Just two scenes away from completing my Episode I commentary! Once it’s completed, I’m gonna start making the necessary steps for submission on fanedit.org! 😃
Is there a fan edit of The Phantom Menace thats HD looks like the theatrical version with the puppet Yoda?
My edit of Episode I has puppet Yoda in HD. I can send you the link if you want, but I’m about 95% finished with my latest version, and if you’d rather wait for the update, that’s fine.
I think the Angry Video Game Nerd has the best explanation for this subject! Be warned, though. The clip contains a few naughty words, but is worth watching outside of work hours:
Sorry for making you kinda jump through a lot of hoops regarding this lmao. That is definitely my favorite of the three!
It’s okay. The color grading would be slightly weaker without those hoops!
Anyway, thanks for the advice! Since it’s my favorite of the three as well, I’m gonna go with that overlay and say that the color grading has reached its peak. I don’t think I can improve upon it any further now.
Now, I just have to go through the tedium of finishing the commentary track, and I can get Episode I submitted to fanedit.org!
Got through Vimeo’s weekly storage limit. Here’s the medium grain overlay test, as requested by NotTheDri0ds. I hope it’s a good one!
Fuck you forced updates. Whoever decided to make Windows updates mandatory, burn in hell. I hope Microsoft goes bankrupt.
You might want to start hoping all the tech companies go bankrupt. They all do this, and if you don’t update, the product begins to slow down. I have to update my graphics card all the time for this reason.
Someone should do an edit based on this thread’s ideas.
TV’s Frink’s Episode I: The Ridiculous Menace and Episode II: Attack of the Ridiculousness are pretty close to this thread’s ideas. I’d give them a watch if you can find them!
I’m interested in seeing how the medium would look. In all honesty I’d rather it be a bit too noticeable than hardly visible at all, if it’s supposed to be going for a more classic A New Hope look.
I don’t really have a singular look in mind, other than to make it look more cinematic, and/or to make it look great. Anyway, I’ll see if I can upload the medium grain overlay. I’ve been uploading to Vimeo a lot lately, so I don’t know if I have enough space to upload it this week, but I’ll try to get it out there as soon as I can!
Completely remove Jar Jar from the entire PT, but don’t change any of the scenes to accommodate that. Jar Jar’s actually a mass hallucination spread through the entire Republic.
Expanding on this idea, do it to literally every character the fanbase deems “annoying” or “bad”. Reva, young Anakin. Not just the men, but the women, and the children too, after all.
Don’t forget the ewoks!
That’s definitely a lot more subtle. I wonder if there’s a way you could get a middle ground between the two? It could just be Vimeo’s compression, but I can hardly notice it.
Also, hope my critique hasn’t been too scathing, lol. Looking back my previous replies did turn out a bit more blunt than intended.
I can barely notice it in my editing suite, so I’m pretty sure the compression isn’t fooling you.
The low grain overlay I selected is one in a set of three overlays. The three are labeled as low, medium, and high grain. Admittedly, the medium grain overlay in those three is my favorite overlay ever. However, I’m reluctant to try it out because it looks similar to the first overlay I tried out, minus the dirt and scratches. I’d be happy to throw on the medium overlay if you’d like, but I’m guessing your thoughts on it will probably be the same as the first one.
After getting a somewhat lukewarm-to-negative response on the film grain overlay (mostly from my friend, NotTheDri0ds), I decided to change it up and try again. Since he felt that the grain was too distracting, I decided to use a low film grain overlay this time. This was one of the overlays that suffered from the gamma problem I mentioned earlier, so I readjusted the offset in order to get the color grading as close to what it was before the grain was applied, although I want to make it clear that this is an approximation, and not a re-creation. With my technical jargon aside, here’s my latest idea on the grain:
I think there’s definitely a bit too much grain, to the point it’s a bit distracting imo.
