ben_danger said:
I seem to remember one April Fools day, Adywan posting about his hard drive breaking and losing some essential stuff. I laughed... but it turned out to be true.
There seems to be a new trend of bad luck around this time of year...
Oh come on, like we didn't see this one coming...
Still, good to know you don't have to rebuild anything Ady.
http://m.hollywoodreporter.com/entry/view/id/288667
maybe adywan could use something from this big bang episode?
Unlikely. I'll be surprised if they don't just clean up a frame from the Blu-ray and greenscreen poor Bob into it.
They also gave him TPM to learn about Yoda and Dagobah. Not the highest hopes here.
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It would be kind of cool not to mention creepy if those trees walked like spiders (not all the time but just the odd one now and then).
Bingowings said:
It would be kind of cool not to mention creepy if those trees walked like spiders (not all the time but just the odd one now and then).
Not sure if its been discussed here before as i took a long break, but the Ralph Mcquarrie Nobby Spider design, i read was supposed to die/coccoon and turn into these trees.
Any plans for a stop motion Nobby spider as a background element? Would be easy to build from wire/latex and wool. Thought about building one myself but got a lot of work on at the mo and I know Ady is wanting to get this finished asap.
Alternatively, on the deleted scene of Dagobah in ROTS dvd, a small Nobby spider scurries across the foreground when Yodas ship lands. Maybe a partial scenery crop could be added into a shot? Maybe somewhere where Luke goes into the cave?
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yoda1138 said:
Any plans for a stop motion Nobby spider as a background element?
No plans for a stop motion nobby spider as a background element.
Is the ESB:R DVD version going to be in HD?
Umm... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video#Video_data
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But yes for HD versions, there will be an HD MKV and BD-25, with bonus features.
What sort of grading software is being used for this project? I assume you're not using HDSDI with a broadcast monitor, so how are you ensuring accurate monitoring in your grading program?
Adobe After Effects ( not shure which version he has now ) is what Ady uses for most all of his FX work/ compositing, including the color correction. Ady is going off of a 16mm print of the OUT for the color correction of ESB:RE. Ady's PC Monitor is properly calibrated to the SMPTE standards. Ady's Empire: Revisited project is sourced from the Blu-rays, and you must own the Blue-rays before you can download this edit, when it becomes available.
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ITU specified the rec 709 format used in HDTV systems, whereas SMPTE covers other standards like SDI interfaces or CRT phosphors.
The problem with using a PC monitor for grading is that they usually can't guarantee 100% of rec709, not to mention what windows outputs to the video card is 8 bit video that has been messed with by window's internal color system.
Might want to think about getting a 125 dollar decklink monitor lite for monitoring the video feed, as you'll be able to bypass window's color system and get straight YUV 4:2:2 from AE via HDMI (though your monitor needs to be able to support 10 bit YUV for this to work the best).
Most modern monitors will allow you to change the color settings including gamma. Or if you have a calibrator you can give it a target like rec 709: However, if Ady has two monitors, he can change one of them and view on one. Also The chromaticity for sRGB and rec 709 are pretty much the same I believe. rec 709 is closer to film gamma.
Most people don't worry too much about the monitor color space so don't be offended if most people don't care. Though it would be interesting to hear from Ady regarding this.
Edit: Windows 7 and 8 have 10 Bit output support via nVidia Quadro cards.
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If his process with ANH:R is any guide, in addition to his computer displays, Ady also tests the project on his (and others') home theater systems, to make sure picture and sound quality is consistent across setups. He's meticulous about ensuring the finished quality of his projects holds up in the "real world" outside of his computer -- which is very much appreciated.
There's also the fact that if he's using some version of the OUT for reference, then matching that on the same monitor will mean it ends up correct anyway.
I mean, even if they're both showing up wrong on a particular monitor, if it's being made to match then it doesn't matter as you already know the OUT is correct, so the edit will also be correct on a properly calibrated monitor.
....if that makes any sense.
No, no, don't assume that Revisited will match any previous version of the film. Remember that ANH:R intentionally has a grey-er, washed out Death Star.
Which will probably be reversed for AR:SE
Really? I actually liked that. Although I'll admit that the death star looked artificially desaturated at times in ANH:R.
Must... see.. Ady's... computer... set-up...
I have to admit the washed out grey DS was my least favorite aspect of ANHR.
Ady,
Which did you end up choosing, HIC or Wampa?
DominicCobb said:
I have to admit the washed out grey DS was my least favorite aspect of ANHR.
Personally, that particular re-colouration was one of my absolute favourite aspects of Star Wars Revisited. I'd be sorry to see that go for the HD version, but hey ho if so.
At the risk of being "that guy"...do we have an relatively updated tentative release date for ESB:R? I've plugged and pimped ANH:R to so many people that they are up my thermal exhaust port wondering when ESB:R is coming out. So just curious for myself and many others in the intersphere.
Edit: I should clarify - I'm not asking for a release date or even any hard info, just curious what the last tenatively, ballpark, estimated release time is (Early 2015, late 2014, etc...). You'd be surprised how hard it is to find the last mention of a release date, aside from this thread's title of course.
AuggieBenDoggie said:
Most modern monitors will allow you to change the color settings including gamma. Or if you have a calibrator you can give it a target like rec 709: However, if Ady has two monitors, he can change one of them and view on one. Also The chromaticity for sRGB and rec 709 are pretty much the same I believe. rec 709 is closer to film gamma.
Edit: Windows 7 and 8 have 10 Bit output support via nVidia Quadro cards.
True points, however that still doesn't solve the problem of the OS mucking with the color output of the program's output, then it has to go to the video card LUTs, then to the display. I doubt Ady has a Quadro, simply because they are prohibitively expensive.
The best solution is to get a Decklink card and run HDMI out of that to the grading display. That way you know that what you're seeing (assuming the display is calibrated correctly) is exactly what the program is displaying.