adywan

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Post: #280052
Topic: The Mono Mix Restoration Project (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/280052/action/topic#280052
Time: 31-Mar-2007 5:07 AM

Originally posted by: Belbucus
"....almost there...."

Can't wait for this.

Post: #279991
Topic: .: The Lancer DVD Project :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279991/action/topic#279991
Time: 30-Mar-2007 6:26 PM

Tellen, i hate to be the bearer of bad news but it looks like you have your monitor set too dark. The new clip you have posted have some terrible black level problems. In some shots you have the levels jump from totally black in one shot to almost grey on the next bringing out some terrible video noise. in one shot also you have the red levels way too high and very oversaturated. Here's a couple of examples:

Bad black levels & very bad matte of the death star & top section of the cockpit

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/9474/blacklevelsel9.jpg

oversaturated reds

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/2176/tooredgr0.jpg

Brightening causing blue screen video noise

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/8030/badbluescreenpy3.jpg

I'm not criticising you, Tellen, but i would hate for you to have done all this work only to find that there are a lot of problems that you may be unaware.

Post: #279782
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279782/action/topic#279782
Time: 29-Mar-2007 12:32 PM

Originally posted by: DGC General X
One ? for Adywan. How will we be able to obtain your movie?

It should be available through the usual methods (PIF, Usenet & Torrents).

I have just finished a test shot of the brand new Death Star schematics first animation. I can't thank the guy, Will, who is doing the mesh work enough for this. As you can see the new schematics now have a closer resemblance to the ones we see in AOTC instead of that old B&W Atari graphic style of the original. This shot is only a very basic test shot and will look a lot different in the completed edit, but i was so buzzed when he sent me the mesh i just had to share it with you all.

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/3006/r2schematictestshotqp6.jpg

Post: #279725
Topic: ***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279725/action/topic#279725
Time: 28-Mar-2007 10:55 PM

Originally posted by: bkev
Agreed with the guy above, however I was a bit upset with the yellow flashes done by the color-correction with the lightsabers. Should there be a v4 would you fix it?

The yellow flashes have always been there & it is nothing to do with the colour correction or DE. Heres a snapshot from a 1982 transfer i have

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/726/yellowflashgt8.jpg

Post: #279594
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279594/action/topic#279594
Time: 28-Mar-2007 4:39 AM

Originally posted by: Darth Solo
Adywan, just thought i'd bring up the work MoveAlong has done on the lost scenes in this thread, and as to how much you've looked at them?

Yeh these got me really interested. It's a pity the Lucasfilm have never released these at DVD resolution though. It would have been great to add these scenes, in some form, back into the movie, but no amount of work would ever get what we have now to the quality to fit back in without jumping out at you. They would be great to add a special features though.

Post: #279393
Topic: I will be away for three weeks.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279393/action/topic#279393
Time: 26-Mar-2007 10:01 PM

Hope everything goes ok for you Laserman. All the best.

Post: #279359
Topic: Requiem for a Clone War dream... (2003 series) (* unfinished project * - lots of info)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279359/action/topic#279359
Time: 26-Mar-2007 7:24 PM

Grievous and his amazing technicolour dreamcoat

I can see the musical now

"i closed my eyes....
pulled out my saber.."

Post: #279334
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279334/action/topic#279334
Time: 26-Mar-2007 5:40 PM

Originally posted by: Clone 007
adywan;
any plans to remove ejected shell casings from frames where blaster rifles/pistols are firing?

No, I have no plans on removing them. I have to admit its not something that i have really noticed.

Post: #279217
Topic: The Empire Strikes Back - The Vintage Edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279217/action/topic#279217
Time: 25-Mar-2007 9:21 PM

Originally posted by: andy_k_250
What is 3P0's extra line in the freezing chamber?

Well in the carbon chamber 3P0 says "I'm not ready to die..." as chewy attacks the troopers but the line was cut short. You can hear the extra line in the "story of The Empire Strikes Back" LP. He continues to say "...on the back of a demented Wookie."

PaulisDead2221, any idea when you will be sharing this? It looks great.

Post: #279010
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279010/action/topic#279010
Time: 24-Mar-2007 8:53 AM

Originally posted by: wookielover69
That and the mssing window behind the stromtroopers on Bespin in ESB are two things I've found very hard to ignore.

