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#256325
Topic
.:. MoveAlong's - The Story of TESB/The Adventures of Luke Skywalker .:. Complete!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256325/action/topic#256325
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Current Progress

Main feature editing is roughly 50% complete. I'm currently working on making the side 1 and 2 transition seamless. No color correction yet. I'll tackle that later. As you can see from the screenshot on the right, the GOUT makes an occasional appearance. Also, a big shout out to Rebel11_38 for another great custom crawl. It's awesome! Hope to have this done by February or March...

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/4586/progressmu9.jpg
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#256317
Topic
.:. MoveAlong's - The Story of TESB/The Adventures of Luke Skywalker .:. Complete!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256317/action/topic#256317
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The Story of The Empire Strikes Back / The Adventures of Luke Skywalker

The second installment in the vinyl original trilogy. This project uses "The Adventures of Luke Skywalker" vinyl LP audio synced to video with occasional pans and zooms in narration passages or when editing requires. Following in the footsteps of my previous "Story Of" project, this is a very different and enjoyable way to watch TESB.

Project Info:

This release's main star is without question the audio. Scotty Balls supplied a new lossless vinyl capture to serve as this project's foundation. It sounds so good that it's easy to forget you're listening to a vinyl source. This uncompressed audio was synced to 2004 and GOUT NTSC video. Where editing required, pans and zooms or stills were used, mainly in narration passages. Most of the offensive SE elements have been removed and is probably 99% SE-free. Color correction was utilized in an attempt to improve the bizarre blue cast of the 2004 DVD and better blend with the GOUT. The opening 20th Century Fanfare video was taken from The Omen (1976). Fanfare, end credit, and dvd menu music was taken from the out-of-print 1993 Star Wars Trilogy Anthology boxset. Rebel11_38 created the excellent custom title crawl. And finally, Coov helped immensely with his collaboration on the case cover artwork.

Special features include theatrical teaser and trailers from the EditDroid team and a video version of the 1980 Read Along 7" album using audio captured by Scotty Balls. The theatrical trailers that were 4:3 have been pillarboxed and re-encoded anamorphically for proper aspect ratio on both 4:3 and 16:9 sets. I recommend having the EditDroid Special Features 4-disc set in your collection.

I would like to thank everyone who has knowingly or unknowingly helped with this or past projects: Scotty Balls, Rebel11_38, Coov, russs15, Galactus, Jambe Davdar, Sluggo, digitalfreaknyc, bigbaddaddyvader, SKot, Laserman, Rikter, EditDroid team, and of course Jay, Zion, and Moth3r for running this place. Sorry to anyone I may have forgotten.

NTSC DVD Features:

--2.35:1 anamorphic main feature, 16x9 motion menus
--L-PCM audio
--English subtitles for 16:9 and 4:3 displays
--JACKET_P
--DVD-ROM content
Cover and label artwork
iPod/iPhone version of main feature
Audiobook, Read-Alongs, Radio Drama
1080 HD McQuarrie and album scans
--Extra Features
Video adaptation of 1980 7" Read-Along
Theatrical teasers and trailers (from EditDroid special features)

From the back cover text:

In 1980, millions of people all over the world flocked to movie theaters to experience the most eagerly anticipated sequel of all time, The Empire Strikes Back. With the first home video release of Empire still 4 years away, fans yearning to relive the film at home were able to spin their turntables and listen to the vinyl LP record "The Adventures of Luke Skywalker". This album followed in the footsteps of its predecessor, "The Story of Star Wars", by combining the original actors' dialogue, sound effects, and John Williams' musical score into a wonderfully edited and condensed version of the film. Veteran TV actor Malachi Throne completed the album with excellent narration. Listeners were able to use their imaginations and follow along with the album while viewing assorted pictures from the film on the inside of the album cover. Syncing the album's audio with a variety of video sources, this DVD brings those album cover pictures to life and gives viewers yet another way to enjoy the finest film in the Star Wars trilogy....

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/7307/whitecoverlighterix6.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6586/disclighterxo1.jpg
Main Menu (motion), where Vader is, characters fade in and out.
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1951/mainmenutc6.jpg


Chapter Menu (motion), pretty standard.
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/2449/chaptermenuwo7.jpg


Options Menu (still)
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/1800/optionsmenuxw0.jpg


DVD-ROM Menu (still)
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/4474/dvdrommenujb4.jpg


Extra Features menu (still)
http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/16/extrafeaturesmenuff5.jpg


Available on a.b.sw, myspleen, and rapidshare.

Edit: Updated with final project info.
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#252905
Topic
The Puggo Edition - webpage and screenshots (Super 8 transfers - Released)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252905/action/topic#252905
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Isn't Super 8's frame rate 18 fps? How would one go about best getting this framerate on DVD progressively? Is that possible? Forgive me. I've never worked with real film. I know someone who just got some Super 8 footage telecined at mymovietransfer.com, it looked good but was interlaced because he chose the output to miniDV tape option. Someone educate me please...
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#252247
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Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252247/action/topic#252247
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Originally posted by: Darth Editous
It's hard to tell from the scaled down images, but have you blurred the subtitles at all? I find this integrates better into the picture, and the vertical blur stops them shimmering on 50Hz CRTs (and will probably stop other displays trying to process them so harshly).

