Asteroid-Man

I got some bad news and some good news (and some social news if you want it).

Bad news is, I won't be doing the audio commentary, also I need to re-render the video (as mentioned in the last post) to fix a bit of a delay in the first few video tracks).

Good news is, I'm working on the trailer for Project: Lightshow and I'll render it tonight.

Social news is, I got my marks back and have a 4.0 GPA but I got a call from work today and I lost my job.

kilik64 said:

Where do i find this? the clips look awesome!

I still need to record my audio track before I release it. (By the way, I found a bit of a delay in the video track which I fixed and need to re-render - didn't catch it until I got that new video card).

Hey guys,

I know it's not related to the edit (or any edit for that matter) but I could really use the community's help! I have a Media project through facebook for my College Final, and I need to generate a lot of discussion about violence in media. I need lots of people to join and post comments!!!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/home.php?sk=group_147851531931374

I know it's way off topic, but I REALLY need as much support as I can get! Thanks!

EDIT: See off topic forums

I dunno if this has been mentioned or not, but it seems like after the SE was coloured all blueish, Yoda's eyes and skin become one exact colour tone - were you planning on making his eyes slightly more vibrant?

Five words: Shut up and move on.

EDIT: That's directed at anyone still pissy about the mess we just went through.

Alright guys I'm gonna step in and say this:

To Ghostbusters: If you seriously have a strong opinion, stand with it and put your reasoning behind it, if ady doesn't want to, then he doesn't take it. You can always edit it to your own liking later. No point in trying to convince people that your perspective is the correct one.

To the posters bashing him: The majority of you who did so were acting pretentious and it just came across as hypocritical. Even if you and 99% of the forums disagree with his opinion, it isn't your job to call it idiotic or force him to conform to your perspective.

To those who think insulting ady or suggesting he quit: You realize ady isn't weak right? Imagine all the errors he's faced along the way and how strong his sense of perseverance is. A complaint (etc) towards ady will not make ady quit - if anything it'll only motivate him to do better. Now I'm not saying insult ady or tell him to quit, but I'm saying you don't need to defend ady - he's got a strong enough sense of perseverance and a strong enough character to take care of himself.

I think we all need a serious lesson in tact. Let's move on, shall we? :)

Hey ady,

I was just wondering if my PM went through? Let me know, thanks mate!

adywan said:

Asteroid-Man said:

ady, can I take a look at the Emperor Scene? It's the scene I've been most excited to see. :)

sorry, but it's an exclusive clips for donators only. You'll have to wait until the edit is released

So for now you can only see the clip if you donate?

ady, can I take a look at the Emperor Scene? It's the scene I've been most excited to see. :)

Cheers.

Just so you guys know, a little while after the DVDs are shipped, I'd like to go on BlogTV and have a video chat with people if they have questions, requests or what not about either Renascent 1 or 2 or 3 or even Project: Lightshow.

I know the GOUT looks like that, but my brother told me in the theatrical release of ESB it was a light brown. I dunno, he could be wrong.

adywan said:

Got ya :)

As if i would change something as iconic as the imagery of the end scenes

Ady do you plan on fixing R2's colours and Luke's robe colour?

Radi0n said:

TV's Frink said:

Radi0n said:

A 9-year old socially awkward slave penguin with anger management issues...

Now that's a movie I'd want to see.

A-Man, you just found your next project! ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWPCJKG9hE0

And not just any 9 year old boy, but a 9 year old boy who is also a slave on one of the most isolated planets in the Galaxy.

Ripplin said:

I think it'll be neat to hear a less whiny Anakin. Haha. It's little things like that that make me really get into an edit. Having 3PO sound different should be good too. Anakin making him was just pure fanservice, much like Fett looking into the camera in ANH SE. All I got out of it was a chance to exercise my eye rolling abilities.

It's still kind of whiny haha, just lower pitched whiny haha - and I caught out a lot of his complaints if I felt they spoiled his destiny or were just too ridiculous.

rcb said:

Ripplin said:

I think it'll be neat to hear a less whiny Anakin. Haha. It's little things like that that make me really get into an edit. Having 3PO sound different should be good too. Anakin making him was just pure fanservice, much like Fett looking into the camera in ANH SE. All I got out of it was a chance to exercise my eye rolling abilities.

 The whiny Anakin i'm sure everyone would wish dissappear. Heck, the only part of that movie that was good were the parts with Obi-Wan, but that's off topic.

I liked the idea of having Anakin create C3PO, yes it raised a lot of questions, but still i thought it was interesting.

The Bobba Fett appearence in ANH i thought was an interesting addition. Was it neccesary, no, but was kind of an eye catcher none the less. i wish we could've seen him more through out the films.

Don't go saying that to Sky_Jedi... he might kill you.

mrbenja0618 said:

What kind of effects work have you done on this?

Nothing extravagant. Just the opening and closing credits really, plus a little lighting corrections. I needed the precision mouse for graphic design (including the posters, DVD Covers, closing credits back drops, etc)

Wanna know how much I put into this edit? (School provided all the software I needed - hurray for film school!)

