It would actually be awesome if they released the movies in 2D as well. I don't care to see the prequels in 2D but the OT would be a treat - it's even possible, however unlikely, that they'll remaster OT for the 3D conversion.
I did get rid of the lighter patch on the ground but that was all I was able to do with it. I just couldn't get rid of the shake in the background.
This was a quick one, I just used the template I had for v1.0 and tweaked it :-)
Yeah, I used the explosion from DJ's Blu but colour timed it to look more like the one in the Empire of Dreams doc, which had nice vibrant colours but was heavily cropped and incomplete.
Thanks :-)
CatBus said:
Aren't you, like, in school or something? Don't you sleep? What gives? How is this possible?
Ha ha, I actually study English and am doing an extra year because I was missing a few credits, so I have like four subjects, half of which I don't have to go to. My main school thing I have to do is writing my bachelor thesis, which I'm doing about STAR WARS :-)
@005:
Because I don't see much of a reason for redoing that one, I'm actually very happy with it:
Oh, did I mention that I dedcided to redo the DS Explosion again using the same method as in v1.0?
I agree that the cockpit looks sharper there but that's simply because of additional sharpening and at this size you can clearly see those nasty sharpening artefacts sticking their heads out.
Well, I don't know, I just think that the new one blends better. And sharpening the GOUT brought out a lot of nasty video artefacts. And I don't see any loss of detail in the cockpit interior at all. Actually, I don't see any detail being lost in any of the dark areas.
Anyway, here you go, taken straight from the comparison picture you posted:
TOP: v2.0 (Falcon sourced from 35mm)
Bottom: v1.0 (Falcon sourced from GOUT - adjusted by Jatea)
I still think the new one looks better - there is some SD applied edge enhancement on the GOUT Falcon, which when upscaled to HD makes it look blurry and old video-like - it's like all the lines are thicker and more visible than on the 35mm scan but also blurrier. Look at the cockpit struts for example - they are solid but they have like a blurry outline - and all lines in the GOUT version have that, only it's most visible on the cockpit because of the dark background.
Also, in v1.0 there's the whole hanger door and the top and bottom edges left from the SE, which is fixed in v2.0.
See, I told you guys it looked better in movement and context :-)
Oh, and you may have noticed that I'm calling it a v2.0 now. I wanted to call it v1.2 because I thought I'd just fix a few glitches that people reported but it turned into so much more that it definitely warrants the 2.0 tag. Just take the fact that we're even having these debates here :-)
Sorry, guys but I decided to try and see what it'd look like and I'm totally going with this one:
Well, that's the thing, almost everything is different in direct comparison. I'm sorry, you've done a great job here, but I just can't use it.
Looking at Jaitea's picture, I thought it may be the way to go but then I compared it to the original and it's just too different, I could almost just use the SE shot that way.
Anyway, here's the video comparison:
Funny, I'm just rendering it. I've actually been working on it all day.
Should it though? We're back to the same thing as with the celebration matte - the fact that it is bright enough to be seen clearly in the GOUT definitely doesn't mean that it should be.
OK, guys, I've spent a better part of the afternoon working on this:
What do you think?
I won't deny that there's room for improvement and I'm working on it but I had to crush the blacks a bit because in case you guys didn't notice, I'm trying to fit it with 2004 SE footage.
I'll see what I can do. The problem is that the stromtroopers cross that area as they walk, so I'm not sure I'll be able to pull it off convincingly.
What do you mean about the top edge of the cockpit window? That looks way better in v2.0.
Well, I like the new one waaay better, so though cookies ;-D
You have to see it in full resolution - and it also looks a bit better than the old one in motion when you add grain too. It's far from perfect but it looks less like 90s video and more like film IMO.
OK, so I accepted the challenge and put my sources together and came up with this:
1. A frame of the 35mm scan I got.
2. GOUT
3. v1.0
4. v2.0 (unless I get my hands on a better source)
OK, I've got some bad news. I got the scans of the Falcon matte (from a 35mm print) I've been waiting for. Unfortunately, they are very blurry and aren't really an improvement over the GOUT (they are possibly even worse). I'm not sure whether this is due to the print (which is very faded) or due to the way they were scanned (more likely) but there it is.
It's not our last hope though. There might be another. ;-)
But it would still take some time before I can get that. But in the mean-time, I can finish the last few shots and start editing.
I actually already tried with this picture ages ago but couldn't get it to work, it was too different.