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#320962
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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doubleofive said:

Darth Stewie said:


1. The original version has the Rebel fleet hyperspace out immediately before the end credits. Follow-up versions (THX re-release, Special Edition and DVD) all cut to the end credits before the hyperspace jump.


IMDB seems to be the only source on this, as no one I've seen in other threads can produce the evidence or video that the fleet ever went into hyperspace. I need to see if my dad still has the original CBS-FOX VHS copies of ESB and RotJ and see if this is true. I grew up on those copies though, and I don't remember that.

I have the original rental version of ESB and saw it on its first day of showing and that scene never existed (unless it was in the elusive 70mm version but there's been no evidence of this)

doubleofive said:

Darth Stewie said:

2. As they are are walking through cloud city, Leia is between Han and Lando. As they come around a corner, Han and Lando have switched places.


Never noticed that. Not sure how we could fix that...

After looking at that scene its not going to be possible to fix.

doubleofive said:

Darth Stewie said:

3. In the updated special edition TESB, as Han, Leia, Lando and Chewy are walking to the trap Vader has set, they walk past one of the new "visualizations" with a lift going up and a view of Bespin. Yet in the following shot, when you see Han holding his gun, the original browny white background is back in its place.


This has been pointed out, but I hope that Ady uses my idea of having the window fade back to the brown wall or the brown wall actually be shutters that slide up as they are walking by (which gives Chewie something to look back at and be worried about), instead of removing the window completely or doing the impossible and putting the open window behind everyone in all of those shots.

I'm going to be putting the open window into every shot. Its going to be hard, yeh, but it will be worth it.
Darth Solo said:

That got me thinking about the cave scene. I never could quite accept the "failure at the cave" despite what-ever reasons have been given in the past. So, played with idea of having a different face in the mask, to make the scene less cryptical as to its meaning.

How about Haydens face? NOPE!
Sebastians face? No, as Luke has never met him.
OBWans face? Possibilty, and open for debate.
Then it came to me!

To make scence of the scene, from the trilogy point of view when it was made, Darth Vaders mask should have had LEIA's face inside it!

-It would tell me Lukes training is being destracted by thoughts of his friends, at an early stage, hence Yodas later statement.

-Make Luke feel like he is on the path to the darkside, by destroying people who he loves by being the aggressor in combat.

-And ultimately, he would be able to destroy the only other Skywalker (the final hope) if he maintained his current way of thinking - that making the difference as to why he didnt need anymore training in Jedi, as he had felt it.

It would make total scence of the scene, to me, and give one of those wow, thats been changed for better moments, that i loved many times, during watching ANHrevisited.....

I have no problem understanding this scene. Yoda tells Luke he doesn't need his weapons but he takes them anyway. inside he then confronts vader who is the one person he truly hates. Just look how aggressive Luke is when fighting him, which is a path to the dark side. Then when the helmet explodes we see lukes face which is a representation of what he could become due to his fear and aggression (by taking the weapons with him): consumed by the dark side, just as Obi-Wan's apprentice. We see another shot in ROTJ that shows Luke what path he may be taking when he looks down at Vaders severed mechanical hand then looks at his own mechanical hand. he then realises what he could become if he lets his anger consume him, and then calmly deactivates his saber and throws it away. therefore not taking the path his father took.

Having Leia's face would not only be confusing to the audience but would totally destroy the surprise at the line "there is another" and the revelation about Leia's true identity in ROTJ. Changing something along these lines is something i'm steering well clear of because it is just the kind of thing that Lucas would do if he thought about it.
seven said:

I figured the best way to make suggestions was to rewatch the film with a notepad and pen. Here are a few more suggestions that I have read and ones that I noticed in movie order (updated my previous list from post 548)

-Insert FX of Probe entering Hoth's atmosphere
Done
seven said:

-Fix Prop Droids crash landing (remove fire)
Done
seven said:

-Add more display to Snowspeeder's instrument panels
I'm only going to add subtle changes
seven said:

-Add Red hint to Bacta Tank for continuity
Doesn't need it as its inactive when coloured red
seven said:

-Fix Probe shooting at Chewbacca (closer to his location)
yeh thats bugged me too
seven said:

