Eyepainter

Darth Raditz said:

Is there any way to have it so Jar Jar knew that Padme was Queen Amidala the entire time? Looking at Eddie’s tool, I see there’s the line “…but only if Queenie thinks it all right to tell you.” Maybe incorporating that line with Jar Jar & Padme’s first meeting creates a double meaning that’s more apparent on a second viewing, and cutting out Jar Jar’s shocked revelation when Padme reveals herself would seal it?

I cut out Jar Jar and Padme’s first scene together from my edit, which is a big step in the direction you want to go. Remove that scene, then cut out Jar Jar’s reaction to Padme being the queen. I think that’ll eliminate the question from the viewer’s mind.

Anakin Starkiller said:

is straight up lying and has no intent to help me.

Keep lying to yourself then. I did not tell any lies.

Also, if that’s how you view romance fiction, then it’s no wonder you’re having a hard time finding someone.

I don’t see it as a realistic model of what to expect, it’s just escapism.

Very well. I’ll keep lying to myself if you’re going to keep lying to yourself, too.

Also, it gives you a taste of what it feels like to be in love, but now, it’s escapism? Which one is it, then?

ExpandedUniverses said:

Eyepainter said:

ExpandedUniverses said:

Eyepainter said:

ExpandedUniverses said:

I’m very interested in this edit! And honestly, I think the original blue color grading you did is beautiful and makes the film look so much better. I know you decided to go more with the red grading, but I just wanted to say that I really like the blue! 💙

I know, right? I loved it too! It was my baby. Still, I think most people have become accustomed to the film being red (Even though most of the film isn’t actually red. I think Snoke’s throne and Crait gave people a bias), so as much as I wanted to go in that direction, popular demand dictated otherwise in this case. I understand, though. The blue look is very unique, and it’s my favorite film look from the ones I’ve created.

Maybe you could do two versions of the edit? ☺️ I know that would be extra work, so only do it if you want to…but it’s your fanedit and if the blue is your favorite, I think you should definitely use it! 💙 It’s just so pretty.

I love your attitude! I’m not sure how much cloud storage I have right now, but if I have enough, I might be able to send you a link to the blue look when I’ve released it.

Oh my, really? ☺️ Awww, thank you so much! That would be amazing 💙 I think your edit will be awesome, your changelist sounds excellent!

Thanks! I hope it meets your expectations! 😃

Anakin Starkiller said:

Just to let everyone know, this is the same person who posts an incessant number of Bully Maguire memes in the worst edit ideas thread.

I think I posted a single video of that once. I did not post “an incessant number”. Certainly less times then you’ve posted about this one really specific trauma without elaborating upon it in any meaningful way. Saying it won’t make it go away, nor will it make people excuse anything you do because of it. If you’re actually open to dealing with it so you can move on with your life than by all means do so but you don’t seem open to that. You can’t live in the past, as much as you might want to.

So I think it’s only fair if I ask this question: How old are you now?

I asked you first, you answer first, then I’ll gladly answer. Besides, I’m asking in an attempt to help you. You’re asking in an attempt to belittle me.

You’re crying because you can’t get a date. I’m not the one who’s being a child here.

Keep projecting, kid.

If you’re looking for something more than that from a relationship, then good! I wish more people had that mindset when dating. But don’t assume that everyone else is thinking the same thing you are.

Fair enough, maybe others are more shallow than you and I.

My friend broke up with his girlfriend of several years a while back, was real down about it, but within a month or two was already talking up girls. He just got back from going to the other end of country with a new girl and it hasn’t even been 6 months since his breakup.

I find it odd that you think those two things don’t involve bragging to people when they both involve putting your significant other on a pedestal and feeding you unrealistic fantasies about love.

Putting people on a pedestal isn’t bragging about them really. I guess it’s bragging about someone else to yourself? It’s not really what I’d consider bragging, at any rate. It’s not about inflating your own ego.

When people were reading Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey, were they not bragging? If not, then explain Team Edward.

How is rooting for a particular ending the same as bragging? I guess you could argue they brag when their side wins? Regardless, the point of romance fiction is to get a taste of what it feels like to be in love, not to get a taste of the associated status. Or at least, that’s what I’d expect from romance fiction and all I’ve ever seen from it in fanfiction.

You exaggerated the number of times I talked about my first crush. I exaggerated the number of times you posted Bully Maguire memes. Seems fair enough to me.

