Not really, I've got to finish the SW v2.1 BD first and I've been really busy lately, so there isn't much progress on that either. I'm hoping to get some work done this weekend.
Can't wait to see the newest developments :-)
No, it was my first video to be blocked but you can get it here:
http://uloz.to/xie8XEP/star-wars-on-blu-ray-new-deleted-scene-mp4
Oh, sorry. You didn't sound ungrateful; it was just a misunderstanding. I never said it was for the menu but I see how you could have thought that. I think I said somewhere it was for the docs but you could have easily missed that.
^This, plus I still don't see why you'd think the despecialized edition title would be in the menu, because it won't be - not in the main menu anyway.
If you mean the one with the Ronto, then the documentaries. If you mean the 3D-ified poster I posted ages ago, then the menu background.
I have no idea what you guys are talking about with the menu. Why would the presence of a menu remind you of the Special Edition?
Gomu69 said:
With the impending release of this despecialized 2.1 edition Blu-ray upon us on the horizon, where does SW look like it will go from here as far as how this restoration process is now classified? Would this be considered the definitive outcome of all the time put into this or is there still work to be done with any existing imperfections/compromises preventing what would otherwise recognize Harmy's achievement in preserving the original SW?
I think I already said this but here goes:
The BD release will be definitive for this version. It is possible that if (or rather when) some better sources of the original appear, there may be another version sometime way down the line, starting from scratch in 1080p.
Yeah but there are copyright laws here too and all the major studios have their side operations here, so they could easily own my ass. Like the Czech guy who filmed the Simpsons Movie in a cinema here and put it on the internet. They locked him up. So please be careful with these kinds of things.
I don't see why it should get him banned, Adywan's been openly campaigning for donations for years and no one ever got banned - and that's fine too.
But no, at this point it's about me being busy with my postgraduate program, so a donation wouldn't help speed things up in any significant manner.
Hopefully by the end of the month but I have quite a busy timetable at school now, so I can't promise it for sure.
Yeah. The problem is that I'm not quite sure what would be the best way to fix it.
Currently, the best version of SW is v2.0 - you can either get the AVCHD, which is basically a 7.9GB Blu-Ray you can burn to a DVD and it will play in a BD player or you can get a 15GB MKV, which won't fit on a DVD and can only be played on some players. They are both the same version only different bitrates.
Of ESB and ROTJ, there is only one version so far and that is v1.0.
Tell me about it. Though I doubt the actual number of altered shots would be more than SW. But yeah, there are quite a few more than what was undone in v1.0 and I intend to give it the same level of despecialization as SW v2.0 this time around.
I like the font, sue me ;-) I think it's nice and simple and feels kinda retro.
Here's an improved version:
http://uloz.to/xFeEyt2/deed-r-logo-new-1-mp4
Oh, and varenthos, welcome to the forum and thanks for a great post!
Here's a new DeEd Remastered video logo :-)
Oh, no, really? I mean I can still fix that for v2.1, it's a simple matter of removing the fighters in photoshop and then replacing the frame, like I did with the faulty frame before but this is a never-ending battle.
Well, actually, film in the 70s had the same resolution as today and higher then most digital cameras today, so a proper modern 4K scan of the original negative should actually provide much more detail.
Yeah, whatever ;-)
Hi. Welcome to the forum. I'm glad you enjoy the Despecialized Editions.
First - before you post in a thread, nobody expects you to read 250 pages or so but you should always read the first post - people usually edit it to add new important info.
The first post of this thread for example says this (it's the first line of text after the title too):
If you find any mistakes, please PM me. Posting in the thread may ruin the experience for someone else!!!
It also says this:
...the film received an extensive shot by shot colour correction based on a fade free 1977 I.B. Technicolor Print.
The Blu-Ray will be 720p for various reasons ranging from my not being able to work with 1080p on my hardware to the other sources being too low a quality to be put together with 1080p footage.
But because the official BD is sourced from an eight years old 1080p transfer, which has been cleaned up with automated software, the level of detail isn't much different anyway. Here's a comparison of raw BD screenshot and the same screenshot resized to 720p and then scaled back up:
And lastly, no, the Biggs scene was conclusively never present in any officially released cut prior to 1997.
Sounds great, thanks. Although, I must say that your version unfortunately cannot be considered a perfectly trustworthy color reference, since it's color corrected from a faded print. It would definitely still be a big help though!
They did that to me too, except I got an official warning that they'll close my account if they find any more copyright infringement, so I had to take the rest down myself :-/
OK, I'd like to revive this thread, since I want to start working on v2.0 next month.
If you guys have any suggestions about what could be improved over v1.0, now is the time to start discussing them :-)
I'll just add that it will be fixed in v2.1.
And I already answered the first question too - bcause it look like crap in the GOUT and would stand out like a sore thumb.