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#1097477
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Custom Crawl Creator: Revisited v3.0 [UPDATED] 3/4/21
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MisterBenja1977 said:

Has anyone notice that the episode number is poking out ever so slightly the whole time before its supposed to be revealed? I’m not a Blender guru so I have no idea how to correct this. I could mask it later AE.

It could be that the beginning frame is set too early in he animation. Mine animates the camera rather than the text, I believe Jack’s does too. You can most likely solve it by changing the animation frame range. I believe this is located on the right menu or on the bottom wimdow. This may require you to also adjust the original of the camera to not show the text.

Post a screen shot and we can help more.

Hal 9000 said:

Shouldn’t matter once it’s properly cropped, right?

That depends on the output size. I have mine set to always output the viewable area only (no black border area) so it doesnt have to be cropped.
If that is the case with Jack’s, cropping could cause minute issues with crawl placement.

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#1093500
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Rise of the Rebellion: A Rogue One Edit (Released)
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Unofficially it’s finished. I’m just trying to actually get a Blu Ray done this time as it has been requested by a few. Making the menus and everything takes quite a bit of time.

I planned to release a 15gb MP4 and a 25gb Blu Ray. I’ve tried to render a 720p 4gb file, but honestly it looked like trash. I do have a streaming option available for the MP4.

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#1091343
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Rise of the Rebellion: A Rogue One Edit (Released)
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Mardukk666,
Jyn still saves the girl. Chirrut’s trooper smack down is greatly abbreviated to remove the Kung Fu-ish antics/cheese. He’s more of a character rather than a cultural figure in this edit.

darth_ender,
I may attempt something later on, but honestly I just can’t bring myself to watch episodes II & III. I’ll most likely leave any prequel stuff for my TV edit ideas. That way I can chop them up to 30-45 min episodes. I’d want to remove as much of Anakin as possible. The Anakin we got just diminishes Darth Vader. I’d rather keep the mystery of Darth Vader than show the disaster that was Anakin. I could even show Obi-Wan fighting Darth Vader with a red rotoscoped blade on Mustafar. He’d never call him Anakin, just refer to him as the Sith. We’d not see Padme in the edits in her wife/mother capacity either, just as a queen and senator.

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#1090284
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Rise of the Rebellion: A Rogue One Edit (Released)
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I’m assuming the trooper doesn’t know he’s an informant. All the troopers know is that there were two suspicious characters that opened fire on other troopers. Seems like an Empire’s definition of shoot on sight. Cassian was out of sight so he wasn’t shot and he then escaped. I thought about adding blaster flares as he ran away, but thought the sound implied that they were shooting at him.

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#1090245
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Rise of the Rebellion: A Rogue One Edit (Released)
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Thanks for the thought Hardcore Legend. The only issue with that idea that I can think of is that she already has a dream sequence when she is traveling to Jedha. The opening events are an implied dream sequence in this edit. As the hatch opens up to where Jyn is hiding (as a child) there is a hard cut to her waking in the prison as an adult, as if from a dream. We don’t see that it was Saw until later in her Jedha arrival dream sequence.

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#1090219
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Rise of the Rebellion: A Rogue One Edit (Released)
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nightstalkerpoet said:

Perhaps it’s just me, but your crawl wording is great with one exception. I would suggest “Imperial” be added before Director Krennic.

Just watched it and I have to agree with you. Thanks!

Mark’s Down On Your Syntax said:

I’m really looking forward to seeing this. It sounds great, and with a few exceptions your edits are the edits I would make to the film.

Thanks for the interest! Which edit choices would you add or remove?

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#1090078
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Rise of the Rebellion: A Rogue One Edit (Released)
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Oops, sorry for the confusion. I’ve removed the episode # for the crawl in the final version. I’d debated it for a while, but some I’d the crew here gave me the final push to drop it out. These are drafts of a project so the final versions are a little different.

The pan down to the rings was originally what I wanted to do, but the scene moves laterally so it would cause an issue with the pan down movement.

The Cassian edit is more of a personal one. I agree that it is an important shot, no pun intended, but it just always left me feeling unsettled. I know it’s supposed to do that, for some of the reasons you mention.

The nice thing about this edit is that it’s much easier to make different versions when compared to my HttF edit. If one particular edit isn’t to the liking of many, I can easily produce an alternative.

Thanks for the feedback and interest 😃

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#1090007
Topic
Rise of the Rebellion: A Rogue One Edit (Released)
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Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuQpLeiTAPk

Hey everyone, I wanted to share this edit that will be released this month. I’ve been working on it primarily over at Fanedit.org and it is now at the pre-release point.