-Add Camera shake to Luke's Snowspeeder Crash
maybe
seven said:

-Fix AT-AT's laser shot hitting snow then rebel falling dead
all lasers are being redone so all troops that die will actually get hit
seven said:

-Fix Vader's Chest lights to move when entering Rebel base
yeh, i noticed that one. too static
seven said:

-Add FX enviroment reaction from MF engine thrust as it exits hanger
Not sure what can be done here without using 3D objects or it would look too fake
seven said:

-Fix MF engine glow from gold to blue
all engine glows are being redone
seven said:

-Add more maneuvers to MF as it is being chased by TIE Fighters
I don't think it needs anything here
seven said:

-Remove 'explosions/fire' of asteroids colliding, add debris (how do astroids catch fire?)
well it depends on what the asteroids are composed of. i think they are just flashes and not fire so i won't be changing any of those
seven said:

-Add missing push button off Luke's Lightsaber
where is this shot?
seven said:

-Add damage to asteroids from Bombers
maybe
seven said:

-Replace Tool in Han's Hand w/Blaster
yeh, thinking of doing that
seven said:

-Add Laser shot hitting Mynock
doesn't need it because its already been hit as the flash is in the first frame
seven said:

-Fix Luke's Lighsaber glow to match activation sound
again, where?
seven said:

-Fix Needa to a dead weight when being carried off
probably impossible to do
seven said:

-Fix Stunt man to look more like Luke (goes out window)
doesn't need it
seven said:

-Add MF landing gear retracting when taking off from Bespin
-Add Lightsaber Scortch marks on walls/railings
-Fix 3P0's hand location holdling severed leg
already thinking of doing these
nohandluke said:


As far as the effects and changes, you already know you and I are on the same page. Just keep one thing in mind - If you're adding any ships at the end with the Rebels, let's remember that the full Rebel fleet wasn't assembled in one place until ROTJ - "Hurry, the Alliance should be assembled by now." - To my mind that means that the ragtag group that escaped Hoth would not have yet rendezvoused with the Mon Calamari fleet until ROTJ....

The fleet will be about the same size it is now at the end. There will be no Calamari ships added for the reasons you mentioned about that we aren't seeing the full rebel fleet at the end of ESB

ImperialFighter, the underside of the AT-AT you mentioned i won't be touching, i'm afraid. too much work involved for something thats never bothered me too much. I'm surprised that will all the details you mentioned that are wrong you completely failed to mention the colour problems. lol. The AT-AT's are grey but the close up underside is bright white.

Also the brick red panels on the falcon is also another thing that i won't be doing

the animatronic blinking on the taun tauns is going to be almost impossible to fix because the head moves around so much. also adding facial movements. like i did for the cantina aliens, will also be almost impossible for the same reasons. I have tweaked a few movements and blink but not all can be redone
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#320654
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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ok, well here's the preview with the proper colouring (well apart from the very last shot which i haven't finished work on yet). there's also a new shot or two in there that i have just finished. I'm also adding this to the first page for ease. Oh, and still no footprints in the snow. Its just impossible to track the motion with the tools i have on that shot to add them but the boom mic is gone

2 MINUTE PREVIEW WITH CORRECT COLOURING
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#320622
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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ImperialFighter said:


One tiny point that was flagged up that I'd probably agree with, is the fact that perhaps your Tauntaun 'eye-blinks' could be a little more rapid, as the slower 'blinks' tend to still be a bit too 'animatronic'-looking, if you know what I mean. But hey, I'll take 'em over the existing footage any day!

I haven't done anything to the taun taun eye blinks, just smoothed out the running motion a bit.
doublethink said:

You need to take some screenshots, cause I'm getting lost...

i was thinking the same thing. Screenshots make it a lot easier to follow cuz i'm totally lost too. :)
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#320595
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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Savage said:


The snow seems almost too gray to my eyes, but if it matches closer to GOUT, then it's fine by me. How 'bout a third version of this sequence with a three-way split amongst Revisited/2004/GOUT?

