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Jambe Davdar

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#261963
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//RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
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"Returning to Jedi' will indeed be Anamorphic with AC3 sound (saves lots of disc space).

Unfortunately I am still having problems with final rendering. Those green flashes (reported above) are still happening. I have managed to transcode some of the final doco to MPEG-2 but there seems to be no consistancy to the problem. I have reported it on both Kenstone and Apple forums but nobody has come up with a solution yet. As you can imagine, this is particuarly annoying.

I am now wondering if I am going to get this done a soon as I hoped. If I don't, I will release part two on youtube so that you at least get a JD something from me for Christmas.

I am going to try buy either ffmpeg or MPEG2Works to try their MPEG-2 encoders. Maybe I will have success there. I will of course keep you up to date.

UPDATE: Unforunately neither FFmpeg nor MPEG2Works encoder produced good results. I will have to persist in finding a solution with FCP/Compressor/Quicktime (they all use the same encoder and currently produce the same error). Grrrr!

Cheers
JD
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#261687
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//RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261687/action/topic#261687
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Oh how kind you are!

How about a sneak peak at the first four minutes then!?

Watch it here!

Please note, this is one of the weakest parts of the doco. There is so much more in the rest of it.

Just teasing you lot really. I will be working on it for two further days next week and the same the following week. Basically I hope to have it finished in a fortnight.

I was hoping to get hold of Apple Motion to do some graphics work on it, but I can't seem to find a second hand copy anywhere. If anyone has seen it, please let me know.

Oh and ignore the white banner (it's deliberate for this sneak peak) and the missing quote marks. The subs are a little quick too. Don't worry it's all been fixed since.

JD
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#261476
Topic
//RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/261476/action/topic#261476
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I just got some more stuff I have never seen or heard before.

I am in the process of integrating it into the project right now. It shouldn't take too long to do. There are some great bits for the commentary track and some fantastic audio recorded on set which is always a great addition!

As the edited title of this thread says, I am very nearly there, but the festive season is taking it's toll. I am so busy for the next two weeks. I just hope I can get it done.

For those who like a visual progress report, here's the 98% finished timeline:
http://www.zen67493.zen.co.uk/Dec2006_RTJ.jpg

As you can see, there are lots of edits in there. Just so much material to work with! Not enough in some places perhaps. But what is there I am mostly very happy with. I just hope you guys like it as much.

Ciao
JD
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#260732
Topic
//RETURNING TO JEDI\\: NTSC & PAL DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/260732/action/topic#260732
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Made some more progress yesterday. Started on the DVD creation process. Figured I would get the bulk of that done and then return to the main doco for one last look through before I send it out the the QA team. 100% means edited, transcoded and imported into DVD Studio Pro.

- Main Menu Screen (100%)
- Still Sub-menus (80%)
- The full length doco (90% complete, though not transcoded)
- 'Coming October 2006' trailer (100%)
- 'Ugly as Sin' Teaser (100%)
- Restored Music Sequence (100%)
- Rare footage sequence (Remainder of what was not used in the main doco. If there is room) (50%)
- Reconstructed opening crawl (I bet you can guess which one!) (100%)
- Animatics Comparison (100%)
- Easter Egg (100%)
- Cover and Disc Design (0%)

I also managed to hook up with a guy that had some good Mark Hamill commentary. Not a great deal of it, but some good quotes nonetheless. My Yoda pupeteer contact, who I hoped to do an audio interview with is just too busy on location at the moment. So that will not be happening (at least, not for now).

I've also added the 'Restored Music Sequence' to the list above, which I failed to include in my last post. I won't give away the details just yet, but I think its a worth addition to the project.

By the way, I would love to see you guys make some covers for this! If all goes to plan I should have this done in three weeks.