That's one thing thats going to be fixed once i get round to ESB

Post: #278885
Topic: The "9000" Saga Edit (outdated thread)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278885/action/topic#278885
Time: 23-Mar-2007 5:15 PM

Originally posted by: Hal 9000
I can play them normally in a DVD player or even on the computer.

It will read it perfectly fine until it gets to the end, in which an error message appears. On one disc, it always stops at 17%.

If you can play them normally on a dvd player then the discs should be fine. Try ripping it to a hard drive on a different computer. If it still fails then it will eliminate the possibility of the problem lying with your pc's dvd drive

Post: #278872
Topic: .: The Lancer DVD Project :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278872/action/topic#278872
Time: 23-Mar-2007 4:24 PM

Originally posted by: tellan
second, nope, didn't use your shot as it happens, it seems two great minds have been working in parallel once again.

Yep, it does.

One thing i did notice though is that it is very visible where you turn off the clean plate, it really jumps out at you, also for the first few frames there is a distinct wobble on the background. i had this problem when i first attempted mine. Instead of using a complete plate you could just use the plate to mask out only the section where the saber is, that way it becomes invisible. If you are using after effects then all you have to do is create an animated mask and mask the motion of the saber blade, then the glow hides it.

Post: #278839
Topic: .: The Lancer DVD Project :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278839/action/topic#278839
Time: 23-Mar-2007 1:25 PM

Ah, yes i have seen this before. It is actually a huffyuv codec bug and always seems to be original layer specific usually the result of the initial encode from MPEG" to avi . This also happens in Adobe premier. I originally used this codec and this would happen when rendering in premier. It would randomly happen and never usually the same frame twice. I switched to the lagarith lossless codec and the problem disappeared. And it never showed up in any media player either, but it isn't a bug within vegas.

one thing that may be relevant though. did you encode the mpeg files to huffyuv using virtualdub? i just tried some footage that i had problems with in after effects but this time using DVD2AVI and the problem has disappeared, so i'm now wondering if its a bug with virtualdub.

Also i noticed something in the clip. the first lightsaber shot. Did you use my clip for that shot and overlayed your saber over the top of it?

Post: #278830
Topic: Help In After Effects - Moving An Object Toward A Vanishing Point
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278830/action/topic#278830
Time: 23-Mar-2007 12:32 PM

I'm really no expert in after effects, i've only been using it for about 4 months now, but you could try this:

add keyframes at your start and end point of your speeder animation. The first position keyframe will be the speeder offscreen . your last one will be at its destination. then create keyframes at the same points in the scale section, again first will be maximum size last will be minimum. Next highlight the keyframes in your "scale" section and click on the graph icon next to your timeline. now you can adjust the velocity of your keyframes animation. You want to slow the scale down as it hits the vanishing point so lower the velocity at the end. Most of this is trial and error to get it to look right so play about with things a bit. You could also right click on the last scale keyframe and select "keyframe assistant/ easy ease". this will do all this for you but its better to tweak the settings yourself until you get the desired result. once you have the animation settings you want then right click on the speeder layer in your timeline and select "switches/ motion blur". when adding this motion blur drag your last keyframes (which should be at the last frame of your animation sequence) for position and scale 1 fame after the last frame of the animation or the last frame ends up with no motion blur.

without playing about with the animation myself i can't be any more help with this but this should give you the basics

Post: #278828
Topic: The "9000" Saga Edit (outdated thread)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278828/action/topic#278828
Time: 23-Mar-2007 12:10 PM

Originally posted by: Hal 9000
Unfortunately, no. I don't know why but I can't get the DVD onto my computer at all. This happens for a few various 'home-made' discs.

This could be a problem with the media used. Some recordable DVDs have been found to have a very short lifespan. Some DVd's i recorded using Ritek dye based media are now no longer readable in anything due to dye degradation and these are discs that have hardly been played and have no surface damage whatsoever. The problem with this though is that its almost impossible to recover the data because its dye based and not surface. If you visit cdfreaks they have a pretty good chart & discussion about different media types and their lifespan. I switched to Taiyo Yuden branded disks a year and a half ago and I've. never had any problems with these and they are supposed to be the best for longevity .

