I'm just going to answer a few of the suggestions at the moment because there have been so many.
ImperialFighter said:
An actual laserblast from Han's pistol hitting the Mynock that he shoots it off the Falcon inside the Asteroid Slug would be nice.
Well i was just looking at that shot and i would be able to put a laser blast in if he was actually holding his gun at that point. The shot they have Han has actually got some sort of tool and is holding it with both hands. They must have taken it from a cut shot of Han repairing the outside of the Falcon.
ImperialFighter said:
The 'steam/smoke' that comes out of the Carbon Freeze Chamber hole as Han is lowered is a satisfyingly large and dramatic amount.....however the amount that comes out of the same hole when Darth tries to do the same to Luke during their duel IS NOT. It always seemed an unsatisfactory and disappointingly small amount compared to the Han effort, and I would love to see this improved on if it is within your capabilities. If you agree of course! Another thing I think would add to the dramatic effect of both sequences, is that during the actual INITIAL big flurry of engulfing steam/smoke that emerges from the Chamber hole....a very brief blue flash or two is also superimposed on it then too, as is seen in subsequent moments during the process.
As has been said, during the sabre duel Luke isn't in the pit as it starts its cycle so the steam would be less as there is nothing in there to freeze so i won't be changing this
ImperialFighter said:
And I'd love to see the Falcon's landing gear 'legs' retract a bit AFTER it has turned to escape from the lasers on the 'floating city' landing platform, just as it zooms away into the distance....
I'll see what i can do
ImperialFighter said:
The second 'Probe' crash that Luke watches on his Tauntaun is a far better-looking object entry (longer, lighter streak effect ) than the initial bright pink 'blob' that crashes into Hoth. The shot just before the 'pink blob' shows the 'casing' of the Imperial Probe Droid heat up as it enters the Hoth atmosphere, then darken. I think the charred 'casing' crashing into the snow instead of a 'pink blob' would look far better, or at least would be better if it at least looked more like the one Luke watches.
Already been taken care of
ImperialFighter said:
I don't know if you've got round to working out what you want to do with this particular scene yet, but here's a possible solution to Luke's 'missing' Lightsaber as he crashes through the 'window' during his duel with Darth.
His sabre is already on the gantry in the birds eye shot so no fix needed for this
Sojourn said:
A note about the cockpit transparency test -- so far, it looks great, and is undoubtedly an improvement over the official release. I did notice, however, that in the original DVD version, when the snowspeeder banks, one can see the reflection of light/snow/change in view through the window on the metal struts of the cockpit. This didn't carry over into your version -- I'm guessing it's just because you applied a new matte over the original cockpit struts to mask out the laser beams, and you hadn't gotten around to adding some of those more subtle reflections. I just wanted to bring it to your attention, in case you hadn't noticed (unlikely, but I thought I'd mention it nonetheless :-)),
That scene was just a test. there is a lot more work and mattes to add to get it looking right
tlbauerle said:
Also, in that scene where Vader tempts Luke, any chance you can fix his helmet from blowing / wobbling around in the wind? That always annoied the hell out of me!
Well we know that its a 2 piece helmet so given just how strong the wind is in that scene the helmet would move around like that so i won't be tackling that.
doubleofive said:
I know all of these questions have no answers, but I wish they would open up the archives to Ady to allow him to take the time to matte out all of the elements properly. Heck, give him access the original background plates too. Let this one man take the time and his own money to do what Lucas would not do.
God i wish. If i had access to that it would save me hell of a lot of work and i would be able to fix the matte boxes that are going to be impossible to fix in both ESB & ROTJ
Jeyl said:
Here's something to think about. During the battle of Hoth just after Luke says "Echo Station 57, we're on our way.", you see four Snowspeeders fly over the frame, than in the next shot we see nine of them flying over head, and than back to four again! Think there will be any touches to this? Going from four to nine and back to four again was always awkward every time I see the scene.
I don't know yet. i'm still at the early planning stages
(oh and the pics posted are just for reference. no colour correction has been done on these. i just brightened them so you can see them better)