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OutboundFlight said:

What’s this? A Prequel scene with an actual set?

Indeed, and the acting there feels much more natural than on the CGI sets.

On my personal edit of AOTC I decided to focus on Padme.
So I cut most of the Coruscant apartment scenes because of Anakin’s creepy dialog and went with the Naboo stuff.
The romance works much better that way, with Padme taking the lead, because she’s older and more mature.

RogueLeader said:
going in the opposite direction with the colors and try to make them pop more.

Nice video! The concept art is using colors to create contrasts and framing.
The film uses almost uniform colors for each scene, with little contrast.
I think it’s way it was lit, perhaps because of green screen.

What you suggest would require manual correction /painting of individual areas on each take… That’s time consuming!

Nice, thanks for sharing 😃
Good to see that PM shot with a neutral tone (no blue)!

For my personal regrade I went for the 4K77 look, with added noise and subdued colors.

Also did the same to the deleted scenes and they look much better:

I like it !
EP2 looks much better with a more film like color palette.
It helps to make the CGI blend in.
Perhaps some gentle blurring will also help to remove the digital camera feeling …

Only trying to help you save years or manual work 😉

Sure, here it is:
https://streamable.com/tv6js
https://streamable.com/znwld

Some auto color correction was used, and this is already compressed, so quality is not as high you could get.
Still lots of room for manual cleanup as you can see, but I hope it helps.

I’d suggest learning to use VirtualDub to get the best results yourself 😉

Anakin Starkiller said:
I did a whole 12 frames yesterday, though.

Have you tried VirtualDub2 with the Film Dirt Cleaner filter?
http://www.infognition.com/dirtcleaner/

If you set the values reasonably low, there’s little detail loss.
Here’s what I get:
http://images2.imagebam.com/a0/27/66/7d9ad31000738134.png

There are a few bad frames on the sequence that will still need manual work.

A completely “clean” center channel is rare. It’s normal for it to have some music, mixed at a lower volume.

What can happen is the opposite, where the L,R and Surround channels are completely free of dialog.
Unfortunately for EP2 you have some very low dialog there…

My advice is to split your audio to two tracks: dialog and music
You can edit each differently, cutting at different points, to make it seamless.
Usually you cute music less of course.

I like that infiltration image but how to fit it with the rest of Jedi ?
Do you bypass the Endor ground battle completely?
How about using a more forested planet like Kashyyyk along with battle footage from the prequels?

The color balance is much better!

For my taste it still needs more contrast. Look at these promotional shots:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjMwOTI0Njc5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMDkzNTE1NTM@.jpg
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAwOTUyMzQ3MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwODgzNTE1NTM@.jpg

I think some scenes from EP2 are needed to show how Anakin turns…
Perhaps start with Anakin’s Tatooine story from EP2 and use the dreams to show premonitions for the events of EP3.
Perhaps use part of EP2 count Duku to tie in with Palpatine’s kidnap.

EP3 deleted scenes help with the story, but they make the film drag on a bit. So pacing needs to be changed also. Again, I’d try to fit some action from EP2, probably the Obiwan X Jango Fet fight.

That would help. Specially some weapons on the village.
That way, the Ewoks distraction makes more sense. They are leading the stormtroopers to their village.

There are a lot of things buried on Jedi that can be used to take the movie to another level.
Just after C3PO finishes telling the story to the Ewoks, there’s a shot of Luke.
He’s using the force to mind-control them, but that moment has been toned down in editing.

For the Ewoks with blasters, it could work if you scaled down the SD footage and inserted it into the HD frames. Some sort of digital matte or compositing would be needed, but it’s doable. There are plenty of forest shots that could be used as a base (cropped, flipped, etc).

Also, inserting some weapons to the Ewok village establishing shots would help…

The correction is an improvement, but it’s still too weak.

I’d go with something more in line with the 35mm colors.
For the Falcon’s cockpit, something like this:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/images/1496983740_4527063891.jpg

It’s still quite dark and noisy, but the colors have more punch.

Sorry for the lack of updates (registered again with a new account).

The project was completed, and it’s an interesting version. But the end as a bit weak and rushed. Simply I had cut too much out of the final scene on the Klingon bridge. It felt rushed.

So I started another version, with some of the lighter hearted stuff in and it works a bit better overall.
Most importantly, I used the new CGI effects from deLimited Productions and HIKE Animation (from YouTube). The current versions work very well and give the right vibe to the movie.
Still needs better editing of the rock man sequence.

Hi all,

New here, just registered because I wish to exchange some ideas about these.
I’m watching the existing fanedits of the game’s footage on Youtube, and the acting is quite good.
But the story needs to be trimmed to the essential. No need to see dozens of mission briefings 😉

I got started editing WC III but I realized that the in-game flight sequences need to replaced by CGI.
Has anyone created any animations or CGI for this purpose?
Taking WC III (or even IV) it’s a relatively “easy” job.
The renders on the existing footage are vary basic. Any new work should match that style.

Any ideas about story? Since we have multiple alternate scenes, there’s plenty to work with.
Feedback is welcome.