That's my bad. i rendered the wrong layer for the clips. Well actually there is an extra layer that was supposed to be rendered with it but was disabled. You see, when i'm doing the colour correction, to get rid of the horrible cyan tint on the 2004 DVDs a lot of the blue tinting is lost and some subtle colours are also lost in the process. Once this is done i have to add an extra layer containing the 2004 DVD, but with the cyan tint changed to blue and overlayed at about 25% transparency. this brings the subtle blue tinting back to the snow, but i forgot to enable the layer. oops . you can see a comparison here:
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5915/withlayertintta4.jpg

Sevb32 said:

Any plans to remove the boom mike in Lukes googles in just before he is knocked of the Tauntaun? More articulation to the Tauntauns eyes?

I never actually noticed that at first. I'll see what i can do.
Darth Solo said:

How come you reversed the trigectory of the pod blast in the clip? Me thinks its because of the way the pod was launched?

If you mean the shot where Luke see's it crash then for some reason they flipped one of the shots so for continuity i flipped it. They used the same shot but filmed at a distance.

Darth Stewie, i've just had a look at your clip and i can see what you are getting at but i prefer it the way it is. i've never had a problem with the timeline taking a step back for this. This is one scene i will always remember sitting with my mates in the cinema in 1980. we see the probe land and then emerge so we know what's in it. next we see Luke see it land. Now when the Taun Taun becomes agitated the first thing my mate said was that it was sensing the probe droid coming to get Luke then we were all surprised when its actually the Wampa because we really were expecting it to be the droid. So i will be keeping the original edit.
Joshua_Blue said:

At the end when the tauntaun comes into the base, when he stops at the very end, it looks like it's feet are floating, not having contact with the snow. I does not look like he is really standing there.

yeh, thats one of the unfinished shots. theres still a lot of colour correction to do and i'm going to attempt to smooth out the Taun Taun motion like i have in all the other shots.
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#320519
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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DMaarten said:

Looks good :) I'm not to positive about the sound effect at 0.29 when the shot switches to clouds, that sound effect is really WHAM in your face.. a little TOO wham if you ask me

Also, the image from 0.55 seems to be pretty bad on the left hand side, snowy white with a lot of dark .. euhh. bleeding ? you know when you see it :)

comments posted, back to reality

you are a god :)

the audio is direct from the DVD. I won't be doing my audio mix until i've completed the video. Just shows how bad the 2004 DVD mix really is. lol

That shot you mentioned has always been dark on the left and is nothing to do with what i have done. theres not much i can do about that

I'm just doing a split screen version just for you doubleofive. it'll be posted within 30mins
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#320338
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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tlbauerle said:


I am using Dynex DVD+R DL media (its all that was available when I went to the store, DL media is hard to come by).

My DVD Drive is a TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS- L 532M


The media could well be the problem but its more likely to be your DVD_RW.

Some Dynex have been known to use the same dye as Verbatim but recently there have been a lot of fakes around and ones manufactured outside of Singapore are known for being pretty crap and having compatibility problems. But you do mention that it plays up til the layer break on your panasonic but not at all in the pioneer. The pioneer should play DL-DVD+R s without problem. Check to see if it says the country of manufacture. If its singapore then you can most likely rule out the discs

One thing is that i did find a forum thread that points to the TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS- L 532M as being the problem. It seems that its a pretty bad drive with no support even though its supposed to be a Toshiba/ Samsung collaboration drive

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/279491

If you can you try burning one of the discs using a different burner and test it that way you'll know if its the drive or the media. My money is on your drive though
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#320324
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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.
http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/8616/hantoolwd6.jpg
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
http://img372.imageshack.us/img372/6718/saberjy5.jpg
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)
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#320221
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
Time
corellian77 said:

A question for you guys... I was watching the DVD9 the other day on my LG DVD player/recorder and at the beginning of the scene where Vader enters the hanger bay with the Millennium Falcon (which I believe is chapter 28, the layer break on the disc), the image pixelated and skipped ahead about 10 seconds or so. However, if I access the scene via the chapter selection screen, the image plays with no problems.

I also tried the disc on my PC's DVD player and my Philips mini-system DVD/CD player with no problem, as well as on my older JVC DVD player (which resulted only in a slight pause at the layer break, but which I believe is typical of that unit).

Anyway, my question is whether this is strictly a player-related issue, or if it possibly has something to do with the burning of the DL disc.


