I can’t thank you enough Phase3. I was getting so tired of my extended cut dvd’s I did years ago of the prequels. lol.
I’m glad that you like the upscales I’ve done! 👍🏽
I love what you are doing, and I know of at least one person who would love to see what you could do with the Clone Wars deleted scenes: me!!!
Thanks for your kind words!
I did take a look at the deleted scenes on the Clone Wars Blu-ray, and they’re in really good condition. I’m not sure that upscaling them would provide a drastically improved image.
After several other projects have been completed, I will do some tests on the footage, and see if upscaling them would be worth doing.
Update:
The main footage of the Jedi and Sith duel from one of the DVD documentaries is ready to go, however the second documentary video, which has deleted footage of the Naboo starfighters and some more of the duel (with Maul, Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon leaping to the upper walkway), is of significantly lower quality.
I’m seeing if other upscaling settings will get the image to look good, but for now this video isn’t worth sharing as it simply doesn’t look good.
I’m looking for those reels as well. . . Here’s a good list of names from the “Rebel Mac Unit” at ILM that worked on most of the fighter shots. You might have more luck searching than I currently am.
Thanks so much for the link - that helps a lot! Yesterday I found a very large amount of VFX reels online, however without the names of the staff who worked on the scene, I’d be endlessly searching through each video. Now I can narrow down my search!
If you PM me some of the reel links, I’d be happy to help scan through them. Mindless work like that is great when I get stuck on an edit, lol!
Okay! I’ll send you some links. 😃
I’m looking for those reels as well. . . Here’s a good list of names from the “Rebel Mac Unit” at ILM that worked on most of the fighter shots. You might have more luck searching than I currently am.
Thanks so much for the link - that helps a lot! Yesterday I found a very large amount of VFX reels online, however without the names of the staff who worked on the scene, I’d be endlessly searching through each video. Now I can narrow down my search!
An update:
JoyOfEditing sent me a message, in which he reminded me of the footage in one of the early TPM trailers, which shows the Naboo starfighter spinning out of control. I had forgotten about the trailers!
For the shot of the starfighter, I will extract the footage from the trailer and upscale it. I’m also looking through ILM VFX reels uploaded by ILM staff; hopefully I’ll find some more starfighter footage.
Here is a comparison between the DVD footage, and the 35mm trailer:
DVD:
35mm trailer:
Bro, you just gave me flashbacks to my early days as a producer, when basically all I did was de-interlace BETACAM footage. . .
Sorry for the flashbacks! 😅
Deinterlacing can be a real pain though haha!
I remember that Dazman in his edit of PTM had restored some unused footage of the Duel of Fates from behind the scenes videos.
Yes that’s right! He’s asked me about those clips; as I’m typing this the upscaled video is being exported, so all going well I should be able to upload it soon. 😃
I’ll send you a PM. 👍🏽
For anyone interested in the extra footage of the Jedi & Sith duel, I’ve had some success in removing the “ghost frames” and heavy interlacing:
Before:
After:
Once the upscaling process has finished, I’ll upload them and share them.
tjdavis1138 said:
Include me as well please!
I’ll send you a PM. 👍🏽
Fantastic work as always, boss! Given the original picture quality, I think this pass is about as much quality as you can possibly squeeze out of those frames. That must have been a ton of work to get the settings right!
I’m not familiar with the extra laser sword footage. How many extra shots of Duel of the Fates are there? And do you reckon any of them in particular are worth re-inserting?
Thanks for the kind words!
There are several extra shots of the duel, a lot of which are definitely worth re-inserting into the film.
I’ll PM you with some more details!
Hey, can I get a link for the streamlined edits? Thanks!
Only AOTC is available at the moment. I’ll send you a PM. 👍🏽
I’ve upscaled the deleted scenes from TPM, all sourced from the original NTSC DVD. Each video is a H.264 MKV with captions, and AAC 5.1 audio.
Important notes:
No colour correction has been done; I’ll leave that for each individual editor to decide upon how they wish the video to look.
The videos on the DVD only have reasonably good quality; these upscales have improved the picture quality, however don’t expect brilliant, crystal-clear, hyper-detailed images here.
Screen-shots:
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If you’re interested in these upscales, send me a PM and I’ll send you a link!
