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Post: #301049
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301049/action/topic#301049
Time: 10-Nov-2007 7:12 PM

well i've just got back from seeing Alice Cooper & Motorhead and i definitely won't be able to work on any audio for a while. Me & My eldest daughter managed to get right to the front and unfortunately i have totally lost my hearing apart from a very high pitched ringing.

. Oh well, it was worth it.

Post: #301015
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/301015/action/topic#301015
Time: 10-Nov-2007 2:45 AM

Originally posted by: AuggieBenDoggie
My appologies Ady, I ment to say before the mpeg 2 compression to dvd. I remember you saying the project files were all loosless but I didn't know if you were going to compress the files before you converted them to mpeg 2. So everything stays looseless until it's compressed to mpeg 2, no compressing before that?

The 2004 PAL DVD-9 is converted to Lossless avi and it remains that way until it is finished and ready to convert back to MPEG2 so no other compression method in between so the video image remains as good as possible

Post: #300931
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300931/action/topic#300931
Time: 9-Nov-2007 8:13 AM

Originally posted by: AuggieBenDoggie
Ady, I'm just curious, but what compression codec are you going to use for the final project? I don't remember if you have mentioned in it earlier posts or not.

Not too sure what you mean by this as I can only use Mpeg2 for the final DVD. But if you mean what codec will it be rendered to before encoding to mpeg2 then the complete project uses Lagaryth lossless codec which creates huge sized files, but with all the different encoding stages that this edit has had to go through, i haven't lost any quality at all. so far the edit has taken over 2.5TB of disc space. The Mpeg2 encoding will be done using CinemaCraftEncoder as this is the best software Mpeg encoder there is out there but will take about 24 hours to do a 9 pass encode, but the results are well worth it. I did a couple of test encodes this week: 1 for a DVD-9 and another for a DVD-5 and to be honest there is almost no noticeable difference in quality, which shows just how good CCE is .

Post: #300924
Topic: //Star Wars Begins\\: HD Version Now on Vimeo
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300924/action/topic#300924
Time: 9-Nov-2007 4:53 AM

Originally posted by: Jambe DavdarIs anyone able to save the video to their hard disc?

i have this video set to record on BBC local news tonight so should be able to get you a high quality copy. Luckily i can get all different BBC local news stations on sky. This is on SKY channel 983 at 6.30pm

Post: #300842
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300842/action/topic#300842
Time: 8-Nov-2007 6:32 AM

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Ady, I was watching the new Death Star intro again and I thought it might be interesting to see maybe a shuttle or something drop from the Star Destroyer as it 'pulls up' to the station.

Thats a good suggestion Sluggo but those shots are in the bag now and i don't want to do anything more to them at this late stage.

Some good news.... i'm on the last 10 shots now. Worked my ass off this past week and everything worked out just the way i wanted them too so i'm pretty happy now.

Post: #300655
Topic: Star Wars: Rise of the Empire - a fan edit of the Prequel Trilogy (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300655/action/topic#300655
Time: 5-Nov-2007 7:44 PM

I don't think that his comment was in any way directed at you dark_jedi. It seems to me that he was just commenting on his slow download speed in that beggars can't be choosers and expect super fast downloads.

Post: #300646
Topic: Help Wanted: I can has Litesabr? Star Wars in lolspeak.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300646/action/topic#300646
Time: 5-Nov-2007 6:25 PM

I always use Subtitle Workshop. You can edit DVD subtitles easy (you need to rip them first and convert them to a readable format, but there are many sites that you can get sub tracks ready to use) and you can create your own too. It has a preview window so you can check to see if everything is syncing up. but as long as you have the sub track that matches the framerate of the video then you should have no sync problems. You can also convert the finished subs to both PAL & NTSC timecoded tracks at the click of a button.

Post: #300537
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300537/action/topic#300537
Time: 4-Nov-2007 9:29 AM

yeh, its looking less likely to be a 2007 release now, which is a shame because i really wanted this to be for the 30th anniversary. But i would rather take my time and get things done right rather than have to leave things out due to time constraints. If i can't get it out by X-mas then i will post a nice long preview prezzie for you all.

