That ghosting among other things was one of the main reasons I went back to Empire for the starfield in my version, as opposed to trying to improve LD sources, which was my original plan.
Just finished downloading 2.7, but I’ve noticed that the Honorable Mention section of the Despecialized credits seem to be missing at the end. Was there a reason for this?
It’s there, unless towne32 for some reason took it out between the time that I got it and now.
Is a version with the ANH crawl still planned?
I might wait to see what all the 81 crawl workers come up with in the end. 😃
I’m pretty much finished with mine. I just need to find a 35mm grain element to overlay onto the beginning. Everything I’ve tried for some reason won’t work right with after effects.
This is as sad day. I don’t blame you Ady, I think many of us have been feeling the same way. A lot of fun has been sucked out of the forum by dumb drama and bigots. I sincerely hope you one day decide to rejoin us here. We will all miss you, man. (I swear I can hear taps playing in the distance)
In the meantime, am I correct to assume that the Revisited Facebook page will be the main place to go for updates on you and your projects?
Looks good. I’d like to see how mos eisley looks with this grading?
What is this “new era” referring to? I’m curious, because I’d argue that the ‘new’ ‘era’ would be the ST, not the PT.
Oh I meant a new era here on Earth, not in the SW universe. One in which we can calmly revisit the prequels and discuss them without all the party-line fanboy angst/baggage that comes with the average online conversation about them. Enough time has passed.
And you thought this was the best place to promote such a site?
Disliking a movie because it was poorly written, directed, and acted isn’t “fanboy angst”. It’s just being honest. I certainly think it’s far worse to like the movie just because you grew up on it or because it has “Star Wars” in the title.
They all speak english though, so I have to assume that they were originally from either the U.S. or U.K.
Wasn’t there some EU story that explained the origins of humans in the SW universe? Like they were astronauts from Earth or something caught in a wormhole that threw them through space and time until they were stuck in the sw Galaxy. Then of course reproduced and spread.
I vividly remember seeing something like that. Maybe it was like bad fan fiction or something.
I’m away for ONE DAY and I miss all this fun.
I’m out of it for a little while, everybody gets delusions of grandeur.
But what did the sand people do with Cliegg’s leg?
“Cliegg’s Leg: A Star Wars Story”
Or, “Yipee!”
Are you an angel?
Despite my previous comments I generally stay away from 3D. It does hurt my eyes usually and I’ve only seen a couple films in 3D where I actually enjoyed the 3D experience more than I would have just seeing it in 2D.
But I look at history and I see a pattern repeating itself with 3D.
Plus when it’s done well, I think it does add to the experience.
Well I mean color was introduced in film multiple times unsuccessfully. There were hand painted cells, then various two-strip processes, abd it wasn’t until the technicolor 3-strip process that color film was taken seriously, even though it wasn’t practical enough to be used on every production. I feel like this is where we are now with 3D. It’s good enough that we’ve done away with a lot of the major issues 3D has had in the past, but not quite good enough for the average viewer to accept it.
It wasn’t until the Eastman color stock came along that color film began to replace black and white as the standard. I think we’re still waiting for that new 3D process that will make it mainstream and standard.
Similar things that are now said about 3D are very similar to things that used to be said when sound was introduced to film. And when color was introduced.
I think 3D will one day become the standard. It will keep getting better until one day we’ll wonder why anybody ever doubted it.
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Well I took the measurements directly off of the TFA slipcover. You might want to make sure your print settings aren’t doing any resizing.
As for the color I really have no idea. Check your ink?
I mean, what I’ve noticed about real life is that (with Caucasians at least) skintone can really vary. Sometimes it’s a little more peachy/orange like your corrections, and other times it’s slightly more pink/red like the original. Neither look unnatural to me, which is why I say it doesn’t seem like it makes much difference. But hey if it makes that difference to you, that’s all that matters.
I’m gonna come across as a bit of a dick here so I apologize in advance.
