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I do not miss my 56k days
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness - Chinese proverb
STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION — Page 47
I do not miss my 56k days
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Originally posted by: DGC General X
Hey everybody. nobody has posted for a while. I just wanted to know how everything is going. I f you need help with anything, just let me know.
Hey everybody. nobody has posted for a while. I just wanted to know how everything is going. I f you need help with anything, just let me know.
Things are going pretty slowly at the moment. I've reached the hardest section of the movie and with so many FX shots to either touch up or redo its turning into a very long and painful experience.
I decided to redo the complete opening sequences that i posted for the audio test. i wasn't too happy with the Fx because they were done when i was a total newbie (I still am though too. lol) So the sequence you saw will look different in the completed edit, but it looks much better now.
I'm estimating that i have at least 4 months of work left to do on this so i can only apologise that its going to be a longer wait than i had originally planned. But these things happen.
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Originally posted by: DGC General X
Take as much time as you need, there's no rush at all. I tried to do my own Fan Work on this film, and it is hard work. I know what your going through.
Take as much time as you need, there's no rush at all. I tried to do my own Fan Work on this film, and it is hard work. I know what your going through.
True, you must be doing so much work that I can't even imagine - take your time, Adywan; I'll just get even more hyped for the release.
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I love everybody. Lets all smoke some reefer and chill. Hug and kisses for everybody.
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Originally posted by: eros
Adywan I want to make a temporary OOT avi for my portable using both the 2004 se and editdroid. what would you say are the best levels to use overall in vdub for the 2004 se colour and brightness levels to match the OOT?
Adywan I want to make a temporary OOT avi for my portable using both the 2004 se and editdroid. what would you say are the best levels to use overall in vdub for the 2004 se colour and brightness levels to match the OOT?
I attempted doing this at first and found out that an overall setting just wouldn't work. There are so many colour issues with the 2004 DVD's that you can get a great setting for the first section of the movie but then the scenes aboard the Death Star have a green tint to them, and thats only an example. The way i had to do it was to do 2 encodes with separate settings and then , almost shot by shot, had to tweak the colours & levels in both Vegas & Adobe After Effects (with a great plug-in to remove the horrible blue colour of the Death Star interior).
If you really need to do just one pass for colours then i would suggest using the white balance filter for Virtualdub (available as a free plugin on the net, just google it) and play about with various custom white balance settings, testing each setting using the preview feature, until you get a balance you prefer. For the brightness levels i would suggest using the "levels" filter, but try to keep the mid range settings pretty much the same or you will encounter video noise issues. At the end of the day just play about with the settings, do a quick encode of a short clip of a few scenes with different brightness levels (one best one to test is any shot with a starfield background to check for video noise) each time you change the settings and preview them.
just have fun, its a mess
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1. Recoloured the Tantive troopers shirts to match from shot to shot. Now a grey/ blue instead of the over saturated blue in a lot of shots.
2. Changed 3P0's line from " there will be no escape for the princess this time" to " there will be no escape this time". Fixes an error when Luke sees the hologram but 3PO has no idea who she is but hasn't had his memory wiped.
3. Re-Edited the Tantive troops battle to fix continuity issues with troopers dying more than once.
4. Re-rotoscoped all lasers to closer match the PT
5. Added blast flashes to all troopers throughout the movie that get hit but originally had no blast flashes.
6. Fixed the jump cut where 3PO & R2 cross the corridor on the Tantive IV & the doorway explodes.
7. When Vader enters the Tantive IV a stormtrooper lets go of the head of a dead trooper but that you can see that the actor slowly lowers his head. This has been fixed and the troopers head now drops at speed more like a dead body.
8. Added blinking lights to Vader's chest plate
9. Vader's eyes recoloured to remove the red tint.
10.When 3PO is looking for R2 a trooper falls to the floor behind him as if he has been shot but there is no laser fire. Added some lasers & a flash as the trooper is hit.
11. Smoothed / fixed the jump cut as R2 extends his third leg and heads for 3PO & the one where he leaves 3PO
12. In the scene where Vader is strangling Antilles the trooper in the background changes position in one shot. His legas are closed and his blaster is in a totally different position. Fixed this error.
