Eyepainter

JackNapier said:

Eyepainter said:

Darth_Zounds said:

For a while, I’ve been on the fence about saying this, but to heck with it.

During the scene where Padme reveals to Anakin that she’s preggers, intercut a short flashback of them doing the devil’s tango.

Be sure to add careless whisper to that flashback for good measure.

This isn’t the good ideas thread. Lol.

Is every idea I come up with supposed to be part of the good ideas thread now?

Well, in that case, fine. You win. Here’s the official best edit ever, as recommended by you folks.

Make Star Wars an anime.

Add a steamy lovemaking scene between Anakin and Padme that features the song Careless Whisper.

Have this be the ending to Episode III.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RUq0sZx6ssE

Replace Princess Leia’s “Hope” line from Rogue One with this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XeDM1ZjMK50

Insert a wet spot of Palpatine’s crotch every time he gets to witness something evil.

Definitely replace “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” with “Space: the final frontier.”

Have the Sith (and the empire, too) sing Gilbert and Sullivan while everyone else talks normally.

Add Palpatine’s “Power! Unlimited Power!” line to ROTJ when he’s zapping Luke.

Have Darth Vader sing Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” before he dies in ROTJ.

Replace all footage of Darth Vader with YouTube videos of cute, adorable bunny rabbits.

…And finally…

Add this to the ending of TROS when Rey hears all the voices of the Jedi:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qHkXFsK6UUg

With all of these changes combined, we now have the best edit ideas ever created. Inappropriate for this thread, I know. But then again, so are all of my ideas on this thread. I hope these changes have inspired many fan editors, and that they will continue to influence other fan editors in the future.

…And while I’m at it, I suppose it might be a good idea to show what the color grade looks like with the exposure levels reset. I’ll only show a still of the opening shot since I don’t want to overwhelm everyone with a zillion more examples.

Here’s what the color grade looked like before I reset the exposure levels:

…And here’s what the color grade looks like now:

I’ve picked this shot as an example because of how dark the image is, and to show just how much detail was lost when I lowered the exposure levels. In the top example, you’ll notice how hard it is to see the darker parts of the ship, while in the bottom example, those details are easier to notice.

Feeling much better today. I think I will start work on the sound editing and remove as many unwanted lines and droid dialogue as possible. That should be enough for a workprint. I’m not sure how long exporting the workprint is gonna take, but I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to send it out to Captain Faraday in the next 12 or so hours.

Darth_Zounds said:

For a while, I’ve been on the fence about saying this, but to heck with it.

During the scene where Padme reveals to Anakin that she’s preggers, intercut a short flashback of them doing the devil’s tango.

Be sure to add careless whisper to that flashback for good measure.

Just got sick today. I’m trying not to exert too much energy until I heal, so I decided to get the crawl rendered instead of watching the color grade (trying to decide if I want to analyze the grading, as I tend to feel worse if I interact with electronics too long when I’m sick). It’s a time-consuming process that only requires me to click a few buttons and that’s it. I’ll work on getting better for the time being. My hope is that I’ll be back on my feet by tomorrow or the day after. I’m not going to say that the edit is being delayed yet, but I do have to take things slower until I feel better.

Exposure levels reset. Watching the edit for any other issues. If everything else looks good, I’ll be heading into the sound editing stage.

Just gave the edit a glance. I realized I made a mistake in lowering the exposure levels. I was trying to give the movie a more cinematic look, but I ended up clipping the black levels. I’m resetting the exposure levels back to 0 right now. The only exception being the white levels, as they still have a clipping problem. So, I will lower the exposure of the white levels slightly to fix the clipping issue.

If I find any other issues, I’ll post another update. For now, I’m going to work on the exposure levels, which should be fixed by tonight or tomorrow.

Swap Ahmed Best’s voice with Ian McDiarmid’s voice, and swap Ian McDiarmid’s voice with Ahmed Best’s voice.

Finished with the color grading, or so I hope. I’ll give the edit a watch tomorrow to see if any inconsistencies pop up or errors need to be ironed out.

Once that’s over, I will be heading straight for the sound editing.

Same here. I’ve wanted to see these since I first heard of their existence.

Hal 9000 said:

NO POSTING FROM PARALLEL UNIVERSES OR DIMENSIONS.

Are you threatening me, master jedi?

T-202 said:

Eyepainter said:

Make this the ending for Episode III:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RUq0sZx6ssE

This is supposed to be the worst ideas, not the best ideas.

Maybe in your universe, this is true, but according to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, there are multiple universes. Not just yours. My universe declared this edit idea of Anakin and Obi-Wan becoming a gay couple at the last second as one of the worst ever. So, please have some humility and be considerate of the other universes posting on this thread.

