CharlieX

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Join date: 29-Nov-2004
Last activity: 18-Sep-2013
Posts: 69

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Post: #96257
Topic: New ROTS Trailer
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96257/action/topic#96257
Time: 11-Mar-2005 8:56 AM

http://somanylevels.com/trailer.avi

high res AVI.

Post: #96238
Topic: New ROTS Trailer
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96238/action/topic#96238
Time: 11-Mar-2005 6:22 AM

if nothing else, at least we start to see the degredation of design in III...things getting more warlike and nastty. Quick glimpses of things like XWings and the imperial shuttle (with only half a dorsal fin??). That grittiness was so essential to the OT... and that tin foil butt prong from Naboo was unbearable.

Post: #93816
Topic: <strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/93816/action/topic#93816
Time: 18-Feb-2005 1:35 PM

What you're suggesting is what I'm already doing and it doesn't take a $20,000 Media Composer Adrenaline setup to do it. The main benefits of professional hardware are usually A) more inputs and outputs and B) easier to use "all in one" software packages and C) real time video effects. Since I only need one input, and using a number of freeware programs actually gives me more flexibility than working entirely within media composer, and i'm not adding any video effects, that kind of rules out any reason to spend more than $50 on a capture card.

Or $6000 on a fully loaded Final Cut

(we used to be all Avid). It made me a little nervous seeing some posts about digitizing through a DV input, etc. It's awesome that you're on top of the technical.

Post: #93736
Topic: <strong>The Cowclops Transfers (a.k.a. the PCM audio DVD's, Row47 set) Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/93736/action/topic#93736
Time: 17-Feb-2005 12:50 PM

Originally posted by: Cowclops
No matter how good the analog stage of the Canopus stuff is, it is compressing to a format that will destroy the quality. I use huffyuv lossless compression so there are no digital artifacts whatsoever until I run it through CCE.

I've never heard of huffy. What sort of codec is it? It seems the general workflow on these discs could greatly benifit from some high end gear - hardware translate your analog video to 4:2:2 SDI and capture at 10 bit Uncompressed resolutions. Obviously you're going to have to have a large amount of storage, but you'd quickly factor out artifacts from these other formats.

Post: #93635
Topic: Info: Interesting notes on Lucas' DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/93635/action/topic#93635
Time: 16-Feb-2005 8:36 PM

Originally posted by: Neil S. Bulk
When these came out Lowry specifically said these were not 4K transfers, that the films effects would not hold up to that resolution, since there were sometimes many elements re-photographed to make a final image. He said that they were 2k transfers.l

i thought they said 4k. but you're probably right... we were there discussing the workflow for a 4K project we're starting next week and I've got lot's of K's on the brain.

Post: #93481
Topic: Info: Interesting notes on Lucas' DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/93481/action/topic#93481
Time: 15-Feb-2005 7:43 PM — Edited 1-Jul-2020 8:41 PM

was over at the facility that did the resoration/cleanup for the orginal trilogy. Lucasfilm did their own 4K scanning off a print - not negative. He apparently asked for the highest level of grain removal possible - so that the orginal films would look more like his high-def prequals. It made for such a flat image. Looking at the untouched 4K - it was beautiful (scratched and dirty like gangbusters) - but the “cleaned” up frame just lost a sense of depth and detail. It’s unfortunate, some of their other work that left as much originall grain in (Indiana Jones) looked incredible.

Post: #81693
Topic: Info: what can i do to help?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/81693/action/topic#81693
Time: 14-Dec-2004 7:04 PM

thanks laserman, that's what I was after....

Post: #81705
Topic: Remake the OT?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/81705/action/topic#81705
Time: 14-Dec-2004 3:25 PM

yup.

Post: #81694
Topic: Remake the OT?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/81694/action/topic#81694
Time: 14-Dec-2004 1:11 PM

in 10 years, when CG has gone leaps and bounds forward, the additions are going to look so obviously out of place. Will he have his little computer slaves redo Jabba and the Dewbacks to keep up with technology? Look at Gollum vs. Jar Jar... in only a handful of years photorealism has come a long way.

Post: #80950
Topic: Info: what can i do to help?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/80950/action/topic#80950
Time: 8-Dec-2004 8:21 PM

tech question. I've been doing my research on LaserDisc, I really know very little about them... How would one relate the picture information in terms of compression? I'm really just a digital boy... I.E. How does laserdisc compare to an analog tape format like BetaSp, 3/4", 1", etc?

