ImperialFighter said:
Really neat to have a moving side-by-side comparison with the SE version now. :)
Yes! The difference is amazing. Thanks for doing that, Ady. Nice to have him looking the way he should/will look. ;)
Not only does the Revisited version slam the 2004 DVD into the ground in terms of color correction and continuity (gah, the prequel Emperor is awful), but Ady's hologram looks like an actual hologram, not just blue-tinted CGI inserted into the scene.
Fantastic, Ady! :)
Sluggo approves of this shot.
So no one has noticed the creepy smile i added to the emperor when he says "yes, yes". at the end then ;) A bit of a nod the the original 1980 version there
adywan said:
So no one has noticed the creepy smile i added to the emperor when he says "yes, yes". at the end then ;) A bit of a nod the the original 1980 version there
I was going to comment on that. It perfectly matches the smile he had when he said "Much like your father's" in ROTJ. How'd you manage to do that? Did you "cantina-ize" his lips?
adywan said:
So no one has noticed the creepy smile i added to the emperor when he says "yes, yes". at the end then ;) A bit of a nod the the original 1980 version there
TML said:
Wow, that new clip was just perfect. I love the new smile during the line "Yes... He would be a great asset". Just perfect! He actually shows some emotion, yet the unblinking eyes are just so creepy! I love it! A huge improvement over the other.
That was one of the first things I noticed, and is probably my favorite thing you added. :P
I noticed the smile - great touch!
Gotta say, Ady, it looks absolutely fantastic. My only quibble - and it is minor - is that it looks a little too "grayscale." The 1980 version had more of a clear "flesh tone" to the face, and you can clearly see color in the officers' holograms before you get to the Emperor scene.
Other than that, I'm stunned. It actually looks like (gasp!) the Emperor now!
Wow, it's awesome and a comparison like that was exactly what was needed too.
Btw. Ady, did you make him smile subtly during the "yes, yes" line?
Because I think you did and I think it's totally awesome because the original 1980 emperor did that too and it totally works!
Wait, so adywan, you're not using the recently discovered "Luke" sound byte from McDiarmand?
Wow! amazing work!
Very good work on the Emperor scene Ady. I'd told myself I wasn't going to watch it until the project was finished, but I couldn't resist! Excellent job.
ChainsawAsh said:
I noticed the smile - great touch!
Gotta say, Ady, it looks absolutely fantastic. My only quibble - and it is minor - is that it looks a little too "grayscale." The 1980 version had more of a clear "flesh tone" to the face, and you can clearly see color in the officers' holograms before you get to the Emperor scene.
Other than that, I'm stunned. It actually looks like (gasp!) the Emperor now!
The main problem is that the face of the 2004 version is blue/cyan. I did attempt to add more of a flesh tone to it but it looked terrible IMO. Plus in the 1980 version the emperor had more of a greenish face. His ROTJ appearance he is very pale, almost white skinned in some scenes.
TML said:
adywan said:
So no one has noticed the creepy smile i added to the emperor when he says "yes, yes". at the end then ;) A bit of a nod the the original 1980 version there
TML said:
Wow, that new clip was just perfect. I love the new smile during the line "Yes... He would be a great asset". Just perfect! He actually shows some emotion, yet the unblinking eyes are just so creepy! I love it! A huge improvement over the other.
That was one of the first things I noticed, and is probably my favorite thing you added. :P
oops, sorry. i missed that comment.
Kurgan said:
Wait, so adywan, you're not using the recently discovered "Luke" sound byte from McDiarmand?
I guess no one ever reads the video information ;)
This video shows a comparison between the 2004 DVD Emperor and the newly tweaked Revisited version. As you will see the flicker is on the 2004 version and it cannot be eliminated because i have to match the brightness levels of the 2004 mouth with the new elements for the Revisited version so they blend together. You can also see just how static the original Emperors face is throughout the scene. I have tweaked the face of the Revisited Emperor since the last video. Again the audio is only a temp track and so may not be fully in sync and the dialogue is unfinished
It seems like every time you post a new clip, someone has an issue with the audio, and you have to remind them that you won't work on audio until the video is completely done. People have such short attention spans! ;-)
Sorry dude, I was taking what you said about it being the "final" and you weren't going to change it anymore thing as the "last word." You were only speaking of the video then. ;)
You could always post the video without audio....of course then you'd get a bunch of complaints about the lack of audio....
"OMG, are you not doing ANY audio in that scene? That's not the Star Wars I remember!"
ChainsawAsh said:
It seems like every time you post a new clip, someone has an issue with the audio, and you have to remind them that you won't work on audio until the video is completely done. People have such short attention spans! ;-)
Sorry, what?
Just put "RTFM" in your signature or write a FAQ, I suppose. Not everyone spends every day on these forums.
Kurgan said:
ChainsawAsh said:
It seems like every time you post a new clip, someone has an issue with the audio, and you have to remind them that you won't work on audio until the video is completely done. People have such short attention spans! ;-)
Sorry, what?
Just put "RTFM" in your signature or write a FAQ, I suppose. Not everyone spends every day on these forums.
I guess I should add a special adywan section to this.
Oops, it seems like while I was typing my post about the smile, there were like a thousand new posts.
Kurgan said:
ChainsawAsh said:
It seems like every time you post a new clip, someone has an issue with the audio, and you have to remind them that you won't work on audio until the video is completely done. People have such short attention spans! ;-)
Sorry, what?
Just put "RTFM" in your signature or write a FAQ, I suppose. Not everyone spends every day on these forums.
Or you could, you know, read the YouTube video description. But that's another thing no one ever seems to do.
Well i was just rendering the 720p high bitrate mkv and i realised that i only had the test layer for the front view shots enabled. So back to square one on the rendering. The high bitrate download WILL feature the completed version. That'll teach me to try and work on video on a machine that lags like hell on 720p lossless :(
Did you manipulate the smile by hand or did you take any elements from his smiles in the other films?
It's a nice touch.
Yeah, I do all my work on a 2.5 years old laptop. That's why I absolutely cannot use lossless for editing. Can't wait for the MKV. Will it be complete with the comparison and all?
Bingowings said:
Did you manipulate the smile by hand or did you take any elements from his smiles in the other films?
It's a nice touch.
It's all done by hand
adywan said:
Bingowings said:
Did you manipulate the smile by hand or did you take any elements from his smiles in the other films?
It's a nice touch.
It's all done by hand
Homemade is always better than store bought
It works a treat.