Post: #300506
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300506/action/topic#300506
Time: 3-Nov-2007 1:44 PM

Originally posted by: cbaka
hey ady, is this is different as the idea i've suggest ? (hope so

)

To be honest i've completely lost track of who said what so i can't remember what your suggestion was. I think this edit is starting to fry my brain cells.

Post: #300497
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300497/action/topic#300497
Time: 3-Nov-2007 7:18 AM

Originally posted by: dumb_kid
Hey Ady,

For the death star explosion.. I imagine you may be doing something new for this, but if not, will you get rid of the weird blue and purple digital noise that occurs in the fringes of explosion?

Yes i am doing something different for this shot but i'm not going to give away any details.

Post: #300383
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300383/action/topic#300383
Time: 1-Nov-2007 8:02 PM

Originally posted by: Sluggo
So...

Ady, did those cameos we all discussed earlier make it into the edit?

Not as yet, but they will be.

Post: #300176
Topic: What happened to the live-action show?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300176/action/topic#300176
Time: 30-Oct-2007 12:06 AM

The live-action is still going ahead. Rick McCallum spoke at "reunion 2" in France . heres a snip of what he said:

Live action:
- Boba Fett will certainly be in the series and Rick wants Daniel Logan for the part.
- The series will be on cable.
- He will have a contract for 100 episodes and Rick hopes it will be extend to 400, maybe with Expanded Universe characters after the first 100.
- So no EU character for "now" in the live action show. All the characters will be new ones.
- Six screen writers have been hired and will start work in November
- McCallum hopes to have John Williams for the score but it is too early to tell
- Every episode will have it's own original score

The Clone Wars Animated Series:
- The first season will have 21 episodes of 22 minutes. Steve Sansweet has already seen 6 of them.
- We will see more trailers once a TV network has been chosen
- The series may be broadcast in many countries at the same time

Saga Box Set:
- Lucasfilm is waiting to see who wins: HD DVD or Blue Ray.
- The box set will have around 100 hours of documentaries about the 6 films.

Post: #300174
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300174/action/topic#300174
Time: 29-Oct-2007 11:18 PM

Originally posted by: AuggieBenDoggie
Yes twice. Take a look at the 97 special edition, and then take a look at the 04 special edition. The differences aren't too hard to spot.

Yeh, the changes are pretty noticable. You can see the differences in the comparisons below. The shots are all taken from exactly the same frame for each version. The '97 SE had more rats & a different speeder and as you can see the speeder entered frame a lot earlier. In my version i have removed the rats from the left hand side of the screen and lengthened the shot so you see the speeder enter the spaceport now. Those are the only changes, apart from colour of course.

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/1094/comparisonmosld0.jpg

Post: #300165
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300165/action/topic#300165
Time: 29-Oct-2007 9:28 PM

Originally posted by: eros

Originally posted by: ron2112

Originally posted by: nohandluke
Let's leave the separate franchises separate - putting Serenity or the Enterprise in Star Wars just because we can seems like digital effects masturbation rather than meaningful enhancement.

For the record, I was joking. I'll try to make that more obvious next time.

Ron Moses

Don't try to justify yourself mate! you will never find a more retched hive of geeky, whiney bastards on any other website!!

Well eros, i see you have a witch as your avatar. If you think we're all geeky, whiney bastards here then why don't you just remove that broomstick from your asshole and fly yourself out of here. Why do you never have anything constructive to say nowadays?
Originally posted by: eros
DVD 5 &9 both look a bag of shit on big screen

Now this all depends on the quality of the DVDplayer & the screen its being shown on. Viewing using some high quality components can make viewing even a DVD-5 look good on a big screen. Of course it would be nothing compared to HD
Maybe you and remixerboss should start you own website where you can just sprout shit at each other all day.
Originally posted by: nohandluke
I know one of his trailers made it to YouTube without his permission. Isn't that right, Ady? Or do I have that wrong? I would worry that YouTube would attract too much attention before the film is finished...But maybe I'm just paranoid of Lucas' goons at this stage in the game...

Yes, you are correct. Someone posted the first trailer to youtube pretending to be me. Since then he handed his account over to me so any clips in the future posted by adywanuk will be through me. I might put some clips on at some point but probably only a couple.