Post: #80828
Topic: Info: what can i do to help?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/80828/action/topic#80828
Time: 7-Dec-2004 3:05 PM

someone i work with freelances at fox sports in l.a. about 8 months ago he saw a dbeta of the SE floating around. if only, if only... of course that's getting to some serious legal considerations at that point. wouldn't want to incur the wrath of a lucasfilm lawsuit. or get someone fired.

TR47, what are you using to digitize? what codec?

Post: #80820
Topic: Info: what can i do to help?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/80820/action/topic#80820
Time: 7-Dec-2004 12:35 PM

unfotunately the only laserdisc player we have is a Sony... an MD-455... and from what I understand, Sony had a history of poor electronics in their LaserDisc. It does have S-video and optical audio out.... honestly I've never fired it up, as there's never been a need. And without a Pioneer of any repute to compare it against, I'd have no idea what I was looking at in terms of video reproduction.

Post: #80789
Topic: Do you think George Lucas might release the original triloggy
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/80789/action/topic#80789
Time: 6-Dec-2004 11:28 PM

he very likely did. but you know how these things go: there was someone in the machine room who bought terrabytes of firewire storage, made a clone during renderwatching, hid the drives under the subfloor, and snuck them slowly out in his lunchbox.

Post: #80416
Topic: Info: what can i do to help?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/80416/action/topic#80416
Time: 1-Dec-2004 4:25 PM — Edited 1-Jul-2020 7:47 PM

i’m new here. after searching high and low, I finally got hold of a TR47 set of DVD’s (awesome job, BTW, TR47). Am incredibly pleased that there’s this community trying to do this. I work in high end video, have access to a lot of specialized gear, don’t know if there’s anything I can do to help, but am offering whatever I can. Would love nothing more than to support the creation of the ultimate, as-pritine-as-could-be, version of SW. Or at least I can cheer everyone on.

I puked when my roomate brought home the not-so-special-special DVD set.

Post: #80413
Topic: combustion v after effects
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/80413/action/topic#80413
Time: 1-Dec-2004 4:19 PM

i can't speak for the Nvidia 6800.... i don't think it'll give you any huge advantage over the 9600 (unless, of course, you have that monster 30" LCD or work in 3D). Plus it eats up two PCI slots for it's monsterous self. I don't think it would leverage anything for Motion...

Shake gets the best performance with high speed media and cache drives more than anything else - it only uses OpenGL for the interface and all those noodles. I used Shake heavily for 2 years, but honestly, end of day, it was too specialized, and sometimes just a little frustrating (like you have 15 rotomattes you need to shift 5 frames... ugh, what a nightmare.)

I found 4 Gigs of RAM to really improve my workflow... bouncing from Combustion to Final Cut or Cleaner, etc... less time using virtual memory. High Def really like that extra RAM.

Post: #80278
Topic: combustion v after effects
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/80278/action/topic#80278
Time: 30-Nov-2004 9:02 PM

not that it makes any difference, but when we recently put another 2 gigs into this G5, Combustion actually took a major leap in performance. Still is 25-30% slower than Shake or After Effects... hopefully they'll decide to love us one day and recode to optomize for us mac snobs.

Post: #80277
Topic: combustion v after effects
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/80277/action/topic#80277
Time: 30-Nov-2004 8:59 PM

motion, for $300, is pretty amazing. it's FAST and integrates into Final Cut fairly well. It's not a professional app in my opinion / I woulnd't use it for broadcast or film work. but if you're doing an edit and need to slam out a quick garbage matte or flying title, it might be the best choice for a *quick* composite.

Keyframing isn't as specific or useful as in higher grade apps, and the interface is a little TOO Apple (small buttons, horrible pastel colors, translucent windows).

Post: #79999
Topic: combustion v after effects
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/79999/action/topic#79999
Time: 29-Nov-2004 8:49 PM

hey guys, new here... i work in high end video. bang for your buck, combustion is superior software. i use both on a regular basis and honestly they are essentially the same thing. combustion, however, is a *far* more intuitive program and has several modules that are unbeatable: the discreet color corrector, the discreet keyer, masking, and the tracker. after effects, unfortunately, is WAY faster on the Mac OS than Combustion... so if I'm in a rush, I'll use it instead.

Post: #79998
Topic: Do you think George Lucas might release the original triloggy
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/79998/action/topic#79998
Time: 29-Nov-2004 8:26 PM

Somewhere exists a 2K digital intermediate of the Original Trilogy. They had to have it to create all the special editions.