Darth Editous

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Join date: 23-Mar-2005
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Post: #256068
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256068/action/topic#256068
Time: 10-Nov-2006 5:45 AM

"Easy? You call that easy?"

If they hadn't sent the TIEs, Leia would know for sure that something was up.

DE

Post: #255250
Topic: Paint Wars: A New Hope
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255250/action/topic#255250
Time: 7-Nov-2006 4:29 AM

Wee Woo... I love it! At last, the whole trilogy in CGI, just the way GL wanted it

Post: #254848
Topic: I Dream of Star Wars
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/254848/action/topic#254848
Time: 4-Nov-2006 3:37 PM

Do they think they bought them from this guy?

DE

Post: #254347
Topic: Star Wars In 3D
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/254347/action/topic#254347
Time: 1-Nov-2006 3:34 PM

If anyone knows anything more about the technical details behind this, I'd love to hear them. I've seen a few IMAX films and it always annoyed me that, as well as making it 3D, they brought the whole picture forward until it seems to be just a few feet in front of you - it somewhat takes away the impact of the massive screen.

So is this now a much more subtle effect? Some of you say it's much more realistic, then some say it's more like layered animation. Are the glasses polarised?

DE

Post: #252235
Topic: Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252235/action/topic#252235
Time: 19-Oct-2006 6:34 AM

It's hard to tell from the scaled down images, but have you blurred the subtitles at all? I find this integrates better into the picture, and the vertical blur stops them shimmering on 50Hz CRTs (and will probably stop other displays trying to process them so harshly).

DE

Post: #251378
Topic: Info: Auto-correction from SE colours to GOUT colours (lots of information)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251378/action/topic#251378
Time: 15-Oct-2006 7:22 AM

Nah, it shouldn't be a PM cos mine are full so I can't reply... I defined my points manually, then had the computer extrapolate them to 3d after giving it a bit more information, like "all these points lie on a plane" or "this point has the same depth as this point".

I gave colour matching a quick go last night but it didn't work (the image came out too green or too purple), and right now I'm not sure what I've done wrong.

DE

Post: #251305
Topic: Info: Auto-correction from SE colours to GOUT colours (lots of information)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251305/action/topic#251305
Time: 14-Oct-2006 4:53 PM

It's along similar lines, but it's not Star Wars related, unless someone has something Star Wars related to apply it to.

DE

Post: #251278
Topic: Info: Auto-correction from SE colours to GOUT colours (lots of information)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251278/action/topic#251278
Time: 14-Oct-2006 8:59 AM

DE are you just messing around with this just for the heck of it or are you trying to figure out a good way to use it for your release?

Both

Now I've finally completed my 2d->3d move project (inspired by http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dhoiem/projects/popup/) I'll make a start on this one today and post some results later.

What I'd really like to do is write a complete AviSynth plugin - does anyone know how? Or how to read an AviSynth file's output from C?

DE

Post: #250957
Topic: Info: Auto-correction from SE colours to GOUT colours (lots of information)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250957/action/topic#250957
Time: 12-Oct-2006 12:25 PM

What I really meant was automating the adjustment of the histograms to match the GOUT image. I can probably write a program to do it on a pair of frames, then those results could be put into an AviSynth script to correct the colours for that scene.

Not that I want to be an apologist, but for that particular shot/scene, I think somewhere between the two would be a good compromise - the blue one is too blue, but the GOUT colours look a little too studio-like to me.

I believe Photoshop CS has a colour matching tool - has anyone tried it on something like this?

DE

PS:

Some pretty bad burn marks visible on those frames...

Post: #250887
Topic: Info: Auto-correction from SE colours to GOUT colours (lots of information)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250887/action/topic#250887
Time: 12-Oct-2006 6:13 AM

Here's a result of a more analytical approach:

http://img15.imgspot.com/u/06/284/05/comparison1160643740.jpg

I just did a levels adjustment in Photoshop, adjusting the centre slider by eye to match the positions of the GOUT image's levels, and then adding a constant to lift the black level.

I'm not sure how I'd go about automating it, though...

DE

Post: #249813
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249813/action/topic#249813
Time: 5-Oct-2006 4:53 PM

Originally posted by: cbaka
hey DE, i've been watching again your's and ADM hybrid edition, what method have you use for the differents morphs (luke's lightsaber etc..)? i'v tryin to the same (using winmorph) but i'm alwayse getting somethin like an obvious ugly morphing..and how do you 'smooth' the jump cuts ?need some help.THANKS

The trick is to do multiple morphs - one for an arm, one for a head, one for a leg, etc, then blend them together later. That way you avoid the "tearing" that occurs when you have shapes too close to each other.

DE

Post: #249695
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249695/action/topic#249695
Time: 5-Oct-2006 6:40 AM

Fixed flip shot of 3PO as he sees the Sandcrawler:Now the oil stain is on the correct side.

Ah, now here I have to call shenanigans

Flopped shots are a good thing. In this case it maintains continuity of direction, which I think is more important that continuity of oil stain. The first shows 3PO looking the left, and so does the second. If you switch them around, it'll create a discontinuity - perhaps not something everyone will notice, but that's why the shot of 3PO was flopped all those years ago.

DE

Post: #249063
Topic: Info: Auto-correction from SE colours to GOUT colours (lots of information)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249063/action/topic#249063
Time: 2-Oct-2006 12:10 PM

Do you actually need to warp? Don't the "match" filters just adjust the whole image to match (in terms of histograms) the other image, rather than comparing pixel for pixel?

DE

PS Sorry, I forgot to add that this looks absolutely fantastic!

