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#117584
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Better then time traveling to see what oppinions were in 1983.
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Originally posted in Holy hologram!
Anything that looks grainy or is just a poorly done special effect has
the "computer look." Like the "ground effect" around the vehicle
escaping from Jaba's barge (mentioned by Dave Mason above). And things
that were *not* done by computer are mistaken for computer effects. For
instance, the projection of Princess Leia (sic?) from R2D2 in SW. In the
documentary about the movie they *say* they filmed a TV image of her,
and that's what gave it the holographic quality. Yet I still hear
several people referring to that as a computer generated image.
(more at link)


That's a good discussion. I clicked on "Watch this topic".
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#116828
Topic
Help Wanted: re the Leia welding footage from ESB
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116828/action/topic#116828
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"I'm sure that if you can't wait for the X0 Project, you can buy your own mediocre LD player and a DVD recorder, and be done in fifteen or twenty minutes.
But your results will suck in comparison."

You know, I recall Dr. Gonzo telling me about a year or so ago that it was rather pretentious of me to bother trying to make the "best transfer that I could", when there were plenty of available versions out there. I'm certainly glad I didn't take his advice then.

As I've said many times, people should experiment on their own transfers, if anything for the knowledge you gain from it - otherwise I would have nothing to contribute to the X0 Project. Don't let anyone else tell you not to.
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#116820
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chapter points question
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116820/action/topic#116820
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It should have come with a help file (if not, PM me with your email), and there are these boards as well DVD Lab forums.

Basically, you want to frame-index the film first. Double-c;ick on the film, and then select Mvoi>Frame-index>Rebuild frame index.

After that, slide the vertical bar left or right to the appropriate spot, and press the "+" button on the top of the bar. There's your chapter point. Note the time, so that you can set the chapter button in your menu to the correct location.
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#116688
Topic
Creating true "black bars"?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/116688/action/topic#116688
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citizen, all frames on a DVD must be 720x480, regardless of the picture information. Commercial movies that are cropped/resized to 1.78:1 (16x9) will fill the entire screen, but 2.35:1 films like Star Wars require black bars at the top and bottom of the frame, because the film is far wider compared to its height than the actual DVD frame. While it is difficult to see, ALL DVDs with a ratio greater than 2.35:1 will have black bars at the top and bottom of the frame - even on a widescreen TV - and if you play it back on a 4x3 TV, the player will generate bars that go above and below those bars as well.

In your case, the bars you placed in your frame were not quite black, so the distinction is easy to see. On most commercial DVDs, the black bars in the frame are very black, and very close to the black generated by the player, but if you look really close, and adjust your TV's brightness/contrast, you will see a line dilineating between the black bars in the DVD frame and those generated by the player.