Extra videos:
These videos contain the unique shots found in two of the short documentaries on the DVD. These aren’t the entire videos – I’ve only saved a majority of the unique, useable footage.
Compared to the deleted scenes, these videos are very heavily interlaced, plus have “ghost frames”, and require much more processing to get them to look good. These issues are present on the original DVD unfortunately. Therefore, these two videos aren’t quite ready yet to share, but will be finalised soon.
When I do upload them, please note that there will be no captions or audio available for these two videos.
Original video:
Upscaled:
Original video:
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I have also done colour-corrected versions for my own edit of TPM; some of these are finished, however these videos haven’t been uploaded as yet.
. . . Phase3 this is all your fault. . .
Hahaha! 😃
I will be cleaning up / restoring the footage, plus upscaling it too. I’m currently searching through my files to find the best copy of the footage.
Oh and I have some footage that isn’t on YouTube – I’ll send you a message about that, plus the AOTC & ROTS footage we chatted about via PM.
Hope you are doing well and your work is progressing!
I’d be really interested in seeing the your edit! Hope that is still possible?
It’s progressing slowly, however it is still being worked on. I’ve been very busy with other projects, but am still keen to get this one finished.
First shot completed on the new computer. Absolutely incredible fast processing and smooth playback.
https://streamable.com/dmbl94
New sequence coming soon.
That shot looks great!
Ahh very interesting! Thanks for the information. 😃
I think there were 4 or 5 deleted scenes. I only had the movie on DVD, but it got damaged last year. I hope the quality of the scenes are better on blu-ray and upscaling is possible.
I took a look at the deleted scenes on the Blu-ray disc, and the quality is really good. Upscaling might make the images a bit sharper, but I don’t think that upscaling is really necessary for those scenes, as the image quality isn’t bad.
This looks like a great project!
Would you happen to know if the opening crawl in the original cinema release of TESB in Japan was in Japanese, or English?
Phase3, it would be great if you consider upscaling the deleted scenes from The Clone Wars movie as well. 😃
I can take a look at those scenes, and see what condition they’re in. Is there much demand for upscaled Clone Wars deleted scenes?
I’m finishing up upscaling the TPM and ROTS deleted scenes first though, but after that I will play my Blu-ray disc and take a look at them. 😃
Just wait til we get to the Arena Battle. It’s gonna be Force Mad!
I know you said it’s something that you’re really proud of, so I can’t wait to see it!
FYI It’s live: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C-UtrN7ew7RJ46eIARA26fIql07RbBKF/view?usp=drive_link
That looks great, and flows very nicely!
Would you want a clip to correct the continuity error of Ki-Adi-Mundi’s Lightsaber changing colour? In the film it goes from blue, to green, then back to blue. I can send you a clip where it stays blue the whole time if you like?“Do it.”
No worries! I will send you the clips.
Just wait til we get to the Arena Battle. It’s gonna be Force Mad!
I know you said it’s something that you’re really proud of, so I can’t wait to see it!
FYI It’s live: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C-UtrN7ew7RJ46eIARA26fIql07RbBKF/view?usp=drive_link
That looks great, and flows very nicely!
Would you want a clip to correct the continuity error of Ki-Adi-Mundi’s Lightsaber changing colour? In the film it goes from blue, to green, then back to blue. I can send you a clip where it stays blue the whole time if you like?
Hey Phase3, what do you think about a color correction like this for the Obi/Mace scene?
Or do you prefer a warmer look?
Mate that looks fantastic! 😃 The only reason that I left the colours untouched on the deleted scenes, was so that other people could then adjust the colours as they see fit. I would love to see what other people do with the deleted scenes!
The only scene that I adjusted the colours on was Padme addressing the senate, as that had a green tint applied to it, which I removed. I also adjusted the shadow levels and highlights on the scene of Padme & Anakin on trial, as a majority of the details in that scene were far too dark and not really visible.
For my own AOTC edit, I have left the colours on the Obi-Wan & Mace scene as they are, however I may revisit it, as the cooler colours really look great.
I would be eternally grateful for a link to that cleaned up scene if you are of the inclination to share it out.
All,
Here ya go
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AZYzg7yL-_cbVG08FkOm3qaE1FM5HspX/view?usp=sharing
You did a really great clean-up job on that scene - it really looks great! I’m looking forward to when you release the entire edit! 😃