Post: #300117
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300117/action/topic#300117
Time: 29-Oct-2007 1:30 AM

I couldn't agree more

Post: #300106
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300106/action/topic#300106
Time: 28-Oct-2007 9:31 PM

Originally posted by: JediBorota
Star Wars and Trek do not mix...at least in my opinion...I don't remember Ady saying anything about that...at least i hope he didn't...lol.

God, no. I definitely didn't. But i might just change the death star for the borg sphere.........

....only joking.

Post: #300093
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300093/action/topic#300093
Time: 28-Oct-2007 4:02 PM

Originally posted by: HotRodTrash compactor scene. 3PO is trying to shut down the mashers....cut to scene with the droids and you here "no, shut them all down" as a reply to R2. But we don't actually here anything from R2.
Are you gonna stick a beep in there?

Yeh, thats one thing that bothered me and will be sorted.

Post: #300091
Topic: Star Wars Vault or the Making of Star Wars?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300091/action/topic#300091
Time: 28-Oct-2007 3:58 PM

I say go with the "making of .." book. i saw the vault at my local WHSmith and it was open and i have to say that i wasn't impressed. It sort of reminded me of the extras content you get as a bonus with a DVD set, so the fun would be over pretty quick.The book is far more value for money

Post: #300084
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300084/action/topic#300084
Time: 28-Oct-2007 2:30 PM

Yeh, i'm watching the showing on ITV now. It's such a pity that its been zoomed to 16:9 because there are some shots on the DVD where the colour was unfixable but in the '97 SE there was no problem so i could have used this version because its a lot better quality than the SE version i have already. There might be snippets i can use for a couple of the colour fixes though. Its also a shame that ITV is only transmitting in 2.0 and not the 5.1 track.

Post: #300063
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300063/action/topic#300063
Time: 27-Oct-2007 9:52 PM

Thanks Darksaber. Just sent you a PM

Post: #300054
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300054/action/topic#300054
Time: 27-Oct-2007 5:02 PM

Originally posted by: SojournAnd check out those mask points on the X-Wing! Are you rotoing that, or is it keyframeable at all?
P.S. Not to get all crazy technical here, but why are the masks visible, even though it's a video layer that is selected? Are those masks on that layer? And if so, why? I have a few guesses, but instead of writing them all out, I figured I'd just ask you.

Most of the shots like this i have to first cut out each object to keep using the mask layer. Next i have to go through frame by frame and adjust the markers so that only the ship is visible and not and of the background elements. Each frame has a created keyframe. Some shots you can actually skip the adjusting for a few frames because the mask created by the keyframes matches but most cases its is a frame by frame job. You can see the masks visible on that video layer because these are foreground objects and have to remain that way due to adding all the extra elements and also because i brightened up the stars quite a bit i need to be able to keep the levels of all other objects well below the new levels of the stars, so each original element that is to be kept has to be masked.

Originally posted by: vbangle
Did anybody else notice what resolution the 8.avi was at? 1920x1080...........?

I am a 6'1" 450lbs. (with 24" bicepts) 39 yr old man, former power lifter....(think strong man like on TV), BEGGING you, on my knees yet, with blood sweat beading down my forehead, to make that available somehow.......pleeeassssseee.........
Unfortunately this will be impossible to do at present. You see the quality HD versions just weren't available when i first started this edit and i would have to start from scratch for most of the movie , colour correcting and many of the FX shots would need re-doing to. So no HD version for the foreseeable future. but i have been working with HD elements recently so i wouldn't rule it out, but this maybe years away yet.

Originally posted by: yanksno1
How long will the bonus dvd take to create? Definitely release the movie first.

Only joshing, keep up the great work Ady.

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Deleted Magic pointed out a film crew member that helps push R5-D4 from the sandcrawler and goes to hide behind the treadwell droid. Any chance you could paint him out?
I've been working on that shot and i haven't got it as good as i want it to be. its pretty tricky. it may or may not be fixed in my version

Originally posted by: Sluggo
You were going to modify Ben's line of "Your father wanted you to have this..." Did this change get made?