I also think that the person who says that they’re asking for your age because they’re trying to help and that I’m belittling them while also saying, “We heard you the first ten times. How old are you now?” and “Keep projecting, kid.” is straight up lying and has no intent to help me. So no, I prefer to respect my confidentiality in this topic.

Also, if that’s how you view romance fiction, then it’s no wonder you’re having a hard time finding someone. Most romance fiction is overly idealized and unrealistic. I had a friend once who called it “emotional porn” and that’s a pretty accurate description of it. I wouldn’t call it something that gets you “a taste of what it feels like to be in love” if I were you.

ExpandedUniverses said:

Eyepainter said:

ExpandedUniverses said:

I’m very interested in this edit! And honestly, I think the original blue color grading you did is beautiful and makes the film look so much better. I know you decided to go more with the red grading, but I just wanted to say that I really like the blue! 💙

I know, right? I loved it too! It was my baby. Still, I think most people have become accustomed to the film being red (Even though most of the film isn’t actually red. I think Snoke’s throne and Crait gave people a bias), so as much as I wanted to go in that direction, popular demand dictated otherwise in this case. I understand, though. The blue look is very unique, and it’s my favorite film look from the ones I’ve created.

Maybe you could do two versions of the edit? ☺️ I know that would be extra work, so only do it if you want to…but it’s your fanedit and if the blue is your favorite, I think you should definitely use it! 💙 It’s just so pretty.

I love your attitude! I’m not sure how much cloud storage I have right now, but if I have enough, I might be able to send you a link to the blue look when I’ve released it.

Anakin Starkiller said:

So many people on here complaining about how hard dating is while I’m here crying over my first crush, who died in a car accident when I was 13.

We heard you the first ten times. How old are you now?

The real problem that I see is that most of you wanna brag about having someone around, like you’ve won a prize or something.

I think you’re fooling yourself if you genuinely that’s why most people seek companionship. It certainly isn’t my reason. And then the rest of your paragraph seems to fly in the face of that first sentence, talking about “the one” and harlequin books which are absolutely not about bragging to people (or at least I would assume). Sending a really mixed message here.

Just to let everyone know, this is the same person who posts an incessant number of Bully Maguire memes in the worst edit ideas thread. So I think it’s only fair if I ask this question: How old are you now?

That aside, I’ve only posted about the death of my first crush two times in total (three if you count this one). And I don’t recall anyone reacting to it until today. So, no. I don’t think everyone heard that. Maybe they have now, but I don’t care. I’m crying because someone I loved is dead. You’re crying because you can’t get a date. I’m not the one who’s being a child here.

Also, if you genuinely think that I’m fooling myself, you obviously don’t live in my area of residence. I don’t know where you get this idea that people are looking for more than what I described, but in my experience, it isn’t true. Hell, fmalover just admitted that he’s trying to get in one for physical reasons. If you’re looking for something more than that from a relationship, then good! I wish more people had that mindset when dating. But don’t assume that everyone else is thinking the same thing you are.

Finally, let’s talk about those mixed messages. I think it’s obvious that my post looked down on things like “the one” and Harlequin romance novels. On top of that, I find it odd that you think those two things don’t involve bragging to people when they both involve putting your significant other on a pedestal and feeding you unrealistic fantasies about love. When people were reading Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey, were they not bragging? If not, then explain Team Edward.

ExpandedUniverses said:

I’m very interested in this edit! And honestly, I think the original blue color grading you did is beautiful and makes the film look so much better. I know you decided to go more with the red grading, but I just wanted to say that I really like the blue! 💙

I know, right? I loved it too! It was my baby. Still, I think most people have become accustomed to the film being red (Even though most of the film isn’t actually red. I think Snoke’s throne and Crait gave people a bias), so as much as I wanted to go in that direction, popular demand dictated otherwise in this case. I understand, though. The blue look is very unique, and it’s my favorite film look from the ones I’ve created.

After Anakin and Obi-Wan drive into the purple lightning in AOTC, insert this video of a donkey laughing…

https://youtu.be/khFb4FTJ4Jo

…And trim out the dog, so that the donkey is laughing at Anakin and Obi-Wan.

So many people on here complaining about how hard dating is while I’m here crying over my first crush, who died in a car accident when I was 13.

