and hoping... and wondering...

and thinking... and wishing....

the first one minute and fifty-two seconds

of 'star wars' has appeared:

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/cleaning-up-dirty-frames-for-scenes/post/594761/#TopicPost594761

later

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Brooks said:

This looks better than I had hoped!  Awesome!!

hmm.. not hoping for much then???

haha

later

-1

and here we have

the end credits comparison

from the original...

which marks the end point

of what we will have..

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http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/cleaning-up-dirty-frames-for-scenes/post/594772/#TopicPost594772

a full version is coming up..

later

-1

snicker said:

Love that rating card. You guys are doing such amazing work with these transfers. It's a privelege being able to see how film is worked on, something 99% of us would never had had the opportunity to have seen without these updates. I'm quite envious.

thanks, it's a privilege to work on them,

and to work with people that care for them so much.

and also with people that have commented with all

the knowledge they have on the subject here on the

board.. that's why i keep putting links to all the other

sections, which people need to read and check to

learn more about these things...

if it wasn't for the knowledge on this board,

NONE of this would have happened.

and we'd still be sitting around wondering what

we could do..

later

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Wow...I didn't understand this this amount of cleanup was possible. Kudos. Amazing, amazing work -1.