DrVibble

I’d be very interested in seeing this!

This sounds like a really interesting edit! I’d love a link.

Hey again! Been a while; I’ve returned to my own fan edit projects for the first time in a while, and if it’s all right, I’m back with a couple more fan editing questions (just two this time hehe)

1. How can I export without or with minimum compression/pixelation in dark areas of the image? My current efforts have seen heavy pixellation. My process is encoding the Blu-Ray Rip in Handbrake at max quality, then exporting as .mp4 or .mov. I’d love to have maximum visual quality, is it an mkv thing? I’m on the free version of DaVinci Resolve so I may be limited there

2. How can I export DTS audio? Currently I’m just exporting AAC, which has so far been fine, but again, max quality would be really nice

I know I’ve had a lot of questions, but exporting’s turned out more complicated than I thought!

These exports are just some quite basic LOTR edits (added musical overtures, musical intermissions, chapter titles for the now six parts, and some minor cuts/trims), and I’d love to be able to have them in as high quality as possible. I may bring them to this site.

This edit sounds v impressive; I’d love a link!

This sounds great! Plagueis was always one of my favourite EU books, I’d love to give this a read!

maizerblazer said:

Thank you for sharing the link, and for all the hard work you put into this. I think it is a fantastic edit on the whole, surpassing Restructured for best TFA edit out there. A few thoughts on the edit, for what they’re worth:

THINGS I LOVED:

• The overall look of the film, and the re-grading of Jakku.
• The shifts in the Snoke/Kylo/Hux scenes, especially delaying the reveal. The theatrical always felt to me like it broke the fourth wall, whereas learning it from Han and Leia feels more natural and emotionally grounded. Really good.
• Moving “there’s been an awakening” to the end.
• The sequence of shots after Starkiller Base fires is perfect.
• Integrating the Kylo on the Falcon deleted scene into the attack on Starkiller Base.

THINGS I’D CONSIDER CHANGING/ADDING:

• I like adding the voices to the first interrogation scene but then felt like I was expecting them for the Rey/Kylo scene as well. It feels like this is a spot where those might fit well. You could incorporate some lines from this movie (“they’ll come back, one day,” “he means nothing to me”), but this would also be a spot where a bunch of lines from the rest of the trilogy could come in as a sort of foreshadowing since this is the moment where the “dyad” comes together for the first time.
• On the other hand, the voices when Han and Kylo confront each other felt superfluous given how well acted the scene is to start with.
• I agree with what I think someone said above that Rey’s Sith eyes don’t quite “pop” and it might not be exactly clear what they are supposed to be to someone not expecting them. But the reveal is shocking and really hits the way I assume you intended.
• Could Palpatine’s voice be louder in Rey’s vision?

THINGS THAT DIDN’T REALLY WORK FOR ME:

• TR-8R’s new dialogue: felt like a little too much to me.

I second all of this!

Your Legend edits sound like a really interesting project! Would love a link to the workprints

Been following Ascendant’s V2 progress, so incredibly excited to see it completed!!! Truly an achievement to be proud of, congratulations to everyone who contributed! Can’t wait to watch!

How have I not come across this before??? This looks awesome! I’d love a link for both Ep1 and Ep2 of the ‘Mandoverse’.

This edit sounds great! Been delving into edits for the trilogies, haven’t tried some for the anthology films. I’d love a PM, or another mode of access!

As an amateur fan editor who’s been trying my own hand at re-grading TLOTR manually (currently only a bit over halfway through TFOTR), I would love a copy of this!

Another question: I’ve been working on a small edit of the EE, adding musical intermissions and custom chapter titles, as well as re-grading them. Though I do intend to finish my own colour grade, I’m finding myself increasingly pressed for time recently; would it be permissible to make a version using your re-graded films? My edits are mainly for personal viewing; if I end up wanting to release them on here, I’ll use your version solely as reference.

Thanks for clarifying! I’ll make sure to read other edits’ specific permissions if I ever end up needing to -nab- lovingly borrow something.