An HDTV (for the high quality picture essential to editing)

A couple External Harddrives (a 1TB - $120 (at least) NTFS drive for the main content and backup and a 200GB - $80 (at the time) (at least) FAT32 so that you can take some rendered clips around with you and play them on different formats for different people to get their opinions).

I started with a crappy laptop and a crappy desktop, then added 2GB of ram into the desktop (cost $60), then just sold both for $80 each, and bought a refurbished desktop for $500. (You're looking for at least 4GB RAM - I got 5, atleast a 2.2 Dual-Core Processor - I think mines 2.6) - For sure I would suggest having a second computer for regular computing, in my case I bought the first crappy laptop for 200.

Surround Sound (I prefer analogue to digital) - this cost me about $80.

A damn good video card - this cost me $80.

Also if you plan on doing special effects or graphic design you'll want a high precision mouse (I recommend a blue track mouse) - cost me about $70 for a keyboard/mouse combo.

If you plan on going into editing for a career, I would suggest having a PC Desktop which you can upgrade throughout the years (my last PC, I was the third owner and I used it for 10 years, and now someone else is using it) and for sure have at least a macbook pro (this cost me $1400).

Minus the laptop, and subtracting the cost of the computers I sold, I spent about $1000 dollars on the edit - you've also got to understand that that was over the course of two years, and now that I've invested all of that, I wont need to do it again for a long ass time.

Again, you might already have a lot of that stuff - also one of the reasons I didn't take donations for all that tech equipment was that I needed it for my career too, so I found it unfair to ask money for my personal work especially when no one has even seen my editing abilities yet.

Here's a list of the programs you'll need:

DVDFab - Rips films

GordianKnot - Converts AVI

PGC-Demux - Rips 6 .WAV files for surround audio.

Sony Vegas Pro 8 (for standard DVD) or (for HD) 9 or 10) if you're dealing with a PC.

If you're using a Mac, I suggest Final Cut Pro.

If you want to do special effects, you'll need Adobe After Effects (Available for PC and Mac).

For basic effects and graphic design, I suggest getting Photoshop or if you want a free alternative, go with the GIMP.

For DVD Menu creations, use Sony DVD Architect.

Hope all this helps!

If only I was your neighbour... maybe you could toss me your tattered copy. :(

Radi0n said:

No rush A-Man ;)

Expect me to record the commentary on Friday after work. (I got a job!!! - I moved so I had to find a new job in this city haha)

Ripplin said:

This project has really grown. Congrats on reaching the homestretch. :)

Thanks Ripplin, there is no freaking way I could've done any of this without you. I'm just waiting to find time to do the commentary, then edit the Trailer for my next edit to be included on the bonus features disc. I'll send it all to you when it's complete. And what's "the homestretch"? Haha

46fleetline said:

can't wait for this twist, which i think to many will make a lot sense, to see old and new footage meshed together to bring it all together.

When I first heard about this idea (InfoDroid's Reborn) I was freaking pumped! Then when I heard it got dropped, I installed Vegas and a bunch of ripping programs and got to work on my own take. I encouraged all others to do this too. It's been an amazing experience.

Radi0n said:

Seeing old and new combined will definitely shed a new perspective on everything, maybe even making some things more understandable than before.

I hope so.

rcb said:

so there will be NO torrents for this? The caps is for emphasis not a complaint.

Of course there might be... ;)

And for anyone who missed it...

Asteroid-Man said:

I'm starting early work on my next fanedit. I'm taking a film from the early 80s, and through the use of new music, audio effects and video effects, I will be creating a fresher look. I am not releasing any more info about this fan film until the Star Wars: Renascent DVD has been shipped - which will include the Trailer to this project on it.

For now, I'm calling it, "Project: Lightshow".

Preliminary work and preparations this month.

Trailer by the end of this month or beginning of the next.

Project to begin production in mid-December.

Expect it to be completed by (or before) Spring of 2011.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Project-Lightshow-My-Next-Fanedit/topic/12108/

Cheers!

Haha, not incestuous - at this point Leia and Luke weren't brother and sister - this decision was made a few years after the release of SOTME.

Also, I find it interesting that we first hear the term "Sith Lord" in SW:AOLS, but we don't hear it in the films until TPM...

And if the Kaibur crystals were being mentioned since SOTME, why were they NEVER used in the films? Seriously, Foster wasn't the only person to use it - Lucas did multiple times. It's weird...

Has anyone here read them? Apparently they're based on Lucas's original script and plot to which he intended to be the Star Wars saga.

Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker

Splinter of the Mind's Eye

I want to read them, but are they worth the read? They seem interesting...

I’m starting early work on my next fanedit: Tron. Through the use of new music, audio effects and video effects, I will be creating a fresher look.

I’m currently in talks with a few animators to see what else we can do with this.

Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzH-umifowg

I'm just trying to find time to do the commentary...

Hey ady, so I replaced my video card and now it lags no matter what in the preview window... All my computer specs are now at high enough standards where I can play brand new video games in freaking 3D smoothly, but Vegas still lags... I'll try de-fragging and searching for updates to my driver. In the meantime, any advice?

:: So what does this have to do with the topic of this thread? Answer: Nothing. You're on a warning too sunshine. In future please use the correct forum.

 - M