I’m just gonna be blunt. Your problems with the dating world aren’t that bad. You may think they are, but they aren’t. The real problem that I see is that most of you wanna brag about having someone around, like you’ve won a prize or something. I’m sorry, but it doesn’t work that way. A romantic relationship isn’t about finding “the one.” It’s about what you and your significant other do when you’re shopping together. It’s about how you help your girlfriend out when her mom dies from cancer. It’s about how you handle children. It’s about how you resolve arguments when things aren’t great. Those aren’t exactly things that the Harlequin romance bin will teach you, but they’re things you have to be realistic about if you want a successful relationship.

I’m sorry if this post is harsh. It’s just that I see too many people who hold unrealistic expectations over dating and marriage. I guess I had to b*tch about it.

Just tested the 1080p version. I found a couple of sound editing mistakes during the Crait battle, so I’m correcting those. Otherwise, everything else looks great!

I also just realized I haven’t written down the full list of changes for VIII and IX! I’m gonna have to start working on that too. In the words of Daft Punk, our work is never over.

Sound editing is done! Gonna work on testing the edit next.

Replace Ian McDiarmid’s face with the face of an 18-month old toddler.

EddieDean said:

Here’s an example new introduction to Jar Jar, where he actually has character!

It’s not perfect, but I think it demonstrates the potential of using Clone Wars lines!

I like it! Introducing Jar Jar as a representative for Naboo makes him an essential piece of the puzzle. It’s a lot better than him just being a humble servant.

arabian said:

I’m with everyone here, brilliant, bloody brilliant idea.

It creates such a beautiful connective tissue. (And for my personal viewing order is chef’s kiss! since I put TPM right after TESB. I don’t think it will make audiences have a harder time watching at all since it does simplify things esp since I do think that the Gungan battle should mostly be done away with. So then you just have 3 plotlines and now two of them wind up connected.

Okay, that works for me. Carry on!

I suppose I’ll have to be the critic on this, although I will say that I like this idea on paper. My main problem (and the reason it’s never been done before) is that it might make the ending an even bigger headache for the viewer.

Here’s what I mean. I’m gonna look at this from the audience’s perspective. We’ve been following four plotlines throughout the final act of the movie. Already, this is a lot to take in. Now all of a sudden, Anakin’s plotline is being intercut with Maul/Obi-Wan’s plotline, possibly within seconds of each other. This means that the audience now has to figure out four storylines and, in addition, try to connect the dots on two of them within seconds of each other. The biggest problem with Episode I’s ending is in its overcomplications. And my main concern is that having two plotlines happen simultaneously will make that problem even worse.

I hope I’m not sounding too harsh. If there’s a way to simplify these plotlines and keep this idea at the same time, I’ll bite my words. But for now, I’m wondering what can be done to keep the ending simple.

I’ve been on a Roger Corman binge, and I decided to watch a double feature: Eat My Dust!, and Grand Theft Auto (No, it has nothing to do with the games. This movie was out long before anyone knew what a Playstation was).

I watched these two back-to-back, because they both have a few similarities. They’re both produced by Roger Corman, they have a ton of cars getting wrecked real good, and most importantly, these two films both starred Ron Howard and launched his directing career. Grand Theft Auto is more noteworthy, because that’s the one where Howard made his directing debut. Neither of these two are worth comparing to Apollo 13 or A Beautiful Mind, but there’s no denying that they’re both fun to watch.

I would say, between the two, Eat My Dust! has the better ending, but I like Grand Theft Auto more as a whole. With the latter, it’s impressive to see what little Ronny Howard was able to accomplish on such a tiny budget, and some of the car crashes gave me a “how did they do that?” kind of vibe. Not to mention, this is the movie’s theme song:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hHY6bmTsGGc

End credits are done. I had to redownload the file because of that, so I’m gonna have to test the file one more time, and hopefully, this one’s the last.

This edit is gonna contain a couple of firsts for me, too. For starters, I found out how to make chapters for the file. Or at least, I think I have. For some reason, my blu-ray player can’t read the chapter marks. But on the bright side, they work perfectly on my computer’s VLC player. Hopefully, it’s just my blu-ray player that refuses to read the chapter selections, and everyone else will be fine. Still, if the chapters aren’t acting right after it’s been released, feel free to let me know.

The other first is that I’m switching from MKV to MP4/M4V for the file container. .MP4 is more widely accessible, and because I converted my blu-ray source to an .M4V file for DaVinci Resolve, it makes little sense to try and convert it to .MKV anymore like I did with the prequels. This coupled with both 1080p and 720p versions should make my sequel trilogy edits the easiest ones to access (until I return to the prequels again, of course).