Also, thanks to your tutorial and a couple of others, I think I’ve finally figured out how to get lossless Blu-Ray video and surround audio into DaVinci Resolve. I don’t know how long it would have taken me to discover that extraction trick with FFmpeg without it. Thanks so much for lending your continued help to an aspiring fan editor!

Hi again, back for a couple more questions…

I noticed that in your edit, when the company is approaching Erebor, the extreme wide shows fourteen distant black figures rather than the nine in the original film. I remember seeing this shot in the Maple Edit; is this that same shot borrowed, or a new VFX shot specifically for this? Either way, what sorta permissions would I need to use the shot in my own edit? (I kinda feel dirty borrowing so much, I just have zero VFX experience… thinking about learning some basics to see if I can make my own stuff)

Second and last question, are the deleted scenes found in the appendices that come with the extended editions? I’ve wanted to re-add Gandalf’s speech in my own edit ever since I learned it was a thing. There’s also one, perhaps two other brief deleted scenes I wanted to try re-adding.

Yeah my placeholder so far is just one in white. I’ll see what free VFX programs and tutorials I can find. Thanks again!

Thanks so much! It’s honestly a blessing to get first-hand help; I would never have put that together about the audio. Funnily enough, I’ve spent nearly all of today fiddling with Handbrake’s encoding settings to get functioning audio, but now I realise I only needed the video xD

Thanks for clarifying about the credits, I’ll check some tutorials to put it all together.

I already have Audacity, and though I haven’t used it much, I’ll be sure to check out that tutorial.

Though I did consider it, nabbing the intermission from your or the Maple Edit wouldn’t quite work for mine, as my intermissions are longer (they’re both a bit over 8 minutes as I use songs from Clamavi de Profundis). As I also intend to make similar CdP musical intermissions for the LOTR Extended Editions, for which the text would need to be blue rather than brown/gold, it’s probably most effective to learn the effect myself. I’m sure there are free VFX programs (I think Blender is free?) that I can find sufficient tutorials for.

Thanks a lot for all the help! I’ll start getting myself some good uncompressed 5.1 audio.

Just one more question, if it’s alright: having just got my hands on some Blu-Rays of The Hobbit and LOTR (don’t ask how, but up till now I’ve only had the 4K Blu-Rays and DVDs), so I intend to rebuild my edit from the ground up in HD. That being said, I’m having trouble figuring out what audio format to encode it with.

To get the video file I rip it from the Blu-Ray with MakeMKV and then encode it using HandBrake, but I’m not sure whether to encode it with Stereo or 5.1 audio. For the DVD it was just Stereo, but now I’m not sure what’s best. Since we’re likely working off similar discs, what settings did you use?

Sorry if the repeated questions are bugging you.

Thanks for the reply! Despite being an amateur editor, I really hope to make my edit as complete as possible, and the technical prowess on display in your and other Hobbit edits has been a great inspiration. If you don’t mind further questions, I’ve a couple more things to add (if this is getting too off-topic for this thread feel free to redirect me):

I edit with DaVinci Resolve, and only the free version (my budget is limited), and I’m still relatively inexperienced with it; I can comfortably use the Cut and Edit pages and I’m now teaching myself how to colour grade, though I’ve never touched its Fairlight and Fusion sections (sound design and VFX). Never used Photoshop, Premiere or After Effects; this edit is the first and only video editing project I’ve ever made (jumping in the deep end, I know, but up till now I’ve been able to do everything I’ve needed to; just this more technically complex stuff that’s beyond me).

Regarding your advice for making the credits, I can understand it all until the last part, as I’m not familiar with using key frames. Though I’ve so far got by fine by just fiddling around and teaching myself Resolve’s functions, I’ll look up some tutorials for these more specialised functions. Also, while that covers the scrolling cast section, what should I do for the rest of the crew credits? Since it seems a hell of a task to go through and write out every individual crew member, is the rest just nabbed from one of the films?

I have zero VFX experience, and Adobe software has a pretty steep price tag; I could try to do what I need to do within their one-week free trial, unless you can recommend any free alternatives?