I see very little difference between the TFA shots. Actually at first glance, I thought you had accidentally posted the same pictures twice. Wasn’t until I looked really closely that I could see the very slight change in the skintones. I guess if that minuscule difference is something that really bothers you then more power to you, I just don’t see how it’s a difference anyone could notice or care about on casual viewing.
No worries, you don’t last long as a regrader without developing thick skin haha. I don’t see anything dickish about what you wrote there though to be honest, until a couple of years ago I was exactly like you, I didn’t really notice or care whether fleshtones looked too red/green/blue, all I cared about was removing blanket tints, it was creating the V2 Star Wars Semi-Specialised Editions that really opened my eyes in that regard and made me a lot more sensitive to fleshtones. Now its the first thing I look at when regrading because fleshtones are actually really important. When a viewer is watching a film he/she actually spends the majority of the film focused on the faces of the characters which is completely normal, like our eyes gravitate towards a person’s face in a photograph, our brains are hardwired to lock onto faces. I completely understand where you’re coming from because I used to be exactly the same, that’s why i’ve been so surprised that the regrade for The Force Awakens has been as popular as it has been.
Oh I get it. I notice flesh tones too, I was just saying I don’t really have a problem with the flesh tones in TFA. They don’t seem “too red” to me. They look pretty natural. I’m used to your corrections being more dramatic, so the fact that it’s so subtle made me not notice right away. And given that the flesh tones don’t really bother me, I was just saying I don’t see how it would really make a difference on casual viewing.
I think that God has a sick sense of humor, and when I die, I expect to find him laughing.
Well, your sea of problems multiplies if you continually decide to faithfully pursue the policy of truth.
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I think it’s a reference to 1984.
WRONG YEAR
Don’t be disrespecting Depeche Mode!
It would be cool if someone did a movie-length edit of the first season of the show, as kind of an alternative to the movie.
I certainly have been made fun of for being a star wars fan. Me and my friends growing up were always bullied for our love of the movies. It actually kind of irks me now, because I see the very people who made fun of us in school on their facebooks talking about how much they loved The Force Awakens and what huge Star Wars fans they are.
Updated with higher resolution poster art:
Wihtout A New Hope:
And the back without A New Hope (if you want anh, just use the back previously posted):
I’ve mentioned this before but it is the attention to detail for the aesthetic that I love the most. I had the opportunity at a New Years party to meet the guy who was hired to create all the starfields for the movie. He talked to me about how they wanted him to do it in a relatively short amount of time and he begged for more so he could have time to do it right. He painstakingly painted in every star trying to match the look of the starfields in SW. And that effort was not wasted because the first time I saw the movie I looked at the starfield in the opening crawl and my first thought was “it looks like a slightly more blue despecialized starfield.”
It’s that dedication and attention to detail that’s present throughout the movie that I love. I mean, this guy could have created a perfectly fine starfield in a couple minutes for each shot just using some tools in photoshop or after effects or something, but you can tell everyone involved in the movie has a deep love for Star Wars and wanted to do it right.
Sure, the story is a bit re-hashy and all, but I’d take that over a film made by people just phoning in their work any day.
Beautiful analysis DL. Have u checked out “Secrets of the Force Awakens” doc yet? It totally shows you even more the dedication and love put into the film.
Yes I have. The day the bluray was released I did an OT marathon, then watched the movie and immediately after, I popped in the bonus disc and watched all the special features.
Navigating folders at all on a mac makes me sad. As does finding if someone bothered to port a piece of software to it. 😃
Oh, I agree, Mac navigation is terrible (you seem to need to inherently know what you’re doing and where things are to simply get around). I think it is already pretty well known I’m a Linux guy.
I guess when you’ve used macs your whole life it seems pretty intuitive. Haha
I don’t think it’s hard, just different.
As a Windows guy, I’ll agree with you. It’s largely just a matter of knowing what you’re accustomed to, as far as the ease of use of the different OSes goes.
Yeah cuz when I use Windows, I’m completely lost. Haha