Help: looking for... an edit with The New Emperor in ESB

Author: PaulisDead2221
Date: 23-Feb-2007, 1:46 AM

Author: PaulisDead2221
Time: 23-Feb-2007 1:46 AM (Edited)
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Hey, awhile ago I was reading through a thread about Ian McDiarmid in the Empire Strikes Back. People were talking about the hologram scene and how the replaced emperor didn’t look anything like the emperor in RotJ like he was supposed to. Somebody went through in photoshop, put a shadow here and there, did whatever, and Palpatine looked exactly like he does in RotJ. McDiarmid’s neck lost a little flab, the eyes looked right, it was perfect.

I’ve searched and searched, I know it was here in these forums, but the thread’s been buried or I just don’t know what thread to look in. Does anyone know which thread this was? It was easily at least a year ago. Or does anyone have an idea of how to mask the neck-flab of Palpatine in the Empire Strikes Back?

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Author: gnome
Time: 23-Feb-2007 4:57 AM
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This one?

Author: digitalfreaknyc
Time: 23-Feb-2007 11:17 AM
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Still looks the same to me. Doesn't look like Jedi Emporer. It's still Sith, just covered up.

Author: PaulisDead2221
Time: 23-Feb-2007 3:15 PM
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What if you tried combining the two images? Original and ESB emperor?

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g40/DledRhapsody/REVENGE_OF_THE_JEDI-1.jpg

Obviously this is a pretty bad first try, but I think the overall principal could really be used to get the new emperor looking ROTJ and not ROTS

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Author: Sluggo
Time: 23-Feb-2007 3:22 PM
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That image hurts my brain. So confused...

Author: PaulisDead2221
Time: 23-Feb-2007 3:26 PM
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Well, it's only a first try.

I mean I think replacing his hood and brow could look right. I suppose I didn't pull it off, but you see where I'm going with this maybe.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g40/DledRhapsody/emperor.jpg

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Author: Sluggo
Time: 23-Feb-2007 3:48 PM
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It might work. You'd have to find the right elements of each and combine them frame by frame, as I don't think a overall template could be applied to the scene.

Author: Zion
Time: 23-Feb-2007 3:56 PM
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You guys should adjust your aspect ratio when showing your work. It might not seem like much, but an unstretched Palpy looks more accurate than a stretched one. Resizing to 720x420 or 864x480 should do the trick.

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Author: RemixerBoss
Time: 23-Feb-2007 9:50 PM
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Originally posted by: PaulisDead2221
Well, it's only a first try.

I mean I think replacing his hood and brow could look right. I suppose I didn't pull it off, but you see where I'm going with this maybe.

That's terrible. Worse that the first one.

No insult intended.

Maybe you should flip it, not that the background is effected.
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Author: stossmo
Time: 23-Feb-2007 9:58 PM
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I disagree, its not perfect and it needs to be smoothed over...but I think you are on the right track.