Didn't it glow?
John Williams score to Return of the Jedi Remastered/Remixed:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/JOHN-WILLIAMS-Star-Wars-Episode-VI-Return-of-the-Jedi-Remastered-Edition/topic/14606/page/1/
Hello, everyone. I'm new here. This is my first post.
I purchased The Complete Saga BD set and I'm very interested in restoring some of the cut scenes to Episode IV. I have experience with Photoshop, Premiere, and AfterEffects. Although some of the deleted footage has a tremendous amount of dust and scratches, I'm certain that I can clean them up enough for splicing them into a new edit.
Over the weekend I experimented with inserting those scenes with appropriate wipe transitions, subtle music edits, and a few sound effects. The results were impressive enough for me to seriously consider doing my own fan edit.
But before I dive into a hobby project that will take several months, I wanted to find out if other people on the internet were doing the same thing. I'd rather combine efforts instead of working independently on the same thing. That's how I found this forum and this thread.
I can't believe that I've never heard of Adywan's edit before now. I read the description and I will give it a view. Before I say much more about my ideas for a fan edit, I should see other edits by other fans that have been done in the past.
Nevertheless, I know that the deleted scenes can be cleaned up enough to look acceptable on a standard definition DVD. Especially if it is edited into the original 1977 version that was released in 2006.
Hi Zero, welcome aboard. I like your avatar. I had a poster of that painting when I was a kid.
I'd be doing my own edits, but I don't have the computing power right now. If you want to do an edit of ROTJ, I've reconstructed the shooting script which you can use to see where all of the cut scenes belong. The link to it is in my signature. It might be a good place to start.
Zero said:
Nevertheless, I know that the deleted scenes can be cleaned up enough to look acceptable on a standard definition DVD. Especially if it is edited into the original 1977 version that was released in 2006.
Let me recommend you get ahold of Dark Jedi's V3 Preservation. It's the 2006 GOUT (George's Original Untouched Trilogy) release, but made anamorphic, color-balanced, etc. That's the version you're looking for.
Sluggo said:
Hi Zero, welcome aboard. I like your avatar. I had a poster of that painting when I was a kid.
I'd be doing my own edits, but I don't have the computing power right now. If you want to do an edit of ROTJ, I've reconstructed the shooting script which you can use to see where all of the cut scenes belong. The link to it is in my signature. It might be a good place to start.
Thanks. I like Ralph McQuarrie's work. Ever since I first saw the recent Clone Wars TV series, I've wondered if they have been using McQuarrie's color palette for the 3d animation. Just a theory.
I do indeed have the computing power to do this. I built my workstation late last year with the latest and greatest hardware. Not the least of which is 24 GB of RAM.
Although working on a fan edit of RotJ would be cool, I'm going to focus on ANH for now.
Wow lfl are knocking out those you tube lips pretty quick I wasn't able to watch any of the above!
Bingowings said: Do you want to see the project finished as a playable film or a flick book?
timdiggerm said:
Zero said:
Nevertheless, I know that the deleted scenes can be cleaned up enough to look acceptable on a standard definition DVD. Especially if it is edited into the original 1977 version that was released in 2006.
Let me recommend you get ahold of Dark Jedi's V3 Preservation. It's the 2006 GOUT (George's Original Untouched Trilogy) release, but made anamorphic, color-balanced, etc. That's the version you're looking for.
I'm having trouble finding that. (I could use some help.) I'll keep looking. Thanks for the excellent suggestion.
Zero said:
Hello, everyone. I'm new here. This is my first post.
I purchased The Complete Saga BD set and I'm very interested in restoring some of the cut scenes to Episode IV. I have experience with Photoshop, Premiere, and AfterEffects. Although some of the deleted footage has a tremendous amount of dust and scratches, I'm certain that I can clean them up enough for splicing them into a new edit.
Nevertheless, I know that the deleted scenes can be cleaned up enough to look acceptable on a standard definition DVD. Especially if it is edited into the original 1977 version that was released in 2006.
If/when you do restore these, would you be sharing them with us fan editors? ;)
John Williams score to Return of the Jedi Remastered/Remixed:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/JOHN-WILLIAMS-Star-Wars-Episode-VI-Return-of-the-Jedi-Remastered-Edition/topic/14606/page/1/
Zero said:
timdiggerm said:
Zero said:
Nevertheless, I know that the deleted scenes can be cleaned up enough to look acceptable on a standard definition DVD. Especially if it is edited into the original 1977 version that was released in 2006.
Let me recommend you get ahold of Dark Jedi's V3 Preservation. It's the 2006 GOUT (George's Original Untouched Trilogy) release, but made anamorphic, color-balanced, etc. That's the version you're looking for.
I'm having trouble finding that. (I could use some help.) I'll keep looking. Thanks for the excellent suggestion.
Here's the V3 Project thread. As it says, they're available on myspleen.
Myspleen.cc appears to be dead. And so far I'm having no luck finding a torrent.
fishmanlee said:
Zero said:
Hello, everyone. I'm new here. This is my first post.