I’m more than halfway through the color grading now. Plus, I’m getting this weekend off. So, fingers crossed, the color grading will be finished soon. I think I’ve posted enough screencaps at this time. So I don’t intend to show more. I don’t want to turn this topic into a photo album.

Make this the ending for Episode III:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RUq0sZx6ssE

Create a crossover with Jar Jar Binks and the wookies from the Star Wars Holiday Special.

After Luke removes Vader’s helmet and sees his father’s face, have Vader sing the entirety of Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” before he dies. Be sure to add the Cantina band players from Mos Eisley into the background while Anakin sings those high notes.

In the final scene of Rogue One, dub over CGI Princess Leia’s “hope” line, and replace it with this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XeDM1ZjMK50

As promised, here’s some screencaps showing the slight alteration I’ve made to fix some slight reddish tints to the brightest parts of the color grading. Once again, top is before, bottom is after.

Pay close attention to the sky in this one, since it shows the most dramatic change.

Next, here’s a shot of the jedi temple.

The hallway in this shot, I feel, shows considerable improvement.

The lights in this cap look better too.

Look at the sunlight closely in this cap.

Here’s a cap of one of the deleted scenes I’m adding in. Mon Mothma’s white suit looks a little different in this shot.

Here’s some more of that same deleted scene. Much like the first screencap, the skyline shows a major difference.

Here’s another skyline cap from one of the few remaining shots of Kashyyyk.

Another skyline cap. This time, with Anakin.

The ship in the background shows a noticeable improvement.

Ditto for this one.

This cap, I’m not so sure about. I might go back and re-adjust it some more.

Same with this cap. Not sure what it is about this particular scene, but the blue looks off for some reason.

Here’s a screencap of Grievous. This cap is subtle, but the difference is there.

And finally, let’s finish this off with a cap from the Utapau battle.

So, hopefully, all of this will give you a rough idea for what the brighter parts of the image will look like. I know this color grading is taking a lot longer than my previous two, but I’m doing what I can (in between work shifts and major life changes) to get it finished.

Darth_Zounds said:

During ‘Revenge of the Sith,’ there can be the following conversation.

PADME:
Obi-Wan, tell me what’s going on.

OBI-WAN:
Palpatine is the Phantom Menace we’ve been looking for. He caused the Attack of the Clones on the Jedi to bring about the Revenge of the Sith.

PADME:
That means he’s been behind these Star Wars the whole time…

So that’s it? What? We some kind of Phantom Menace?

Currently grading the Obi-Wan/Grievous confrontation. The color grading is taking longer than I expected, mainly because I noticed the whites looked a little too red. I made a very slight adjustment towards the green, making the whites just a tad closer to cyan than the greys and blacks. It’s a small adjustment, and I don’t think it will be too noticable, but I’ll get some screencaps when I have the time to show what’s different.

Hal 9000 said:

Replace the second Death Star’s throne room chasm with a wood chipper. Insert a shot of Vader using the Force to flip a switch to “on” as he makes his way toward it carrying Palpatine.

Then, when Luke shows up, he sees Darth Vader throwing Palpatine’s limbs in the wood chipper. Luke defeats Vader, and arrests him. He then says, “I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper.” Luke then goes into a conversation about how there’s more to life than a little money. He says he doesn’t understand it and finishes off his conversation with, “…and it’s a beautiful day.”

Just got finished with the opening sequence. As promised, here’s a bunch of stills I took to give a demonstration on the differences between the blu-ray and the color grade I’ve been working on. For simplicity’s sake, top is blu-ray, HDR grade is bottom.

Let’s start with a few stills of the opening shot:

Here are some stills of everything that happens before the Dooku confrontation:

And here’s some stills of the actual Dooku confrontation:

Next, we go to stills of the escape:

…Which leads us to General Grievous:

…Which segues into the landing:

Replace Luke Skywalker and Han Solo’s voices with Beavis and Butthead’s.

Darth_Zounds said:

SandMTV said:

Add the scene of Anakin killing Obi-Wan while he’s about to depart for Utapau.

I wasn’t able to watch that.

I’m having the same problem too. I think the video got deleted shortly after that post.

Anyway, replace all soldiers of the Empire and make them all babies. And whenever a stormtrooper gets hurt, make sure to add a crying baby sound effect when they go down.

Sounds like it’s settled. I’ve currently graded about two-thirds of the way through the opening sequence and I’m laboring through the General Grievous meetup. I’m trying to see if I can remove R2’s distraction through the use of zooming and cropping, so that Obi-Wan just snatches his lightsaber right in front of Grievous’ face instead. Needless to say, it’s a pain in the neck.

I’ll grab some stills of the opening sequence as soon as I’ve completed it.