SomethingStarWarsRelated

Adywan, you may have come across this already but Adobe Enhance Speech is in beta right now:
https://podcast.adobe.com/enhance#

I used it here on some clips from ANH and it’s pretty amazing:
https://youtu.be/K3VBE5hMVu0

It’s not flawless. And I’m sure you can mix the vocals into your edit better than I did in my clips. But I thought you might want to consider using this for certain parts in ANH:HD.

Ok, yes, it’s not a deepfake…but it is AI. And it’s pretty amazing.

Adobe has Enhance Speech (in beta). Try it out now:
https://podcast.adobe.com/enhance#

Here’s a video I made with some examples from ANH:
https://youtu.be/K3VBE5hMVu0

Just throwing this deepfake I made of Wedge for fun:

https://streamable.com/75hzbw

This was made using a program called Swapface. You upload the video (obviously) and then a SINGLE image of the person you want to deepfake. And it does it all…very quickly actually.

It obviously isn’t quite good enough to be used in an edit. It’s funny that it worked as well as it did because I used a tiny black and white image of Denis Lawson.

Even if someone could make a good deepfake for Wedge in this scene, I’m not sure it would still work because of the actors head shape? It’s just too off imo.

Download this now if you want it, cuz it expires tomorrow.

Thanks! Yeah, i was looking for all shooting days. Cuz i think you can find it for the ot, right?
Anyways, i think i already found the answer i was looking for.

I’m doing a bit of research and was wondering:
Does anyone know if the production schedule for Attack of the Clones is available anywhere?

Ronster said:

adywan said:

NEW COMPARISON VIDEO … See how many changes you can spot. I’ll put together an illustrated list of changes early next week so you can check if you spotted them all

https://youtu.be/tYZuOSZj2wg

Liking the Alternate angle of Obi-wan on the Chasm Matte very clever. I think it could be good to splice back to the closeup angle though just before he turns the apparatus on the tractor beam controls for Visual orientation.

I agree, however, I’m wondering if that’s too much cutting between shots that it would be distracting?

NeverarGreat said:

SomethingStarWarsRelated said:

Movies Remastered said:

Oh, Man! That last one sounds on point. What technique are you using for lipsync?

I was just about to ask the same thing!

I’m using the highly scientific method of looking to see what mouth movements in the shot match the ones being spoken, then duplicating them and moving them to the correct place. Then I adjust their placement on his face so they fit over the top of the prior mouth movements and feather them into his features. It’s all quite crude, and I can do it right from Premiere most of the time. All a lot of simple tricks and nonsense 😉

Nice! I’m attempting the same thing here and there for my edit. I was hoping you’d have some magic software for me to use! 😄

Movies Remastered said:

Oh, Man! That last one sounds on point. What technique are you using for lipsync?

I was just about to ask the same thing!

adywan said:

Ejn said:

I thought this was an improvement over the first video, with the only complaint being that he was a bit too flippant about Lucas adding and then removing Luke’s scream. (However, this again would’ve been a great time to note that according to Matthew Wood, it was an error that Lucas never approved of in the first place and that Ben Burtt put it in himself and must’ve forgotten to ask.)

According to Matthew Wood, the scream was added at George’s request for the '97 Special edition. It was when it came around to doing the mix for the 2004 DVD’s that Mathew , who hated the scream, removed the sound effect and George didn’t notice it had gone, so it stayed that way.

I didn’t know any of this was documented. Do you happen to remember where, Adywan? That scream is still burned into my brain.😑

That scene was great! I was already planning something similar (as far as Dooku showing up to the senate meeting). I might have to steal a couple of your shot ideas here?

An updated version of a shot of Padme looking worried:

https://youtu.be/C681fIdkaXw

My original version was done in EbSynth and it just didn’t look right…I ended up having to adjust it in Davinci Resolve and I just couldn’t pull it off to my liking.

For the new version, I was able to apply a photoshopped image to the surface tracker (in Davinci Resolve) and it turned out quite a bit better.

It’s crazy how it sounds just like her! Is there a whisper option? That’s the only issue with the clips you’ve posted…they feel like they’re from another scene where everyone would be speaking at normal volumes.

Fullmetaled said:

adywan said:

DZ-330 said:

Per the WordPress site,
“Remove Yub Nub & Victory Celebration”

That must have been written waaaay back, during the briefest of times i was thinking of ending it on the funeral pyre. The ending is going to be pretty much the theatrical ending. NO planets, no Hayden, no Victory Celebration. I hate the SE planet celebrations and victory celebration music. Victory celebration sounds so out of place musically. Williams just basically ripped off the original animatic guide track ( and didn’t even bother to try and hide the fact) and it sounds so out of place in the OT. The guide track was for a Native American mini series and you can tell it still has that theme.

The original animatic guide track?

Yep. Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdDWczJeFzI

Amazing! Love it!

Howdy peoples!

It’s been a bit since I posted any sort of update on my edit. However, I did just make a new video with a reedited version of the fireplace scene.

https://youtu.be/AQaBl7FdZHM

All of Anakin’s dialogue has been completely rewritten. Now, the direction of their conversation has been altered to emphasize the roles they play (senator and jedi) are not exactly conducive for a long lasting relationship. I’m downplaying the “love is forbidden for a jedi” bit in my edit. It’ll still be there…sort of…you can better see how I’m going to use that aspect here:

https://youtu.be/QXHNxt4PKe0

That guy with no name said:

. stormtrooper that bumps his head now doesn’t, he stays back until the leader trooper enters the room.

Woah! How are you going to achieve this? Not just by cropping the image I’m assuming?

Nice! Yes, I do the same thing!..just not as good 😆

Nicely done! Damn, how do you get that nice of a composite? Since you use Davinci Resolve, I’m assuming you do it in the fusion tab?

Out of curiosity, how far along would you say you’re at?

Awesome! Somehow i missed your post. Thanks for the side-by-side!

When you post these pictures, could you possibly post a side-by-side? I love seeing the updates but I don’t always know where they are within the frame! 😆

Hal 9000 said:

End of ROTS, add a line for Owen:

“Take [the boy] to Anchorhead and have [his] memory erased. That’ll be the end of it, [he] belongs to us now.”

Don’t you mean at the end of Kenobi?😄

dang I thought that might be the case. anyone PM you about a 3PO costume? 😄

eh…I’m not sure. There’s not enough feathering I think. it looks too sharp. Again, it’s more noticeable on 3PO because he’s more out of focus.

I certainly appreciate you tackling this shot. It needed a bit more love years ago.
I’d say you’re pretty close! There’s still some halo-ing around the characters (I’m seeing specifically their heads). And the background seems maybe still too in-focus? I think it’s 3PO that’s throwing me off. Isn’t he kind of out of focus in this shot? I’m trying to remember now…