I see! I’m still waiting on some other folks on fanedit.org, but I’m guessing that Star Wars fans don’t like film grain all that much. I’ll probably switch to a different grain overlay (although how soon I will do it depends on what response I get on fanedit.org).
The teaser trailer for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever didn’t make me cry. In fact, I found it to be a cynical attempt at inspiration that exists to manipulate the viewer because of Chadwick Boseman’s death.
Also, the slow, inspiring version of all your favorite songs in every trailer over the past decade needs to die.
I finally watched v3.5 (sans audio commentary) on my 1080p HDTV! Everything looked good except for the film grain overlays. The inconsistencies between them were too obvious. I was hoping to use multiple overlays as a way to simulate alternating film reels, but the overlays have different gamma levels, and I also didn’t want to lower the opacity of the overlays because I hate the idea of making the grain less visible. So my plan of attack now is to use just one overlay and stick with it. I’ve thought up one, but I’m not sure if it works for most people. Below is the opening negotiations scene with the color grading and a sample of the film grain overlay I’m thinking of using. What are your thoughts on the this one? Is it too dirty?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LH5bseEoRbsR17IucRW_fRDAMnXFrGI7/view?usp=sharing
Now halfway through the climax for the audio commentary! 😊
To this day, I have nothing but sympathy for the poor souls who are unfortunate enough to have seen The Garbage Pail Kids Movie.
I’ve almost finished reading Jeff Bartsch’s book, Edit Better, and I decided to take a few pieces of advice for the sound editing and audio mixing. I decided to apply both audio compressors and EQ to each audio channel and adjust them individually. I’m already in love with the first 5 minutes of audio in the edit, but I will probably have to test it out on my 1080p HDTV just in case my computer speakers are lying to me on something.
I’ve also been entertaining some ideas to fix the export issues I’m having, and I think I’ve come up with a few solutions! I found out I can export the commentary track via an audio only track in Linear PCM. So, when I’m going through the film grain overlay stage, I can just pull out the audio-only track and apply it to the rest of the edit! And I think I can do the same thing for the stereo track as well! The only question, though, is whether it will work or not without crashing. There’s only one way to find out, but I’m keeping my chin up and assuming the best! The only downside is that I’ll probably have to do chapter markers again when I go through the film grain overlay export, which can be a time-consuming annoyance. But otherwise, I think I might be able to export the file with the grain after all!
And finally, yes, I’m recording more commentary stuff for the ending! 😊
Just made a big speech on the commentary track, and I’m now officially at the climax for the audio commentary!
Just finished The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (say that three times fast), and as a meta-movie about Nicholas Cage, it works just enough that I can’t really hate it. I wish the film had been less formulaic and taken more risks, but it was entertaining enough that I can’t complain. Pedro Pascal’s performance didn’t hurt either.
In Episode II, replace Anakin’s voice for an AI-generated Fabio, so that it’s more understandable why Padme would fall in love with him.
Censored cover art posted on the main topic. Thanks again, ArtisDead!
Cover art is now on the topic. Thanks again, ArtisDead!
Eyes Wide Shut. Feature-length troll post, that’s what it is.
Hopefully, I’m not endorsing myself too hard, but I’m currently working on my own edit of EWS, and I’ve cut out roughly 36 minutes and brought it down to a two-hour long running time. Still in the works, and I have to start work on the audio commentary once I’ve prepped my edit of Episode I for fanedit.org for submission, but I figured I might let you know in case you’re interested.
I don’t hate it (more like indifferent), but I didn’t really like Monty Python and the Holy Grail all that much. I found it just OK. I honestly think the opening credits are literally the best part of the movie. I did have some scattered laughs throughout the movie after that, but no belly laughs (apart from the opening credits).
Hate to say it, but I’m also one of the few who agree with you. Although I think the movie peaked with the infamous black knight scene. After that, it all went downhill for me, and the jokes became more… Ehh.
On a much happier note, I’m almost done with my commentating on Coruscant, and I have only the last third to go on the audio commentary! Here goes nothing!