Read the first post.

Please report any quality issues you find here.

Please report any quality issues you find here.
I would also like to request that if you already reported an issue, that you re-post in that thread. Thanks!

CatBus said:
You’ve previously reserved the 3.x numbering for 1080p releases. Is this a change to that plan, or is that still on the table?

v3.0 will definitelly be 1080p.

EDIT: Also, are you taking lists of recommended improvements? I don’t want to post in the thread without your okay because so many people are downloading these for the first time now and I don’t want to spoil the magic.

This gave me an idea. Please report any quality issues you find here.

Please report any problems you find with any of the Despecialized Editions, including workprints, in this thread.

It would be great, if you could stick to a specific format in the report posts, so that I can later do a simple search:

REPORT-(Movie name short SW,ESB,ROTJ)-v(version number - v1.0 and so on)-(for workprints add WP)
(time in the hh : mm : ss format so for example 00:32:11)
(frame number if you know it - but not necessary, unless you want to point to one specific frame)
(description of the issue - the main point in bold if possible)

Here are two examples:

REPORT-ROTJ-v2.0-WP
00:14:58
021552
There is an artifact as the subtitle disappears.

REPORT-SW-v2.5
01:11:54
There’s a noticeable wobble to the corridor extension.

There are two reasons for making this separate thread:

A) We don’t want to spoil the fun for those who may not have noticed the problems.

But mainly B) It will be easier for me to check back to this thread, because the issues won’t be buried between lots of other posts. This is why I’d like to ask everyone to stay strictly on topic - we can discuss the reported problems but not anything else!!! Thank you!!!

Please, use time, instead of frame number - much easier to find. I just included the frame number in case we need to talk about specific frame, in which case I’d ask you to use both time and frame number.

So, after watching the whole Despecialized trilogy this week, I saw that ROTJ and ESB v2.0 are already far ahead of SW v2.5, which has a lot of issues in comparison.

So here’s the new plan:

I decided that for v2.0 of ROTJ, I will only make the most necessary fixes from the workprint, so that I can have a official final 2.0 version soon to finally replace the comparatively subpar v1.0.

And then I will make v2.5 versions of both rather quickly with only minor fixes (kind of like what SW v2.5 actually did for v2.1) so that the entire trilogy is on the same version and so the difference between v2.5 of SW and the other two isn’t even more huge.

And then I will start working on v3.0 of the entire trilogy, because SW really needs it and the other two are already pretty close to what I’d consider as good as Despecialized is ever going to get (and will be even more so in v2.5) but can be improved with a little extra love.

So, after watching the whole Despecialized trilogy this week, I saw that ROTJ and ESB v2.0 are already far ahead of SW v2.5, which has a lot of issues in comparison.

So here’s the new plan:

I decided that for v2.0 of ROTJ, I will only make the most necessary fixes from the workprint, so that I can have a official final 2.0 version soon to finally replace the comparatively subpar v1.0.

And then I will make v2.5 versions of both rather quickly with only minor fixes (kind of like what SW v2.5 actually did for v2.1) so that the entire trilogy is on the same version and so the difference between v2.5 of SW and the other two isn’t even more huge.

And then I will start working on v3.0 of the entire trilogy, because SW really needs it and the other two are already pretty close to what I’d consider as good as Despecialized is ever going to get (and will be even more so in v2.5) but can be improved with a little extra love.

Jedi v2.0 is just a workprint for now but the final v2.0 version should be out in a few weeks.

Empire is v2.0.

Yeah, I recommend getting offline until you watch it - a colleague of mine just had a super important story point spoiled by some douchebag on facebbok - kind of like if there was facebook in 1980 and someone wrote “Vader is Luke’s father” on it for everyone to see.

The first 8 and a half minutes are spoiler-free and then there’s a big warning before the spoilers start.

Here’s my review: https://youtu.be/Oiqlkz81744

OK, here it is:
https://youtu.be/Oiqlkz81744

The video is rendering now - should be on my channel within an hour 😃

Well, seen it - I’m not gonna say anything here but I’ll post a video review later.

I’ve actually finished my preTFA marathon today using Deathalo’s adjustment of my workprint. Thanks Deathalo!
I’m now waiting in line for popcorn at the TFA premiere. 😃

nightstalkerpoet said:

just for a slightly registered, histogram matched version of that comparison:
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/154019

Jesus, that’s a huge improvement - how did you do it? If there’s something I still feel like I have A LOT to learn about, then it’s color correction - would this be possible to replicate in AE?
Here’s what the raw scan looks like:
http://s18.postimg.org/ccagrvacn/Star_Wars_ROTJ_Reel3_Pro_Res444_mov_snapshot_19_37.jpg
and what you see in the BD vs LPP comparison is the best I was able to get out of it.

To me that wiki sample of flanging has this cool ominous sound - any chance it could have been done on purpose in that scene?

NeverarGreat said:

clutchins said:

How can one go about applying your LUT to the .mkv on the spleen? Also, thanks for doing this!

I used TSmuxer to convert it to a TS stream, then used Adobe Media Encoder to apply the LUT (there’s an option for this under export settings - effects in Premiere Pro and Media Encoder) and re-export it as a h.264 video with 23-25 mbs quality. The comparison images are taken from this render. There’s a little bit of loss, so you may want to bump up the quality even more, but that should get you a file that’s similar in size and quality to the original.

I’m no expert in video formats or rendering, so if there’s a better way to do this, let me know!

Short of exporting lossless and then encoding with x264, this is probably the best way if you’re using Adobe software.

I checked, it’s there as Harmy’s Return of the Jedi Working Copy V2.0.

Isn’t it already there?

Nice!

That’s good to hear.

Absolutelly - the final v2.0 will have the same audio tracks as v2 of the other movies (minus the mono mix, as that seems to be the same as stereo for Jedi).