13. Recoloured the interior of the escape pod to blue due to continuity issues in this scene.
14. On Tatooine the escape pod canopy has been recoloured to remove the odd blue colour.
15. In the same scenes the sky has been changed to match other shots
16. Added a new sandcrawler to the shots where 3PO thinks he is rescued
17.Completely new canyon wipe so the rocky surroundings that R2 travels through matches closer to what Tatooine looks like in the PT.
18. Fixed a placement continuity error with the restraining bolt that the Jawas fix to R2
19. Added a battle droid to the scrap inside the Sandcrawler.
20. Fixed R2's eye dome in the shot inside the sandcrawler where it looks like you can see Kenny Baker inside.
21. Inside the sandcrawler 3PO's eyes blink as he stands. Fixed
22. When Beru calls to Luke as they are about to inspect the droids, bushes appear & disappear from shot to shot. Removed the bushes from the shots of Luke to fix this error.
23. Removed the wire from the back of 3PO's neck when Owen calls Luke over.
24. Removed the repeated shot of R2 & the red R5 unit to fix a continuity error. Replaced with a new shot.
25. Fixed the pink sky effect just before this scene fades out.
26. Added the missing glow from R2's holo light in the garage.
27. Re synced Leia's " help me Obi-Wan" lines so this now matches each shot.
28. Brightened & desaturated the sunset scene.
29. Fixed the colour problem in the shot where 3PO jumps as Luke activates the restraining bolt in the garage. In the 2004 DVDs this shot was sepia. An example of some very bad colour problems with these DVDs .
30. As Luke races out of the Garage to use his macro binoculars i have added 3PO running out of the doorway to fix an error that he suddenly appears out of nowhere.
31. New macrobinocular graphics that add in 3PO. All other macro binocular graphics changed too
32. Removed the droids tracks from a previous take make it look like it is being pulled along by a cord.
33. When Owen shouts Luke the treadwell droid is in a totally different place than the previous shot and a fly lands on the camera lens. Fixed both issues.
34. Re-edited the music where we first see the Tusken Raiders to fix a horrible music edit.
35. Added Obi-wans' original scream to frighten the Tusken Raiders instead of that horrible whistle.
36. Smoothed the jump cut where Luke ignites the sabre in Obi-Wan's hut
37. Added the missing ornament on Ben's table in the shot of Leias hologram.
38. New Death Star reveal sequence.
39. Fixed the music track drop-out as Vader approaches the detention cell
40. Changed the torture droids syringe arm. Removed the writings and added a laser effect.
41. Mos eisley approach re-edited. Removed some of the creatures on the first shot & completely removed the Ronto/ Jawa sequence.
42. Removed both Rontos from the checkpoint scene.
43. Removed the probe droid from this scene also.
44. Fixed the ship that flies in front of the vaporator making it look tiny.
45. When Luke looks over to the cantina it is heavily cast in shadow but as they approach there are no shadows. This has been fixed.
46. Added facial movements to some cantina creatures.
47. In the shot where you see Ponda Babba's severed arm I have removed the blod & replaced the hand with the hoof like one we see him with in other shots.
48. More facial movements & blinks for Greedo
49. Han is now the only one that shoots.
50. Removed the Jabba scene
51. Fixed the sync issue with bens line "If the ship is as fast.."
52. Re-added the fade wipe as they approach the falcon.
53. Added the falcons dish in the docking bay shot and expanded the docking bay.
54. Re-edited the docking bay shoot-out to fix some continuity issues
55. Added the missing middle strut to all the Falcons cokpit window scenes.
56. Added the blue glow back to the Falcons engines.
57. New Alderaan for all the view screen shots
58. New Alderaan explosion
59. Re-rotoscoped all lightsabres and fixed lukes wobbly sabre during the training session.
60. Re-composited the holo chess character so they look more like holograms now.
61. In close-up shots of R2 the background has the control light from the Death Star interior. These shots now have the correct background.
62. Fixed the jump cut as Luke turns off his sabre.
63. Added the colour to the remotes laser that was missing from the 2004 DVD's
64. In the scene where Vader says "I told you she would never...." he gestures after he has stopped talking. This has been fixed.
65. More asteroids when the Falcon reaches the Alderaan system
66. New docking bays for exterior shots to match the new interior ones.
67. Removed the blue screen pole that is visible as the Falcon enters the docking bay
68. Added a glow to the shield light to all shots of the docking bay interior.
69. Added the censored shot of the officer being hit as they break into the control room.
70. Fixed the tractor bean display graphics so they now fill the display screen.
71. The Death Star's interiors are now metallic grey instead of the horrible blue.
72. When Han, Luke & chewy wait at the elevator a trooper walks past them wearing a light coloured uniform but in the next shot it is a dark uniform. Recoloured the light uniform to fix this.