I still have a few bugs to iron out to get it sounding natural but yes this is still planned.
Originally posted by: Sluggo
The ILM crew erased too much of the bottom of Luke's speeder as the heroes pulled up to the cantina fir the special edition. Can you fix this?

I have no plan on doing this
Originally posted by: Sluggo
You mentioned replacing Ponda Baba's paw with a flipper for the limb on the floor scene. Did this get done? The smoke coming off the cauterized wound looks great, btw.

I'm still working on the flipper but this is going to make it into the final version.
Originally posted by: Sluggo
And a tough one... The costume for Kenny Baker had holes in the base so Mr. Baker could rock the costume back and forth for some of those scenes. His feet were hid by black tubing. Any chance these could be painted out?

I have no plan on doing this either
Originally posted by: Sluggo
You mentioned earlier that we would be seeing the Death Star superlaser beginning to fire before it explodes. Is this still being planned? It would be cool to see a white flash blast through the Death Star before it blew up, similiar to the one in ROTJ.

This one you'll just have to wait and see. After all i can't give too much away

And now something i really hope someone can help me with. If anyone has Moth3rs PAL ANH transfer could you please post a couple of clips please that i need desperately. The first is the shot of the ships moving away from the death star after Luke launches the torpedo and the second is the death star explosion itself. i have the GOUT but its NTSC and the jaggies are so horrible that using this as a source makes it look awful. Or if anyone can point me in a direction where i could obtain the full Moth3r PAL DVD, but torrents are out because they crawl for me due to ISP limitations. then this would be even better becase there are a few more shots that i could really do with too.

Post: #300050
Topic: //Star Wars Begins\\: HD Version Now on Vimeo
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/300050/action/topic#300050
Time: 27-Oct-2007 3:51 PM

sent you a PM Jambe

Post: #299935
Topic: Would you give up ESB in exchange for...?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299935/action/topic#299935
Time: 25-Oct-2007 3:55 PM

Well it's a "hell no" for me. We would be giving up a whole lot more than just ESB & ROTJ just to rid ourselves of the prequels & SE. Think of all the other movies and TV series that we would lose because the FX industry hadn't progressed far enough to make them possible. If only Star Wars existed the ILM may well have disbanded and certainly wouldn't have had the money to develop all the new techniques that gave us today's FX industry. Can you imagine what LOTR would have looked like having to use stop motion animation?

But FX aside just think of all the fan edits we would lose and this site wouldn't have existed in the first place for us to debate a subject like this.

Post: #299787
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299787/action/topic#299787
Time: 23-Oct-2007 8:14 PM

Originally posted by: SluggoA quick question...

I don't know if it is a continuity error or something else, but it appears that there is a discrepency in the grime and dirt on the panel where the restraining bolt is attached to R2. The Tantive IV shots show R2 with a relatively clean panel. The Tatooine footage has the panel much darker with a spot already wiped off for the bolt even before he is captured by the Jawas. More of me being nit-picky, but is seems that the wiped of area shouldn't appear until after he gets the bolt. This make sense? I'm not at home so I can't post any screencaps.

I think i know which mark you are talking about. Is it this one?

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1914/r2markfx3.jpg

If it is then as it is consistent throughout that scene i have no plan on fixing it. It could be put down to the way he was "dirtied" for that scene. The mark i was more worried about was the shot where the Jawa is about to attach the bolt. you can clearly see the mark where a restraining bolt was to be placed. so i fixed that,

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9189/r2markrestrainingboltconw3.jpg

Originally posted by: nohandluke
Ady, is this the first "behind the scenes" screencap from Star Wars Revisited?! Talk about insight into the "redevelopment" of Star Wars!

yes it is the first one. i plan on doing a "making of " documentary for the bonus DVD that will incorporate both original behind the scenes footage from old "making of" docs and new stuff showing how i did some of the work on Revisited . In that screenshot you can actually only see one third of the actual layers & footage on the project layout that was needed to create this one shot alone. i guess now you can see why its taking so long to complete.

Post: #299773
Topic: SW fonts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299773/action/topic#299773
Time: 23-Oct-2007 6:42 PM

i was just wondering what font was used on the end credits on the 2004 DVDs. I tried looking through this thread but could only find mention of the original font used pre 2004.