towne32 said:
Jonse said:
Salutations, all. This is an update.
So, I didn't reply way back when because I have nothing to say to the not so helpful anymore poster above me. Wonder what his problem was...He comes off as harsh but he generally has a point that he's making.
It's true that you mentioned that it was specifically the ones you've come across. But Frink (a moderator at Fanedits) is familiar with the many, many, many fanedits of the prequels, as are plenty of other people.
While it's great and ambitious to start your own project, if one of the driving forces that's compelling you to do this is the fact that you have seen few to no HD edits, it means you are perhaps behind in what has been accomplished with these films. There's a wealth of great ideas in those more recent edits. Some ideas and techniques you could perhaps use, or maybe something that fits your own tastes enough to watch as a go-to. I would certainly recommend checking out Hal9000's, l8wrtr's, and Q2's prequel trilogies.
I haven't read all of your other details/goals yet. But as far as yubnub goes, it seems people are pretty split on preference. KK650 actually releases his edits in both forms for Jedi. Though, I imagine it's a relatively small group of people interested in OT fanedits compared to the prequels anyway.
No, what is driving me is not that there is a serious lack of HD edits. I did mention what resolution I was aiming for and how it was important to me, but I didn't mean to imply that was the point of it all and have also pretty much settled on not using any upscaled footage. If it's anything technical, it's sound that bothers me more. Everyone that has watched their fair share of fan edits knows how important sound is and that it can make or break a cut that might be essential. I'm a sound engineer in trade and that element of it made me more focused in doing this. Once I became serious about it though, I had thought of HD edits equally consistent that utilized a single source, unlike those I had watched that utilize a combination of sources at different resolutions to varying degrees of success. So it was just something I happened to mention because at the time, I had not seen many 1080p fan edits. My favorite edits were those that were only 480p with a sub-DVD level bitrate, as these allowed getting away with inserting deleted scenes or using different sources a little easier. It was just a comment, that's all. What I had experienced, not the argument that they didn't exist or something because I would have no way of knowing that.
I will certainly try to check out those edits and take into account what you said about the community's feelings with Jedi. I think his decision to release two different versions for this specific matter is very neat and probably makes sense to most people. With myself, I would only want one, something that feels definitive, something I can tinker with for a long, long time until I can say yes to the question "have I made anything good enough to even warrant releasing?" Knowing that no edit will ever be "the one, final fan edit", I want to at least make the one that appeals to myself and those friends and fans I know personally.
Anyways, thanks. I also of course meant no disrespect towards Frink, but I didn't see someone coming off harsh. He took one piece of my OP describing a subjective experience and used it to link me all these edits. I tell him that wasn't the point and I get that response. He came off rude, and if the point was had I seen some of these edits (I have now seen several) I wouldn't be asking for suggestions, then I'm sorry I hadn't so very easily obtained them before signing up. I had to register before I could send any PMs, obviously.