Post: #248714
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248714/action/topic#248714
Time: 29-Sep-2006 8:54 PM

Soften the focus a little as you move deeper into the BG on that footage, and I think you might improve it.

I'd disagree - wouldn't less depth of field make it look more like a model? I can't find a link, but there's this guy who takes photos of cities with a tilt-and-shift lens that dramatically lessens the depth of field, and if you don't know, you'd swear they were fantastically detailed but very small miniatures.

ETA: a bit like this:

http://static.flickr.com/54/106200014_1139911f15_m.jpg

Post: #248319
Topic: Audio Volume
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248319/action/topic#248319
Time: 27-Sep-2006 12:35 PM

There's always the completely free Audacity.

DE

Post: #247995
Topic: OUT: PAL or NTSC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247995/action/topic#247995
Time: 26-Sep-2006 5:56 AM

Moth3r:
I don't know for sure, but I suspect that CRT TVs sold in PAL countries have shadow masks/phosphors optimized for ~576 scanlines.

I have to say I doubt this. I don't think a CRT could ever be "calibrated" in that way since the tube is affected by the Earth's magnetic field. If it was in any way "optimized" everyone would get a sub-optimal picture when they got the set home (especially me - my room is near a small electricty substation and my picture is sheared by a few degrees).

I've quite often seen complaints levelled at NTSC - from PAL owners - about scanlines appearing too widely spaced. But I'm prepared to be proven wrong on this one.

That's just because there are less lines of electrons being fired, not because PAL TVs have too many lines of phosphor dots.

Boris:
and it's perfectly acceptable to use [apostrophes] when making plural abbreviations

I was thinking more of:

Both DVD's contain the same detail

American's hate PAL.

American's and other NTSC-people, but mostly American's still think their system is better.

Half the DVD's I own are NTSC, and a few DVD's that are officially released

Post: #247992
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247992/action/topic#247992
Time: 26-Sep-2006 5:36 AM

Slow, I'm afraid. Things have been busy at work - new PCs to install and countless others to move around, and only me to do it. I've also still got things to do on ANH, including, possibly, colour correction.

DE

Post: #247821
Topic: OUT: PAL or NTSC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247821/action/topic#247821
Time: 25-Sep-2006 2:08 PM

I presume that recent DVDs use soft-telecined 2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:2:3 pulldown?

Does anyone know of any DVDs that are use this method? I was going to give it a go for a "tru-speed" version of my ANH edit. ETA: just realised one thing though - it might not look good on a computer, since the software will believe the whole movie is interlaced and will deinterlace it accordingly.

The last UK terrestrial broadcasts of Stargate were pitch corrected, and you could tell. 4% speed up would have been preferable, but I'm used to it.

And boris, about apostrophes - if in doubt, leave 'em out!

DE

Post: #247614
Topic: Ok. The OUT Covers for the UK- WHY!?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247614/action/topic#247614
Time: 24-Sep-2006 7:05 AM

I've done it before on my James Bond set. The last film (Die Another Day) had a completely different spine than the other 19

Yeah, that annoyed me too - until I found out that the Die Another Day cover is reversible, and on the back is a cover that lines up nicely with all the others (at least in PAL-land).

DE

Post: #245915
Topic: Seriously, what is so special about PAL? I mean I can only understand if that's the standard where you live, but..
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245915/action/topic#245915
Time: 19-Sep-2006 1:47 PM

and when all people in there seemed to care about was PAL, I got upset.

There's no point crying over spilt milk, especially when you don't know how milk works.

DE

Post: #245852
Topic: DVD Codecs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/245852/action/topic#245852
Time: 19-Sep-2006 5:46 AM

MPEG2 only stores colour information once every 2 pixels, since the human eye is more sensitive to differences in luminance (brightness). Deep reds have low luminance as well, which makes them look worse. Having said that, the blockiness I've seen on some R1 discs (The Abyss, for example) looks far worse than can be accounted for by the chroma subsampling (the every-2-pixels thing I was talking about). My R2 Abyss doesn't show these artefacts.

DE

Post: #244278
Topic: Episode VI: ROTJ - What Has Changed?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/244278/action/topic#244278
Time: 14-Sep-2006 4:13 PM

Did they miss one?

http://www.starwars.com/episode-vi/release/video/f20060908/20060908_picview/img/51.jpg

Didn't the skiff in the above shot originally just tip forward, but now tips side to side as well? Or was I imagining things?

DE

Post: #243770
Topic: 3D ?!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243770/action/topic#243770
Time: 13-Sep-2006 5:21 PM

For Bugs Life, they created a full frame version by rendering the top and bottom that didn't exist in the theatrical version.

I didn't know that, but I did read that they also re-created some scenes completely to take better advantage of the full frame.

Back to the topic - I have a real love/hate relationship with 3D. The trouble is, it's not 3D. It's pseudo-3D as long as you keep your head perfectly still, and as long as you can stand the headaches, which for me is about 5 minutes.

DE

Post: #243199
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/243199/action/topic#243199
Time: 12-Sep-2006 1:41 PM

Also, I am curious whether you are painting out tow cables that the crew pulled the droids with through the sand. The one that passes infront of Luke and 3PO during the night scene is really obvious.

Please post screenshots - everyone says it's really obvious but I've never been able to find it.

DE

Post: #242706
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode V DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a work in progress
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242706/action/topic#242706
Time: 10-Sep-2006 4:20 PM

I'm still toying with one or two bits from ANH, and I haven't done much to ESB lately. The thing with me is, I stick with a project for so long, then my attention... sorry, what was I saying? Oh yes - my attention wanders. To be honest I'm amazed I got ANH out. It's not like I'm not going to get ESB, I will... I just don't know how long it'll take.

DE