Thanks for clarifying about the VFX permissions; I’ll have a look at those links, and if I ever take this edit more public, I’ll be sure to give eric1894 credit.

Thanks so much for your help so far! Again, if these technical questions are too off-topic for this edit’s thread, I’ll stop.

Hi again! Watching your edit has provided me with some wonderful inspiration for my own work, and we’ve turned out to have very similar ideas for some areas (especially the wordless prologue and the placement of Bard taking out the Black Arrow). I love that stuff like this can be made and shared.

I’m returning to this thread as I had a few more questions pertaining to editing, which are pretty specific to this edit.

There are two things you made in your edit that I would love to be able to do for my own as well: the new credits and the VFX ‘Intermission’ title.

How do you go about making an all-new credits sequence? Are there templates you can get somewhere, do you replicate it from the original films, or do you just have to do the entire thing by hand?

What programs would you recommend for learning basic VFX to make that ‘Intermission’ text? You don’t have to put a full tutorial for the effect down here, that could get complex (though some starter tips wouldn’t hurt 😃)

On another note, would it be possible to re-use some of the custom VFX shots you have in this edit, and if so whose permission will I need to ask for? (I mainly aim to use this edit for private viewing, but if it turns out well I might end up sharing it.)

Hal 9000 said:

Nah, the LUTs already in use are better, if I remember right.

Here’s two clips. The finished puppet show and conference room (complete with “Captain Hux”).

https://vimeo.com/589175076

https://vimeo.com/589175438

That puppet show looked flawless to me, even in fullscreen. Wouldn’t think twice about it if I’d never seen the film. I love the design of the AT-M6 too, making it look like an animal.

‘Captain Hux’ sounds reeaally close to perfect, but there is a noticeable splice. If ‘Captain’ could be made to inflect more down in pitch at the end it could sound more natural.

sherlockpotter said:

oviniboy said:

Hey, Sherlock, what about the “I’m a Jedi” line? Are you satisfied with the current version or still need some fixes? Anything we could help?

I was reasonably satisfied with the latest version (reposted below), although an extra set of ears would definitely be appreciated! Especially since it’s been a little while, and we’ll be able to listen to it fresh.

sherlockpotter said:

Did a little more smoothing out on “I” and “am a.” Is it any better?

Also, maybe I’ve watched this clip too many times, but what if Palps says, “I am all the Sith. You are nothing. A scavenger girl is no match for the power in me.” Sade, you’re the expert - did we try it that way already? Would it make any significant difference to the scene?

Hell if I know.

https://streamable.com/81qs12

I will also say that I know CaptainFaraday was trying to fiddle with it as well; but I’m not sure if he was able to make any more progress since he and I last spoke.

First time listening to this: I think the only part that needs work is “am a”, it’s said pretty quickly and sounds just a little bit clippy. But the audio of the rest of the scene works great, and the line itself is a fantastic change

I’ve never got around to watching the 2003 Clone Wars in full; this looks like a great way to do it. I’d love a link!

Thanks! Matter of fact, my 5.5 hour edit is actually a single-film cut of The Hobbit trilogy. As I wanted to try something different, it ended up a good sight longer than most other of its type, which usually range from 3-4 hours; including 2 musical intermissions my cut totals 5h 40m

This looks like a formidable edit! Being a fan of Star Wars, long films, and an amateur fan editor whose first edit is likewise about 5.5 hours long, I’d love to check this edit out!

I’d love a PM of your progress so far! It would be great to get a sense of the series’ new general style.

Also I just realised you’re using music by Samuel Kim!! I love his stuff! All the more reason to watch.

This project sounds awesome! I binged through all of TCW for the first time not long after Season 7 came out, and I’ve been tentatively thinking about re-watching it; this sounds like the perfect alternative.

I particularly like the sound of what you’re doing with the villains - making Maul a more constant threat will definitely raise the series as a whole and augment its conclusion, and Grievous could definitely do with being more threatening - and I also like your approach of giving each season a greater episode-to-episode continuity, something the original series, in retrospect, sorely lacks at times. Can’t wait to see how it turns out. Good luck!