I purchased The Complete Saga BD set and I'm very interested in restoring some of the cut scenes to Episode IV. I have experience with Photoshop, Premiere, and AfterEffects. Although some of the deleted footage has a tremendous amount of dust and scratches, I'm certain that I can clean them up enough for splicing them into a new edit.
Nevertheless, I know that the deleted scenes can be cleaned up enough to look acceptable on a standard definition DVD. Especially if it is edited into the original 1977 version that was released in 2006.
If/when you do restore these, would you be sharing them with us fan editors? ;)
Yes. Probably in the form of individual image files for each frame in 1920 x 1080 resolution. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
I can help with the spleen tonight if no one has helped you by then.
Zero said:
Myspleen.cc appears to be dead. And so far I'm having no luck finding a torrent.
It is not Myspleen.cc, it is .org
dark_jedi said:
Zero said:
Myspleen.cc appears to be dead. And so far I'm having no luck finding a torrent.
It is not Myspleen.cc, it is .org
Ah! I see. I was confused.
I look forward to seeing your work.
Zero, might I suggest a new thread once you begin your edit?
And MAKE SURE you watch BOTH Deleted Magic and Star Wars Begins before you begin your editing.
Watching The War Of The Stars might help too (it certainly wouldn't hurt... well maybe your sides ;-D )
Sluggo said:
Zero, might I suggest a new thread once you begin your edit?
And MAKE SURE you watch BOTH Deleted Magic and Star Wars Begins before you begin your editing.
I think I will start a thread focusing only on cleaning up the deleted scenes from Episode IV. It's possible that the workflow I'm developing will result in a less-than-satisfactory product. So I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched by declaring the launch of a new fan edit of the entire movie.
I'm working on a couple of frames right now. Tomorrow I'll try to post my results.
On a side note, I'm planning to take a two-week vacation and I'll be away from my workstation during that time. But I'll be able to get online and discuss the project further.
Perhaps other people will be interested in helping out. I can organize and divide up the workload. But that discussion can wait until later.
Ah, to heck with it. I couldn't wait.
Here is a rough example of what I'm planning to do:
http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/ct1970/treadwell0008.jpg
http://i1087.photobucket.com/albums/j466/ct1970/treadwell0008_f.jpg
(Note: Photobucket shrank the images from the original 1920x1080 dimensions. But you can click on the links above to see larger versions.)
The top image is the absolute worst frame from the first shot of the Treadwell scene. The bottom image is the same frame after clean-up. Using information from about a half-dozen other frames from the same shot, I was able to reconstruct something that might be useful.
When I start a dedicated thread at a later time, I'll go into more detail. Because it's more than just clone-stamping in Photoshop.
i look forward too seeing more of these!:D
Zero said:
When I start a dedicated thread at a later time, I'll go into more detail. Because it's more than just clone-stamping in Photoshop.
Finaly! Now we are talking ;)
-Angel
pretty cool. I wouldn't mind seeing some of the scenes reinserted into the movies. Such as the ROTJ scene with Luke building his light saber. Most of the scenes i saw deleted though, were done for good reason IMO.
WhatsMyName said:
pretty cool. I wouldn't mind seeing some of the scenes reinserted into the movies. Such as the ROTJ scene with Luke building his light saber. Most of the scenes i saw deleted though, were done for good reason IMO.
I tend to agree with you. Most of the deleted scenes would have difficulty justifying themselves in a new edit. After all, the director and editor assembled a final product with a deliberate pacing that would be interrupted with the insertion of extra shots. However, I experimented with re-inserting the Treadwell, Tosche Station, and Biggs scenes into ANH. I even put in appropriate wipe transitions, music blending, and experimented with sound fx. The results were satisfactory and the only down sides were slower pacing of the plot. The upside was a better understanding of Luke's backstory. Also, the reunion with Biggs at the end of the movie makes much more sense.
Wow... I just won the sweepstakes for those daily saga giveaways... so now I gotta sell my copy that I bought.
Star Wars Renascent
Inspired by the Godfather Part II and a revamp of Star Wars: Reborn
I started a thread dedicated to clean-up and restoration of deleted scenes:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Clean-up-and-restoration-of-deleted-scenes/post/539082/#TopicPost539082
Zero said:
WhatsMyName said:
pretty cool. I wouldn't mind seeing some of the scenes reinserted into the movies. Such as the ROTJ scene with Luke building his light saber. Most of the scenes i saw deleted though, were done for good reason IMO.
I tend to agree with you. Most of the deleted scenes would have difficulty justifying themselves in a new edit. After all, the director and editor assembled a final product with a deliberate pacing that would be interrupted with the insertion of extra shots.
However, I experimented with re-inserting the Treadwell, Tosche Station, and Biggs scenes into ANH. I even put in appropriate wipe transitions, music blending, and experimented with sound fx. The results were satisfactory and the only down sides were slower pacing of the plot. The upside was a better understanding of Luke's backstory. Also, the reunion with Biggs at the end of the movie makes much more sense.
Only thing about it, is that it does introduce luke prematurely. While yes, it was a cool shot, the original revealation makes more sense to me.
On the Biggs note however, i do agree. It would probably help the background of their friendship.