73. Added the censored shot of the officer being hit in the detention cell shoot-out.
74. In the final shots of this sequence a trooper falls down the stairs but only the scenery was hit. The trooper now gets hit.
75. In the scene where the stormtroopers are about to blast their way into the detention cell, the elevator door has visible signs that it has been rigged for to blast apart and looks a mess. Fixed this issue.
76. New tractor beam matte shots.
77. New wider shot of Luke & leia as they swing across the chasm. They now look to be a lot higher up.
78. Re-edited the ligtsabre duel to give it a faster pace & added music.
79. Removed the visible power cable from the lightsabre up Ben's sleeve.
80. As Han & chewy reach the docking bay you can see the shadows of Luke & leia awaiting their cue. Removed the shadows.
81. Replaced the dummy of Ben as Vader kills him. You now see his face and Vader actually slices through him and you see him disappear.
82. When Luke blasts the control panel the door blast door closes, but in the next shot it closes again. This has been fixed.
83. As the Falcon leaves the docking bay it originally left very slowly even though the engines ignite and it should have accelerated faster. It does now.
84. Removed the horribly bad motion from the shots of Luke & Han in the gun port as the TIEs approach
85. Redone the TIE battle sequence so the falcon no longer appears to be just sitting there.
86. Added a moving starfiled to all interior window shots of the gun port.
87. When 3PO is entangled in the wires after the battle, again the close up of R2 has the death star interior background. It now has the correct Falcon corridor background.
88. After the battle you now see the falcon enter hyperspace.
89. Added he Hyperspace wormhole to the following cockpit sequence.
90. The Falcon now can be seen exiting hyperspace as it approaches Yavin.
91. In the shot of the Falcon as it flies over the trees on Yavin IV the clouds have been changed to matched the rest of the sequence. I've also added the falcons shadow on the trees as it flies over.
92. New interior shot of the Hanger bay. Removed the cardboard fighters and given the hanger greater depth.
93. Fixed the following flip shots as they step off the transport vehicle.
94. New Death Star schematics.
95. Darkened the rebel briefing scene and once it is over the lighting becomes brighter.
96. A lot of the Rebel pilots have Blue insignias on their helmets but there is no blue squadron in the final draft. Recoloured all blue insignias to red.
97. Fixed the horrible jump cut of R2 as he is loaded into the X-Wing while Luke talks to Biggs & Red Leader.
98. As the X-wing lifts off it now flies forward and not just straight up.
99. As Luke leaves the temple you can now see the exterior of the temple from the rear cockpit window.
100. Re-edited all Rebel command centre shots to fix issues where the image has been flipped ( you can tell because 3PO's dent on his head keeps swapping sides) Also leia keeps changing position.
101. Added Yavin to the rear cockpit windows of the fighters as they report in.
102. Recoloured R2 so his dome is now blue and not black in all space shots.
103. Fixed few flip shots of various pilots during the battle (the microphone keeps swapping sides)
Overall colour correction and brighter image than the 2004 DVDs
About 95% of all FX shots have either been tweaked or replaced by new shots.
New 5.1 audio mix track with reversed surround channels fixed & a greater surround experience. The Imperial March has been added in places (but not to a great extent)
..... and that's as far as i have got so far. I'm sure there's more but I'm losing track of what i have done so far
I'm adding this list to the first page also.
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Originally posted by: adywan
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2. Changed 3P0's line from " there will be no escape for the princess this time" to " there will be no escape this time". Fixes an error when Luke sees the hologram but 3PO has no idea who she is but hasn't had his memory wiped.
Heh, I had thought about this change before (was thinking about changing to "there will be no escape for the captain this time" - setting up the Vader choking Antilles scene)....
2. Changed 3P0's line from " there will be no escape for the princess this time" to " there will be no escape this time". Fixes an error when Luke sees the hologram but 3PO has no idea who she is but hasn't had his memory wiped.
Or you could believe that 3PO received an instruction to keep Leia's identity secret...
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The Sith Revealed - A Scrapbook
Episode III The Video Game - The Movie
24: The Missing Day
Star Wars - The Interactive Board Game DVD
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Adywan, you're doing what (I presume to be) an entire department at ILM could not: give us the Special Edition of ANH that we should have had all along.