DE


I created the subtitles in Photoshop with the anti-aliasing setting of "smooth" and a black 2 pixel stroke and superimposed them in Final Cut Pro. So, I haven't really blurred them. When I get around to encoding the .m2v and get it on a disc I'll check and see on a few sets if there's a flicker or shimmer problem. Thanks for the info!
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#252188
Topic
Info Wanted: Anyone Planning on making Anamorphic versions using 2006 OUT DVDs?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252188/action/topic#252188
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Although I don't own a widescreen TV, for some reason I thought I should make my own anamorphic version... because I can, I guess. Anyway, my version is going to be bare bones. No menus, no subtitle streams. Just max bitrate anamorphic video with Belbucus' DC PCM audio on dual-layer (I'll probably make multiple versions now that Belbucus is getting all the mixes out there). Here are some screenshots of the "burned-in" subtitles. I used AlternateGotNo3D. In another thread, Zion listed a bunch of examples trying to match the DC subtitles. This one looked the closest to me.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9742/01iw7.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8313/03zy9.jpg

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/4079/06bn4.jpg

http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/492/13qq0.jpg
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#250064
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Info: Auto-correction from SE colours to GOUT colours (lots of information)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250064/action/topic#250064
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THX, they seem to be cropped (slightly) and squished. Here are some comparison screenshots of NTSC GOUT, PAL G'Kar 97SE, PAL TB 97SE, and NTSC 2004SE. These examples have been resized for easier comparison. The GOUT examples have been cropped for the same reason.

NTSC GOUT
http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/9721/goutst6.jpg

PAL TB 97SE
http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7958/tbwt7.jpg

PAL G'Kar 97 SE
http://img429.imageshack.us/img429/2977/gkarjn0.jpg

NTSC 2004SE
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8783/2004wg1.jpg

Check out the leg being cropped on the left in the 97's along with a little top frame cropping, too. Dare I say the PAL digital broadcasts are even more blue than the 2004's? Also, look at the floor light directly below the Falcon's cockpit. Which version shows more detail? Interestingly, it's the GOUT.

Another example

NTSC GOUT
http://img429.imageshack.us/img429/3461/gout2fg3.jpg

PAL TB 97SE
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/3325/tb2zt8.jpg

PAL G'Kar 97SE
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9290/gkar2vg9.jpg

NTSC 2004SE
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/6114/20042ar5.jpg

The PAL digital broadcasts' problems really shine through here. Again, even more color "correction" and a lot of compression blocking artifacts from poor encoding. The G'Kar suffers the most from this. So, with all this, I would say that the PAL digital broadcasts have too many faults to be seriously considered as sources for any kind of project like this. I think you'd be better off using the 2004's, as bad as that sounds. I haven't gone through all 3 of the 97 and 04 SE's. There may be some 97 scenes that are more usable than these examples. But, it sure doesn't look like it.
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#249878
Topic
Info: Auto-correction from SE colours to GOUT colours (lots of information)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249878/action/topic#249878
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Thanks DR. For sure, there is more detail in the TB and G'Kar releases than the 2004's. Although, both are not without their own little idiosyncrasies. TB, imo, has a better picture but suffers from stutter and jumps. The G'Kar doesn't have those problems but looks as if it's been severely "smoothed". Also, it's not too much of a problem for anyone working on them, but the aspect ratio of these digital broadcasts is incorrect, roughly 2.50:1, enough to be noticeable...
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#249855
Topic
Info: Auto-correction from SE colours to GOUT colours (lots of information)
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249855/action/topic#249855
Time
Actually, the TB and G'kar releases do suffer from color "correction". Just take a look at either ESB. The Hoth scenes are just as smurfy as the 2004 version. Disappointing really, as I was hoping to use those for an upcoming project of mine without fixing the CC myself. They may be usable, but the colors are not even close...
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#249620
Topic
Super ESB and ROTJ SNES Video Review
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249620/action/topic#249620
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I remember being snowed-in up in the Oregon Cascades one winter for about three days. It took me that whole time to beat SSW. Was sucked in pretty hard. Don't think I slept at all. Later tried SESB, but it was too hard for me and I lost interest. Never even tried SROTJ. Yeah, they were pretty challenging. Might have to fire up MacMAME and track down some ROM's now... Thanks
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#249159
Topic
Info: 2006 GOUT DVD using 'Faces' PCM Sound?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249159/action/topic#249159
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Originally posted by: hairy_hen
Any Mac users here? What programs would be recommended for doing this dvd authoring and audio business on a Mac? I know of DVD Studio Pro, but unfortunately my computer can't run it; are there any other options, less sophisticated programs that would suffice for this purpose?


Well, I'm using a combination of Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, MPEG Streamclip, and Photoshop to create my fanamorphic versions. DVDSP is pretty much the only game in town when it comes to real authoring on the Mac.
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#248899
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Info: 2006 GOUT DVD using 'Faces' PCM Sound?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248899/action/topic#248899
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Originally posted by: Belbucus
Originally posted by: Dumb_Kid

You know it sure would be tastey for Empire and Jedi too....


These would not be very time consuming to do, so consider it placed on the back burner (just be aware - my stove has a couple of burners already lit and one more already occupied).


That's what hot plates are for . Seriously though, if you need any additional help just say so.