I agree. I’ll keep it open just in case, but if I don’t get a good defense for the second one, I’ll stick with what I already did before, even if NeverarGreat is right about its flaws and shortcomings.

Here are some more screencaps. The second half of the film had more close-ups which show the differences in the skintones, as well as more Exegol. As usual, they’re down in the spoiler tag below:

Neerb said:

Servii said:

Add a subtitle for Greedo when he says “Maclunkey”:

“I miss my wife, Han. I miss her a lot. I’ll be back.”

Tarkin preparing to fire the Death Star:

“I’ve come to make an announcement…”

…Or you can go the Futurama route and have him say, “Good news everyone!” instead.

I have a bad feeling about this.

Okay, I’ve done what I could to try and fix the issues NeverarGreat brought up. After the work I did on the color grading for my TLJ edit, I wanted to be more conservative with the blue film look for IX. I’m bringing this up now, because as you’ll soon see, my tweaking has made the grade even bluer.

Here’s a shot from the previous grade:

The first thing I did was lower the reds. This made the purple/pink less visible, but it also brought back my biggest nemesis in the grading of this film: The skin tones. They didn’t look red enough anymore. They also made things more teal, which makes it worse. So, in order to fix this, I had to reduce the greens a bit so that the blues could come back. Only the blues remained unchanged. The result is this:

I’m not sure if this is an improvement, or a disaster. On the one hand, I like the increase in blue. On the other hand, I think that same increase might actually be worse. In fact, I think the teal issue is still a problem. It’s hard to make a good judgment call because the skin tones are sensitive to the blue grading I’m giving it. If I make it too blue, the purple tint issue that NeverarGreat is talking about becomes a huge problem. But if I don’t make it blue enough, the skin tones don’t look red, and it loses its film-like quality. Finding the right balance has been quite a difficulty for this grade. It’s also the reason why I haven’t updated as quickly as I did before with VII and VIII. I have to be very sure that nothing looks too off.

My hope is that the increase in blue, oddly enough, fixes the highlight issues and gives the grade an improvement. But I need a second opinion for this one. You may find the screencaps in the spoiler tag below:

NeverarGreat said:

I’d say there’s a bit too much blue, especially in the highlights. The reds look a bit purple/pink and the greens are a bit teal. It is striking though, and some shots look a lot nicer.

A lot of that is a consequence of changing the grading to blue, but I’ll see if I can lower it a bit. Don’t expect a gigantic change, but I’ll give it a try.

benroberts79 said:

I’m keen to get back into watching some SW fanedits and this is high on my interest list!

Could i grab the links please 😃

Thanks

Ben

Yes, you may!

Glad to hear! Unless someone finds a flaw or two, it sounds like I’ve knocked the color grading out of the park with this one. I’ll be moving on to the sound editing next, as well as working on the finishing touches for everything else I’ve done with the sequel trilogy.

Time to tackle the color grading for Episode IX.

Now, I’ve said that I like this movie, but one thing I will agree on is this. The color grading for this film is terrible! Terrible! Horrible! It looks like every movie made in the last ten years combined into one, resulting in a film that looks so… Unnatural (Insert Exegol lightning sound effects here). I think I know why too. Here’s the opening shot of Exegol as taken from my blu-ray:

Notice that lightning bolt in the background. On my waveform and parade scopes, this lightning bolt is a teal green color. No, I’m not making that up. The green is slightly more prevalent than the blue. While my main objective in the color grading is to give it a more film-like grade (Just like with VII and VIII), I feel the color scheme needs a makeover. Fortunately, most people should be okay if I go with the blue film look that I mentioned in my Episode VII color grading. Which changes the color scheme from teal green…

…To blue.

I think it works, especially since I attribute it to ESB, the crown jewel of the franchise. I also think it looks more accurate than the original. The only challenge I’ve had is making sure the skintones don’t look too reddish. Otherwise, I think this is an improvement. But as usual, someone could prove me wrong. You may see the rest in the spoiler tag below. Let me know if anything needs improvement.

And on a side note, no, I didn’t go with HAL9000’s idea of changing Exegol to white, and the reason is simple. I don’t like it. I understand the desire to change Exegol to a different color scheme, but it suffers from the same problem that I mentioned with the original. It looks unnatural, and the slight reddish tint only adds to the whole thing looking off. So, my apologies to HAL9000 fans everywhere, but I don’t like it, and I don’t want to do it. You may PM your complaints about Exegol to me, which I will happily ignore. Anyway, on with the screencaps: