CMMAP

Which software did you use for the editing and what compression?

Darth Muffy said:

CDorius said:

Darth Muffy said:

Could we maybe use the new Video Enhance AI software method to enhance the current Adyan Editions till HD versions are about ? 🤔

Sure that would be feasible.

I rather would wait for ANH and ROTJ in 720p and the artifacts free ESB and AI scale all three movies up to 1080p or even 4k.

I’d love to use Topaz Video Enhance AI on Adywans current releases but sadly my little HTPC’s CPU is not beefy enough to use the software

I’m looking to do the same thing. For now I haven’t the funds to buy a desktop PC until I got rid of my laptops. Luckily adywans edit will take some time and so we’re in a comfortable position. Especially if we look at the cpu and gpu market right now 😃

RogueLeader said:

Game of Thrones came back to my mind recently, and I began thinking again about how one could potentially edit the final season to make the conclusion more satisfying. I know there have been many interesting rewrites across the internet, but I think a general consensus would agree that it is likely impossible to make a wholly satisfying conclusion given what we have to work with. After seeing so many people wrack their brains (including myself) trying to think of a better ending, it isn’t uncommon to see frustrated fans half-joke that having the Night King win…

I remember the week before The Long Night episode premiered, everyone was speculating on who was going to die. Jorah? Brienne? Jaime? Now, imagine how shocked audiences would have been if the Night King actually won, and all of our heroes died. Really, nothing like that has ever really happened in the history of television, at least for one of the most popular shows in the world. I know I mentioned earlier that I was trying to figure out a more satisfying ending to the show, and this probably would have been the least satisfying ending possible, but maybe it would have been the ending we needed.

As the show went on, we slowly learned that all of the politics and fighting did not matter in the face of what was to come. Winter is Coming. It was the show’s tag line from the beginning. If the show had ended by killing all of beloved characters, many people would have hated it, but in a way, it could have been a huge wake up call for people our own existential threat we all face, and what the consequences would be if we don’t do something about it. Your character arcs, your fan theories, your lore, your entertainment, your game of thrones, none of it matters in the end if this problem isn’t solved.

In this story, clearly the threat of the White Walkers is the warning that was disregarded until it was too late.

I am not trying to say that this would have been objectively the best possible ending for the show, but I think this type of fan edit could at the very least work as an alternate ending to the series that tries to make a thought-provoking conclusion, and arguably be more true to the themes of the series, rather than succumbing to Hollywoodization.

I also think, from a practical standpoint, it would require less bending over backwards to try and piece together an improved ending. Obviously it would shorten the already short season, but I imagine it playing out something like this:
I think it would be interesting to take it further. We could then fade back in to a sequence of scenes where we see King’s Landing being burned by a dragon, but instead of orange flames, they would be blue. Confirming the Night Kong’s victory at Winterfell and subsequent destruction of civilization. We could even see Euron’s fleet be destroyed by the wight dragon (but make them be at Pyke), as well as reusing recolored shots of the Battle of Slaver’s Bay to show that the White Walkers eventually reach Essos, and spread across the world. I imagine the last shot could be of the Iron Throne covered in snow and the hall in ruins (editing the shots to mask out anyone who might be in them), showing that in the end, none of it really mattered because Westeros failed to come together in time.

Perhaps you could add some kind of epilogue to show spring eventually return, and show the some people did manage to survive (except now civilization will basically have to start over). This footage could be pulled from other material. Or, maybe The Long Night could be cut in a way to show that some people managed to escape Winterfell, namely, Jon, Tormund, Ghost, and some other random people. Then, the epilogue of Jon going beyond the Wall with Free Folk could be reinterpreted as Jon and the small group of survivors going to hide beyond the wall until their distant dream of spring finally becomes reality. But personally, I think I would prefer a more somber ending, where no character survives the Long Night, and we are left to contemplate the meaning of it all.

Anyway, these are just my thoughts regarding a potential fan edit. It is an appealing idea to me, not only for thematic reasons, but also because it would be less time consuming to make than to edit the entirety of Season 8 (and potentially Season 7 as well). Just edit one episode, The Long Night, and include a brief epilogue to leave the audience to thinking.

I agree with you all the way. Anjohan is figuring out how to deal with the last two seasons for his series to movie approach. One of his ideas is:
Bran Stark is the Night King. Upon becoming the Three Eyed Raven, what he really became - was the Night King. This is why he is so distant and mysterious. He’s really the bad guy, in his final form, plotting his last moves. The Night King of the White Walkers is what he once was, but is no more - and therefore ending his former self, like in the clip above, does not matter to him no more

He suggested that the NK kills Arya (via vfx with some blood on his face), bran warging into Aryas body and hit the final blow.
I think that would work perfectly as far as the source materials allows such drastic change to the ending.
There would be a lot off-screen killing (Jamie, Brian, Sam, Jon, Sansa etc.) but maybe there is a half-believable option due to switch the fight at kings landing and the long night.

Anjohans thread: https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Idea-Wanted-for-solving-Game-of-Thrones-The-Ending-Chapters/id/78072

1. I’m agreeing with you smudger. It is a nice scene but not that important.
2. agreed
3. would suggest to use dialogue from the gunslinger, if it works
4. agreed
5. not sure for now, but probably will work

G&G-Fan said:

May I ask what was used to do this upscale?

Five posts above 😉

krausfadr said:

G&G-Fan said:

I really love the color grading, it actually makes the movie look almost new.

that is a combination of the 4k release and oohteedee’s amazing grading on D+77.

Love it too, never would’ve come up with this idea myself^^
The added vfx/sfx and impact of the x-wing is great. Very excited for your finish.
2021 could be great, your work and some clips of adywans ROTJ revisited.

Really impressive!

TheAlaskanSandman said:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LEs7My_LAI0pAcPnr0-aqJMUlb23CM-9/view

Comparison between original edit and slowed down edit.

The wide shot of Theed from a far will need to be redone though as the time stretches fudges my mask keyframes and precomposing it causes the effect to become see through for some reason even though opacity is to 100%. Idk why so im just going to redo it, its a short scene anyways.

Way better. Good effort 😃

TheAlaskanSandman said:

adywan said:
Just checked out your trailer. Very nice work there.

Hey, thankyou very much for your time and input! The project files are at 23.976, i just render the trailers at 24fps. Great to know about slowing down the clips. I worried i would get jumpy elements slowing them down, especially since when i use rotobrush it wants the framerates matching. Frame blending i didn’t think would solve any jumpiness. Also good to know about the elements timing vs physics and scale. I definitely see the difference in the clip you provided (which, thank you for. Especially with how busy you are) and will have to look into that plugin and try it out. Ill apply the percentages you provided and definitely get those fixed then. Once again, i greatly appreciate the input. Still feel very noobish but really want these to be the best they can and cant express enough the gratitude for the advice or critiques to get these there.

Always great to see someone with real evident expertise can and is giving advices like that. Thank you adywan. Best feedback possible for this great project.

TheAlaskanSandman said:
Keep pushing and nit picking!

Ok mate you asked for it :p
From your latest tease, I personally think the added flames on Naboo (e.g… behind Qui-Gon) are moving too fast.

Tackel said:

RogueLeader said:

Wow, this is pretty interesting! What was your process for upscaling the cartoon?

I used a new program that came out this year called Video Enhance AI. It’s based off of the Gigapixel AI upscaler, only for video. It’s worked like a charm, and even has given some great stills from the Holiday Special beleive it or not.

Took it a while to do both Volumes, since its basically two movies, but it worked out great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj6C4UxDg3s Their showcase video looks like smoke and mirror BS, but it actually works like that.

If anojahn allows it, i would seed I-IV private via resilio sync.

ExpandedUniverses said:

If you don’t like this idea, why waste your time commenting and telling me that my ideas are dumb? It’s not like this edit’s ever going to be made anyway——and even if it was created someday, you could just not watch it.

Mate, you should stop taken other opinions as personal critiscm/playing down your ideas. He just stated what he thinks of it. A thread is for discussion. Have a look at HAl´ s thread for episode IX.

Hal 9000 said:

Just seems like too many chefs in the kitchen with making him into a clone after the movie comes out. At least, it’s hard for me to believe it was intended before that point.

I’m on the same page as you’re. When even palps return wasn’t planned beforehand than this clone mess neither

Hello Anjohan, just wanted to ask where do you stand with your ideas and what you want to talk about further?

I assume the intention by szopman is, as it was mine, to feed you with feedback, so you can grow on this, if you’re in to editing on the long run and become better. To see things that work or didn’t work narrative-wise as well as technical.
You’ve said in your opening post that your just beginning and at least for me, that was taken in consideration before applying feedback to you.

Your new project idea for episode viii sounds promising and fresh, so I encourage you to do it. Think about using another video software. use audacity for audio edits, if the software isn’t sufficiently enough.

smudger9 said:

Has anyone had a response from their PM requests?

Yes, me.

TheAlaskanSandman said:

CMMAP said:

TheAlaskanSandman said:

SparkySywer said:

Skybatman said:

Where you will launch these edits ?

Theaters near you!

Lol I wish!! Im not sure yet where ill release the movies tho haha Open to options from those with experience though

If your internet connection is sufficient enough, my recommendation would be „resilio sync“. It is working like torrent sharing with the exception that people do need an key, which is generated by resilio if you share the folder. Popular other options would be mega or google drive.