That sounds like a player related problem. That is the point of the layer break so maybe the LG doesn't like either the media used or the way it was burned.

what media were you using, what program did you use to burn it & if this was the version with the imgburn fix applied did you use the seamless branch option when making the new iso because this can cause a few problems in certain players at the layer break. I never use that option because of compatibility.
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#320189
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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tlbauerle said:

Thanks, I had no trouble with pgcedit. When I tried using IMGBURN, it errored saying:

Finalize Disc Failed!

Reason: Cannot Write Medium - Incompatable Format.

Huh...I'm using the same medium I used burning to nero. Any help here would be hot.

So....would not selecting the option for the seamless layer break help?

The seamless layer break option shouldn't make a difference while burning anyway. i know that using that option can cause problems in some players though which is why i didn't use that option when creating the original ISO.

i use to have the same problem you mentioned when finalising with an old pioneer drive i had, but only when using +R media. What is the model number & make of your DVD-RW drive? And what DVD media are you using (some lesser quality media can cause the freezing issue you were originally having in some players on the layer break)

It may be your burner having problems with DL media. You may need a firmware upgrade for your drive. Also make sure you burn at the slowest speed (usually 2.4x). You could retry burning your new ISO with nero to see if the freezing problem is still there.

DanB. said:

Hi,

I could really use some help here. I've spent the last two days (almost the entire day and night) trying to create a dvd of Star Wars Revisted to no avail. I've downloaded the 7 GB DVD-9 NTSC file, the 4.5 DVD-5 file, and tried a myriad of programs to burn these to a DVD-R or DVD+RDL with error messages every time I try to play it. Yet, I know the content of these downloads is fine because they play flawlessly with my VLC media player. The problem is, I can't play it anywhere but my computer. I've browsed hundreds of pages on here, and to be honest, I don't know enough about computers to do any of the "fixes" or "workaround" that people suggest. Would anyone be either kind enough to write a very simple "how to guide", since spliting files, etc. is way too complicated for me, or could anyone make me a disc that would be playable in my home dvd player. I've continued to share or "seed", the files that I have for others to download, and I would really be greatful if someone could help me out with this. I know we are not suppose to pay for anyt ype of help here via the forum rules, but I'm just a simple guy who loves Star Wars and would love to be able to watch Star Wars Revisted on my home theater system.

Thanks,
Dan

Again what make of media are you using? what sort of error messages are you getting when trying to play the discs?

You shouldn't have any problems burning & playing at least the DVD-5 version. It could be an issue with your player or most likely the media you are using. What are the make of discs you are using? Try using Imgburn to burn the DVD-5 version
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#320146
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Effects Help
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darkhelmet said:

What Adywan did took him a LONG time to do, and he had the benefit of doing some of the effects with 3-D computer modeling if I'm not mistaken.

Actually the only shot that had any CG ships was the TIE fighter approach in the Death Star battle. The rest was done by using cut out photographs of the models and adding the motion blur effect that's built into After Effects. There is hell of a lot involved with doing anything like this. if you are adding extra ships to existing footage of a battle, for example, you need to mask all foreground elements , most of the time using keyframes to mask moving objects on each frame. Then you have to map out the movement for each extra element, making sure you test the movement each time you add an element to see if there are any conflicts with existing footage. Then there's your lasers. best way to do this is to grab a frame from one of the films that has a good straight laser. then just cut out the laser and you can use that for every laser for that particular colour. TIE lasers work better when you have cut out a laser sequence from the movie. mask each laser against a black background ans create a short avi file containing only the lasers. when you come to compositing lasers then add them to your project, adjust the positioning, size and rotation and use the "screen" blending mode.

The way i learned was just by playing around with the program and trying all effects settings to see what they can do.

Lightsabers you need to rotoscope every frame. It gets bloody tedious after a while, trust me.
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#320143
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New 'The Clone Wars' movie trailer
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Johnboy3434 said:

Err... okay, so exactly which fear was confirmed, again? Looked acceptable to me. A bit flashy, but flashy never bothered me that much.

