STAR WARS: EP VI -RETURN OF THE JEDI "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - ** PRODUCTION HAS NOW RESTARTED ** — Page 157

The second one is just awful. He’s made the OT look worse in order to help it be less jarring with his renders.

I mean that’s a little harsh. Anyways I remember Ady putting out a call for FX help and this stuff looked really solid. Harsh edges and things of that ilk can be adjusted with direction and revisions. You can always clean up, soften a frame, etc with time and adjustments. Anyways just saw some decent talent and thought to toss in here for some possible inspo or networking.

From a color standpoint it looks horrendous. The contrast (which is already crushed to hell in the blu-ray had been cracked to 11, such completely undermines the HDR. Also, Adywan has pretty much finished the HD version and is finishing up and entering into the audio side of things (from what I can gather). I don’t recall him asking for fx help…

straight from the word press site. New Year 2025 Update:
"Back to ROTJ:R now …

In a few months, once the graded source file is complete and the editing had begun, I will be putting a shout-out for help with FX work. I will need more help for this edit so I can ease the workload not only on myself but also Andreas who has been relentlessly doing the CG model work for these edits since ESB:R. So keep an eye out for this."

from a color standpoint yes. Fairly obvious, I’m talking as someone modeling, animating, etc, Ady can handle the color, AND can provide art VFX direction. Its not face value. In the work I do I’m constantly asked to tweak color, adjust things, all the time. It goes without saying. Anyways just tryin to help do some talent sourcing, but like everything on the internet, everyone’s a critic.

Also yes to him finishing up ANH, but you never know on that end, there’s probably still help that can be needed, and it most likely is the last shots in that Yavin battle I’d wager a guess (I’m wagering a guess, emphasizing here, I’m not a fly on the wall in his editing suite) and I was mostly sharing this for ROTJ inspiration anyway. Thought that first guys stuff was solid, can do a few shots here and there and take the workload off of Ady and Andreas. It takes a village

Everything I said was in the context of the second clip which is for ANH. Therefore I stand by everything I said. The ROTJ video looks pretty good, it was actually recommended to me a few days ago if you can believe it. I was just “criticizing” (which btw this is a forum not an echo chamber) the first video.

Gotta lead with that next time.

But also I’m providing my context, which is different roles and people can tackle different tasks, clearly color was off but that dive down shot of the formation split of the Y wings and X wings and the sun in the background… pretty sick stuff. You know you pick the good stuff, not tear the whole thing apart. (though you get credit for specifying color standpoint, which btw I never thought the color was great either, but I thought that kind of went without saying… but I guess I have to be extremely punctual and concise with my prefacing)
Have Ady mask some stuff off adjust the color and contrast, boom. off to next thing in the pipeline. I stand by what I said.

I can believe someone recommended it to you, cause you know, its pretty solid. Came up in my algo. Anyways just trying to help this Andreas fellow and Ady. I’ll just sit back now