I can't wait to see this thing! For the millionth time, congratulations and thanks!
“It’s a lot of fun… it’s a lot of fun to watch Star Wars.” – Bill Moyers
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The only changes listed that I didn't like were:
41. Mos eisley approach re-edited. Removed some of the creatures on the first shot & completely removed the Ronto/ Jawa sequence.
42. Removed both Rontos from the checkpoint scene.
43. Removed the probe droid from this scene also.
I don't mind a little humor. Just so that it doesn't saturate the film.
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Originally posted by: Jamshid
Greetings all,
The only changes listed that I didn't like were:
41. Mos eisley approach re-edited. Removed some of the creatures on the first shot & completely removed the Ronto/ Jawa sequence.
42. Removed both Rontos from the checkpoint scene.
43. Removed the probe droid from this scene also.
I don't mind a little humor. Just so that it doesn't saturate the film.
Greetings all,
The only changes listed that I didn't like were:
41. Mos eisley approach re-edited. Removed some of the creatures on the first shot & completely removed the Ronto/ Jawa sequence.
42. Removed both Rontos from the checkpoint scene.
43. Removed the probe droid from this scene also.
I don't mind a little humor. Just so that it doesn't saturate the film.
Robot slapstick = not humorous
And I don't see how you can abide the part where the ronto's side completely eclipses everything in view.
You know of the rebellion against the Empire?
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Cheesy comedy--including robot slapstick--is all throughout Star Wars; shall we eliminate it all? I think that keeping the series consistant is in order, and there is a certain childlike quality to its cheesy, light-hearted humor. That is unless we wish to digitally remove all of the ewoks and jar-jar esque creatures so that a bunch of fan-boys can pretend that Star Wars isn't cheesy. Celebrate its cheesy-ness I say.
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Originally posted by: Jamshid
"Robot slapstick = not humorous"
Cheesy comedy--including robot slapstick--is all throughout Star Wars; shall we eliminate it all? I think that keeping the series consistant is in order, and there is a certain childlike quality to its cheesy, light-hearted humor. That is unless we wish to digitally remove all of the ewoks and jar-jar esque creatures so that a bunch of fan-boys can pretend that Star Wars isn't cheesy. Celebrate its cheesy-ness I say.
"Robot slapstick = not humorous"
Cheesy comedy--including robot slapstick--is all throughout Star Wars; shall we eliminate it all? I think that keeping the series consistant is in order, and there is a certain childlike quality to its cheesy, light-hearted humor. That is unless we wish to digitally remove all of the ewoks and jar-jar esque creatures so that a bunch of fan-boys can pretend that Star Wars isn't cheesy. Celebrate its cheesy-ness I say.
Actually its isn't all throughout Star Wars. If you look at the OUT it had moments of slapstick but they were very few and spaced very far apart and worked well. Only when the SE's & then the PT came out did the slapstick become more prominent and began to spoil things. They approach Mos Eisley, which is supposed to be a dangerous place, and all of a sudden you have 2 new slapstick scenes ( robot droid & the swoop bike) so close together it takes away that sense of danger. These were unnecessary editions that seem to have been added as a shape of things to come with the PT. When i get around to doing the PT (probably when i'm about 80. lol) Most of the slapstick will be gone so it falls in line with the OT.
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Originally posted by: Moth3r
Or you could believe that 3PO received an instruction to keep Leia's identity secret...
Originally posted by: adywan
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2. Changed 3P0's line from " there will be no escape for the princess this time" to " there will be no escape this time". Fixes an error when Luke sees the hologram but 3PO has no idea who she is but hasn't had his memory wiped.
Heh, I had thought about this change before (was thinking about changing to "there will be no escape for the captain this time" - setting up the Vader choking Antilles scene)....
2. Changed 3P0's line from " there will be no escape for the princess this time" to " there will be no escape this time". Fixes an error when Luke sees the hologram but 3PO has no idea who she is but hasn't had his memory wiped.
Or you could believe that 3PO received an instruction to keep Leia's identity secret...
I mentioned this way back on page 33, but I don't think I ever got a response, although I think the edited line in Adywan's trailer sounded OK I'd rather hear it with captain (which is how it appears in the novel adaptation).
Please consider it Adywan.