That its going to be filled with terrible so called humour and using flashy action scenes to try and compensate for the weak story and dialogue. I mean, come on, the way those bloody droids campily screaming "woooh" when a blast hits near them and that stupid "losing its balance and falling" crap was unbelievably cringe worthy. If this clip was supposed to be a bit of a showcase for the new movie then just how bad is the rest of it?
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#320137
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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X-Wing Mechanic said:

Dear Adywan,

Have you thought of adding some graphics to the blank screens in the cockpits, those cockpits look pretty dead. Perhaps some interface of sorts showing targets or proximities?

Keep up the great work...


Yeh i had thought of doing something like that but i'm going to wait until i've finished all stages of the colour correction first
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#320129
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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tlbauerle said:

It was the latest demonoid release, the ISO with the zipped fix folder. I unzipped the folder and put it in the VIDEO_TS. It plays great on my computer...

...I used Nero to burn.

ok. well try running it through pgcedit first and create a new iso. If pgcedit reports any errors then make a note of them and i'll see if i can help. Also use imgburn to burn the iso. This keeps the layer break exactly the same (which should be cell 28). it is more compatible with set-top players than Nero (different versions of Nero are producing different results).
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#320126
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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tlbauerle said:

So...

My newly burned DVD 9 crashes at the layer change. Any help?

It shouldn't be my player, its a Pioneer DV-414 and it is reported at www.videohelp.com to play DVD+R DL.

I could skip past the layer on my other DVD / VCR player, but that one has a real crummy picture, even being progressive scan. The colors end up saturated and the image artifacts like crazy, so I'm not real thrilled.

What's the DVD 5 look llike?

I was really impressed with the first part of the film, though! Nice work Ady...

Which version of the DVD did you get? It wasn't the unpacked folder version by any chance was it?

Also what program are you using to burn it and what media are you using?
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#320123
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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gavin77 said:

I'm sorry, but I don't have any clue what was fixed in that scene? Can someone explain?

I did explain in my post and there a big clue in the link "Transparent cockpit". The cockpits are transparent and you can see the lasers and backgrounds through the cockpit. Just keep an eye on the walker as the speeder approaches it. you can see its shadow and then the4 model clearly through the cockpit struts
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#320120
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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Good to see you back nohandluke.

Just a quickie. Here's the first ever fix done for ESBR. Its only about 80% complete. there's still a few glitches to iron out but i just wanted to see if this was possible. Its probably going to be impossible to fix all the transparent cockpits in the Hoth battle but i think i may be able to fix the worse ones.

Again a split screen comparison so you can see how bad the original was (even when ILM said they fixed it already)

SPEEDER COCKPIT TRANSPARENCY TEST FIX
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#320060
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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Savage said:

DGC General X said:

Lowry's restoration washed them out a little bit.


Re: Lowry's restoration (and fine, fine Season Salt, btw). I was under the impression that Lowry Digital did the clean up work on the films and once done, Lucasfilm added the blue overlay to most shots to "give it a more modern look." Was it the folks at Lowry or the folks at Lucasfilm who tampered with the color balance?

I'm pretty sure that it was Lucasfilm that messed the colours up.

The thing is its not just a blue tint that has been added to the film. In the opening cloud city shots they have added a reddish tint, but overdone it. They have destroyed a lot of the colour information and its impossible to recover the original colouring without weeks and weeks worth of work per shot, and even then it may be impossible. The original matte shot above looks so much more natural than the 2004 version. They have destroyed any of the subtle gradients that existed pre-2004.

As for the train and added sky traffic in the SE i really like these additions. I think it makes the matte painting look less static. The problem i have now with the matte is that now we have a better picture quality to work with it looks too much like a painting. It would have been much better for them to redo the matte to match the new CG footage. the buildings don't match at all now. And the Falcon should have been replaced with a model shot. i agree that the windows on the Falcon look terrible. This is the main reason i want to redo all the mattes for Cloud City but I'm going to struggle due to the fact that there's so little new building shots to work with.
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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ImperialFighter said:


I got sent a PAL DVD-9 with Adywan's artwork directly printed onto it, with the words 'PAL DVD-9' added at the bottom, from someone, which arrived this morning. It didn't have a note of the sender enclosed, and the postmark isn't clear. If this happened to be you Ady, then thanks! Can you confirm?

Yeh, that was me