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Star Wars Prequels 35mm 4K Filmized Editions by Emanswfan (a WIP) — Page 10

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Much more revised version of the Opening battle (now the full scene).  This has better skin tones (though it could need a bit more saturation), now uses the real 35mm film scan for grain (just like the last two clips), further gets rid of the cartoony colors (look at the buzz droids now), and tried to enhance the detail without oversharpening.  This is pretty close to what is the final version, apart from some work to still do on the lasers and lightsabers.  I would again recommend watching in 1080p to see the grain and fine detail work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MgAjzSXP30

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That actually looks like 35mm, well done 

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Still loving this 100%.  Any chance of getting some clips with audio?  Pretty please with a cherry on top? 

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Darth Lucas said:

Still loving this 100%.  Any chance of getting some clips with audio?  Pretty please with a cherry on top? 

Audio will come soon for sure.  Haven't gotten into the audio side of things as much, but will certainly do it soon.  I think my next clip should have audio.

 I'm working very hard on this now, and am very confident in getting out a reasonable release date for all this.  Though I'm certain, once finishing all the films, I'll be making tweaks throughout each film to give the PT more visual continuity.  I really want all the films to look like they were shot similar much like you can tell in the OT.

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And how Episode VII will be shot, ideally. Looking forward to this greatly.

I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently.

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Hal 9000 said:

And how Episode VII will be shot, ideally. Looking forward to this greatly.

It'd be awesome if they got some old Panavision cameras for shooting. 099l-'-

Also, the green sabers look unusually forest green in the YouTube clip of Utapau. Maybe it's just been to long since Jedi, or the Blu-ray coloring makes it looks wrong and I'm not compensating for that right in my head, but I remember the green saber in the OT being lighter and more of an acid green.

The clip of the opening battle looks excellent though.

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valinkrai said:

Also, the green sabers look unusually forest green in the YouTube clip of Utapau. Maybe it's just been to long since Jedi, or the Blu-ray coloring makes it looks wrong and I'm not compensating for that right in my head, but I remember the green saber in the OT being lighter and more of an acid green.

Yes, I know the green color isn't correct in that clip, I'm tweaking the skintones, lasers, and lightsabers still in that clip.

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emanswfan said:

Much more revised version of the Opening battle (now the full scene).  This has better skin tones (though it could need a bit more saturation), now uses the real 35mm film scan for grain (just like the last two clips), further gets rid of the cartoony colors (look at the buzz droids now), and tried to enhance the detail without oversharpening.  This is pretty close to what is the final version, apart from some work to still do on the lasers and lightsabers.  I would again recommend watching in 1080p to see the grain and fine detail work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MgAjzSXP30

Me likey very much!!!!  I too am excited for the final results of this project.

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    The grainy fighter attack is alot of fun. I like the "softer" gauzier look. It reminds me of wathching well-worn prints in mono of SW in second run theaters as a kid. I loved it :)
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valinkrai said:

Was there a set for the council chambers?

There was a set for the chamber in TPM. In the audio commentary of AOTC DVD they say they used plates from TPM and shot the actors in front of a bluescreen (for a change...).

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What happened with the edge of things? Looks like the old 3d tech on both screenshots double image with some red.

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Yeah, chromatic aberration is WAY too wide on the last two shots.

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FAIL on my part.  I put the chromatic aberration filter on the wrong layer in AE making it look too incorrect.  I'll edit the post with the correct screenshots soon.  I should remember to double check the image before I export it.

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Pardon my language but HOLY SHIT on that last pic, for both how bad the original is and how good yours is.

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emanswfan said:

Much more revised version of the Opening battle (now the full scene).  This has better skin tones (though it could need a bit more saturation), now uses the real 35mm film scan for grain (just like the last two clips), further gets rid of the cartoony colors (look at the buzz droids now), and tried to enhance the detail without oversharpening.  This is pretty close to what is the final version, apart from some work to still do on the lasers and lightsabers.  I would again recommend watching in 1080p to see the grain and fine detail work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MgAjzSXP30

I was just watching this, and for the first minute I realized that this movie had become much more accurate because of the silence of space.

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You probably don’t recognize me because of the red arm.
Episode 9 Rewrite, The Starlight Project (Released!) and ANH Technicolor Project (Released!)

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emanswfan said:

Let Naboo shine with technicolor color schemes and retro 35mm.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/40371

I love it!! Could you post some technicolor work in motion?

"The other versions will disappear. Even the 35 million tapes of Star Wars out there won’t last more than 30 or 40 years. A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version [of the Special Edition], and you’ll be able to project it on a 20’ by 40’ screen with perfect quality. I think it’s the director’s prerogative, not the studio’s to go back and reinvent a movie." - George Lucas

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