Harmy said:
Here are the changes made to v2.5 - I did the first half hour of v2.5 quite a long time ago, so it's possible, that there was a couple more very minor tweaks that I just forgot about.
How would one go about getting access to this album?
Ah geez, I misread an earlier post and thought you guys were making slipcases for these, for which I would have gladly forked over a few dollars. Never mind my tomfoolery.
dark_jedi said:
DavidMerrick said:
I know you guys said you aren't accepting any more Blu Ray donations, but is there a chance you might make a second run for both versions of ANH?
I would like to but I have switched to a different set of blanks that I will be using from here on out after I use up the old ones and there is only an option for a 50 pack spindle only, so it is not worth it anymore for you guys now I am thinking, these are what I will be using for BD25's.
http://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-97339-DataLifePlus-Single-Layer-Recordable/dp/B004477BQQ/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3FNYQ0DFNN1CP&coliid=I3S6UPBFO7JPB7
If that's the case, what are the odds we could, say, PayPal you money and you could send us a slipcase?
(I just like things to look nice.) :p
I know you guys said you aren't accepting any more Blu Ray donations, but is there a chance you might make a second run for both versions of ANH?
Asaki said:
DavidMerrick said:
Harmy's 2.0 of RotJ Despecialized is going to look amazing with this stuff.
I think the footage will look amazing all by itself, no need to mix it with the official BluRays.
Well that goes without saying. It'll be interesting to see what people do to these new scans. Dark Jedi, You Too and Mattman Omega got a startling amount of mileage out of the GOUT. Just think of what could come of others tinkering with this.
Harmy's 2.0 of RotJ Despecialized is going to look amazing with this stuff.
Good Lord, the unaltered version looks like something out of the CG Clone Wars series.
Oh I know. I'm just a sucker for nice DVD menus. It'll be worth the wait.
During my spare time I can't help but pop the DVD-9 of v2.1 in and, geez, it's almost hard to believe how good this looks. I mean, it's not surprising seeing that 90% of it is taken from the Blu Ray, but good God it's almost staggering. I can't wait for the scene selection in v2.5 if only so I can skip to the Mos Eisley sequence more easily. :p
So again, great work Harmy.
Harmy said:
Erm...
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Harmys-STAR-WARS-Despecialized-Edition-HD-REMASTERED-v21-AVCHD-is-now-out/post/659099/#TopicPost659099
Oh God, I feel like an idiot.
Will you be using any more Team Negative1 35mm footage for v2.5 or is the next version be essentially a polish/official package of the current release?
I confess I'm oddly excited for your Special Edition Blu Rays. Admittedly I don't agree with a lot of the SE changes, but they were my first introduction to Star Wars and as such they have a lot of nostalgic value to me.
Two questions: what have you sourced them from, and whereabouts in the thread have you posted screencaps from them?
Thanks!
Ha, looks pretty authentic. Why did you end up omitting it?
I remember years ago, shortly after the release of the GOUT DVDs, a member of some other forum saying that one day a really dedicated Star Wars fan would get his hands on a 35mm print or two and go about making his own restoration. I never thought I would actually see that but, shit, here we are.
I've actually never seen the original Lapti Nek sequence in anything resembling high quality--it was either VHS or GOUT footage--so this will be great.
Ah, that's fair. Again, it looks wonderful, I was just curious.
A query for Harmy regarding v2.1: I was watching your documentary about the project on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHfLX_TMduY) and I'm wondering if 2.1 contains the Team Negative1 35mm footage you mentioned. I don't see it among the list in the first post in this thread, and I haven't found a specific mention of its inclusion in the remainder of the thread (though maybe it is here and I skipped over it during one of these 389 pages).
Just a little something I'm interested in figuring out.
Does anyone have the tools to apply emanswfan's process to GOUT footage or elements? His manipulations really make the images "pop" and I wonder if they would likewise bring out details in the LD transfers.
Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
Finished baking the second tape.
Welcome to OriginalTrilogy.com, one of the few places in the world where the above sentence makes any kind of sense!
Apologies for simplifying for what you've done, but it's astounding how much the picture can improve with the basic premise of "throw some grain on that bitch."
Wow. I wonder what effect your process would have on Dark Jedi and You_Too's GOUT upscales.
Jesus, it's amazing how the grain can bring out the definition in Owen's pores (pores being the standard by which I assess HD footage, I'm embarrassed to admit). It looks great!
Not to derail this thread ten posts in, but does anyone know if this was the same method Harmy used to diminish the digital noise reduction in the Blu Ray footage for his Despecialized Editions?
Anyway we can see a comparison without your colour correction? Just to see the grain detail.
Harmy said:
Notice in the Wampa cave scene, the BD footage goes black from time to time, that's where there were frames missing and I had to fill them in, sometimes through slowing the shot down using AE's "pixel motion" frame interpolation but sometimes also by cutting out and animating the separate elements (this was done in the shots that are in the picture comparisons).
Yeah, what is with that? Someone in the Star Wars thread said that the official Blu Ray mastering is poor, but actual missing frames?
My apologies. I've stumbled into this thing headfirst.