Change List:

  1. New title cards
  2. Custom Crawl
  3. Custom pan down and Krennic shuttle flying towards Lah’mu
  4. Removed Saw opening up hatch to find Jyn
  5. Removed Rogue One Title card, now hard cuts to Jyn waking up as if she was dreaming
  6. Removed planet card intro on Cassian’s introduction, it now does a downward pan wipe
  7. Edited Informant scene to have the stormtrooper kill the informant instead of Cassian
  8. Cropped Jedah planet card to remove text (added sharpening to film)
  9. Added iris wipe transition to Jyn’s rescue
  10. Cropped Yavin and Rebel Alliance planet cards to remove text (added sharpening to film)
  11. Removed second Bodhi scene where he meets Saw
  12. Color corrected Tarkin’s skin tones
  13. Removed Bor Gullet
  14. Added tie sfx to transition from K2 to Jedha pan shot
  15. Removed Cornelius Evazan and Ponda Baba
  16. Added Battlefront Imperial track to Rebel ambush
  17. Shortened Chirrut’s acrobatics and removed his “is your foot alright?” line and human shield antics
  18. Removed the cut to Jyn and Cassian to connect the continuous shot where Baze fires at the stormtroopers
  19. Removed Chirrut’s “are you kidding me? I’m blind” line
  20. Color corrected Tarkin’s skin tones during Jedah DS firing sequence
  21. Color corrected Vader’s eyes during his meeting with Krennic
  22. Cropped Edu planet card to remove text (added sharpening to film)
  23. Rescored Rebel Alliance meeting with Force theme
  24. Removed Bodhi’s stuttering when asked who is stealing the imperial ship
  25. Cropped Scarrif planet card to remove text (added sharpening to film)
  26. Color corrected Tarkin’s skin tones
  27. Cropped scene with R2 and 3P0 to remove them from the shot and reworked surround track to eliminate their dialogue
  28. Rescored Star Destroyer collision (Scrambling the Rebel Fleet & airplane collision/crash sfx)
  29. Color corrected Tarkin’s skin tones
  30. Color corrected Vader’s eyes when he is watching the Rebel fleet be massacred
  31. Trimmed Vader’s awkward hand gesture of choking rebel soldier and then motioning to fling him to the side. (it just looks too fan filmy for me)
  32. Color corrected Leia’s skin tones
  33. Fixed audio volume transition into credits
  34. Added custom edited/fanedited credits
  35. Added grouped name credits to shorten credits and have them end on the the musical finale (the original doesn’t for some reason)
  36. Added custom title cards to ending

Source: Official BluRay
Edited using Sony Vegas Platinum HD 13.0
Release July 2017
Anticipated release formats: 15gb 1080p MP4

Original Run Time 2:13:57
Edit Run Time 2:11:41

Special Thanks to (in no particular order):

Moe_Syzlak, ironman23, hbenthow, TVs Frink, ThrowgnCpr, mrbenja0618, ssj, TK251, krlozdac, darthrush

Walt Disney and LucasFilms ltd
the fanedit.org and originaltrilogy.com communities





Here’s some draft versions of scenes
Crawl w/ newly added Lah’mu pan down and shuttle. I’d love to hear suggestions on the crawl: https://vimeo.com/218372702
Cassian More Ethical Retreat: https://vimeo.com/224603413
Skin Regrades (Tarkin and Leia only): https://vimeo.com/219340923
Less Confused Bodhi: https://vimeo.com/224802889
Removing red eyes from Vader: https://vimeo.com/224499713
SD Collision Rescore: https://vimeo.com/218319346

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#1089609
Topic
STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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“Sir, we’re detecting a massive object emerging from hyperspace.” *Death Star shown on Scarif horizon.

See 7:05
https://youtu.be/RIftKRavXCg

Yes, it has light speed. I’d think the fully operational part refers to the multi-reactor laser. They’ve only tested the single reactor.

I don’t see why the blue planet shouldn’t be or become Scarif in ANH:R. It would connect the films.

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#1087989
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Help Wanted: for my Star wars prequel edit.
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Can you give us a full proposed cut list. I can’t tell what your vision for the story is so it’s kind of hard to help out.

The task of Vader’s No scream replacement is going to be pretty difficult to do and produce anything that will be clear enough for a final mix.

Do you need this scene? There are some scenes in Field of Dreams where he is angry when Frank first knocks on his
door if you’re looking for something for him to say.

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#1086437
Topic
STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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Ady, do you find it hard to watch Star Wars now that you’ve spent so much time analyzing, edition and creating it? I’ve found that, while I still love Star Wars, the extensive editing of the film’s makes me kind of ADHD when it comes to watching them. I can’t seem to just sit there and watch them anymore.

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#1086357
Topic
TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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Is there anyway to soften Akbar’s “all craft” line. His voice is too strong in contrast with his next lines. Also, the music, as Never pointed out, is off. I’m not sure you can make the music work here. The chord structures are very different as are the tempos and mood. Perhaps you could extend the sounds from the original next scene that followed Akbar and slowly fade them out into the scene you have now?