Good to know. I see some people post on vimeo or something but not familiar with it. For now i just use Google drive but i’ve heard they have download limits

With Vimeo I’m not familiar either, but I think it is no worthy option due to compression of the files and loss of quality. Google drive does have download limits yes, mega sync would be my second recommendation. Resilio sync is widely used over at the forum of team negative 1 - thestarwarstrilogy (4k77-83) and it is working great, people do share files long after they’ve been uploaded, especially star wars related files. It would be an appropriate place your great work.

TheAlaskanSandman said:

SparkySywer said:

Skybatman said:

Where you will launch these edits ?

Theaters near you!

Lol I wish!! Im not sure yet where ill release the movies tho haha Open to options from those with experience though

If your internet connection is sufficient enough, my recommendation would be „resilio sync“. It is working like torrent sharing with the exception that people do need an key, which is generated by resilio if you share the folder. Popular other options would be mega or google drive.

ExpandedUniverses said:

Like the previous films, the scenes you’ve mention don’t exist. Ventress doesn’t appear at all between “Witches of the Mist” and “Massacre”, and her appearances prior to that are all still serving Dooku so there’s not really anything I could add in between those episodes. There’s also no scene of Ventress boarding the transport.
I think it can just be assumed based off of dialogue that Ventress has been gone for a while, and also the fade-to-black transition that Ventress left Dathomir to find a transport.

Of course it can be assumed, there is nothing wrong with that. It just felt kinda odd, for me personally. Since there is no source material to change this, this is way.

Well, his scheme is forcing his apprentice to betray his loyal assassin. I think that both Ventress and Dooku would view that as an evil scheme. And Dooku wouldn’t have betrayed Ventress without Palpatine’s orders, so Palpatine really did cause this whole series of events.
Anyway, I’m not planning on changing the crawls anymore —- I have to rewrite the whole thing, record it in the crawl creator, crop the crawl video to proper aspect ratio, then remake the whole film in iMovie —- which would be a lot of trouble over one phrase. And that’s not even mentioning the hours of rendering, checking the audio synchronization, uploading to the folder, and finally writing out a post to let everyone know about the changes.

So we just have a different opinion of an scheme. We agree to disagree.

Technical criticism: you’ve to work on your audio transitions, there are to hard. Is there any chance you can do such things in iMovie?

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Did you watch the updated version? The transitions should be fine in that one, especially since I remade it solely for the purpose of fixing the transitions lol 😂

I’m pretty sure I watched the updated versions so far, cause I downloaded them this morning.

This morning I had time to watch episode III. The amount of story you’ve chosen is sufficient and connects with the scenes, though this whole arc is relatively straight forward.
Story wise two things occurred to me:

• the time ventress returns to dathomir and tells mother she needed time before returning - it is kind of odd because the plot is fast paced and we’ve no sense how long she has been gone, so leaving and the second return happens right after each other. My suggestion would be to fill in something, is there any footage usable?
• at 1:26:22 ventress is leaving dathomir after mother told her, she have to follow her own path now, ventress is kind of left desperate in the Woods (wide shot from above). But 1:26:23 she suddenly travels to a new planet with a ship. Is there any footage of her acquiring this ship?

In retrospective I feel the last paragraph of the crawl should be changed. Yes, Palps orders Dokuu to kill ventress, but is it really a „evil scheme“? In my opinion it bloats the role of palpatine in this, even though he just orders a kill once without any further deep planing.

Technical criticism: you’ve to work on your audio transitions, there are to hard. Is there any chance you can do such things in iMovie?

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vicioust1000 said:

These look amazing. When do you plan to release?

Sometime next year.

szopman said:

ExpandedUniverses said:

szopman said:

Any chances of uploading it on vimeo? 😀

Sorry, probably not. I don’t have a Vimeo account, but I’ve seen they have a history of taking down fanedits from their website. I don’t want to risk any copyright trouble with these fanedits, so I’m just sharing them discreetly via private messages on here.
Are the MEGA links not working for you?

Yeah, for some reason its not working 😔

Do you know resilio? If ExpandedUniverses grant me permission, I would share it with you.

ExpandedUniverses said:

Also, I wanted to ask if you enjoyed CORRUPTION ON MANDALORE? You gave a pretty good review of PATH OF THE PADAWAN, so I just wanted to see if you felt the same way about this installment.

It was worthwhile to watch, the story seemed fluent except at one point if I remember correctly: doesn’t have the timestamp at hand but as we hover over the Jedi temple and than cut to padme, ashoka and anakin walking. Is it inside of the Jedi temple? The cut doesn’t feel like it is the case.
It would have been nice to see some training of the clones („bad batch“), but this would have been something for the first episode.

TheAlaskanSandman said:

Broom boy!! Test shot for Anakin having a sunset moment. Though im thinking of locating it closer to town or in town. Possibly from his back yard while working on podracer.

Nice idea, visually it could be more than pleasing 😃