Post: #278699
Topic: .: The Lancer DVD Project :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278699/action/topic#278699
Time: 22-Mar-2007 5:03 PM

What artifacting do you mean Tellan? If you can be more specific or show some examples i may be able to help

Post: #278555
Topic: Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagenation
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278555/action/topic#278555
Time: 21-Mar-2007 5:01 PM

Originally posted by: wookielover69
It's from the end of empire when the medical droid pricks his fingers to show that he can feel through his prostetic hand.

When he pricks the fingers you see them move and you then see the mechanisms inside move to match.

No, it's definitely not from Empire. that scene you mention only his wrist mechanics are exposed, his hand is intact. The pic looks like the hand has is supposed to have some sort of damage to it, which doesn't happen in ESB but in ROTJ his hand gets hit by a blaster from the rear. I've checked through ESB & ROTS and this prop isn't used in either.

Post: #278545
Topic: STAR WARS: the alt.binaries.starwars thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278545/action/topic#278545
Time: 21-Mar-2007 4:01 PM

Originally posted by: BountyHunter
Ok....but just so I know, how many gigs would the average 2hr DVD take up?

Anywhere between 4.7 - 5gb with pars for a full DVD but sizes do vary

Post: #278272
Topic: Star Wars: Classic Edition 2.0 NEW from Ocpmovie (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278272/action/topic#278272
Time: 19-Mar-2007 10:48 PM

It looks to me what OCP has done is just raise the gamma settings without adjusting the input black & white levels. Using just the gamma setting will bring out all the noise in the darker & some other areas. I came across this problem when i was first attempting to colour correct ANH. But i found that you only need to raise the gamma very slightly and then use the input white level to brighten without bringing out too much noise. Here's an comparison example. Here you can see that i have managed to brighten up the image without bringing out too much noise in the darker areas and is almost as bright as OCP's. i boosted the saturation on my image just to match OCP's just for this example. The original of mine has had the saturation dropped by about 20%

http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/8455/comparisonvl4.jpg

I find it is always best to do some quick renders first onto a dvd-rw and check on a few tv's to see if any problems have occured with brightening & colour correction. The problem with the 2004 DVD's is that the detail has been lost in the black areas and no amount of brightening will fix this. Its all just finding a good balance between brightness & minimal image noise.

Post: #278196
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278196/action/topic#278196
Time: 19-Mar-2007 5:37 PM

Originally posted by: Sojourn
The glow on Luke's saber looks really good, too! Is it just me, or is that a new remote? Also, were you keyframing the glow to track it onto the handle, or did you track it frame by frame? Especially toward the end, it looks like the blade starts overlapping the handle a little bit.

No, it's the original remote. You're right on the saber blade though. i did track it frame by frame but it looks like the composite sliped downward towards the end. A keframe was added by mistake which changed its position. It's fixed now

Post: #278185
Topic: .: The Lancer DVD Project :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278185/action/topic#278185
Time: 19-Mar-2007 4:53 PM

The exolosion looks a lot better. But there's one thing that jumped out at me. The black levels of the shot of Leia seem very off. Is this through the encoding or is it a result of your colour correction?

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/7392/tellen1fh9.jpg

Post: #278139
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278139/action/topic#278139
Time: 19-Mar-2007 7:17 AM

cbaka,
Just received your disc of explosions today. They are perfect. Many thanks for this. This has saved a lot of work for me.

InvaderTim,
many thanks for all your hard work searching through all those Star Trek episodes. That was a great help.

so now i'm back on track with the edit

Originally posted by: Wesyeed
Ady, after seeing the new explosion, an idea popped into my head (that's two head poppers now) I have to tell you. What if you showed the death star beam striking the planet, but for a few seconds the planet remains in tact... then you show a reaction from leia of the planet not destroyed. Perhaps if you have a shot of her looking unnerved and confident, that could be the one used... after which it does explode, and she expresses her terror. It'd add a little suspense to the moment...

It's an interesting idea but it just wouldn't have the same impact as the planet instantly exploding. that was the main reason i decided not to use the Enterprise footage and the surface explosions that i was originally going with.

Post: #278053
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278053/action/topic#278053
Time: 18-Mar-2007 5:43 PM

Originally posted by: tellan
you used the the original grainy death star beam. if you've done all the other changes to that shot, I would recomposite the beam.

The laser is being recomposited, but because i haven't finished the Death Star firing sequence as yet i want to do both beams together so they match. The beam was only added as a temp element so i could show the clip.

Originally posted by: tellan
ha! beat you to it with mine!

but

you total git! ;D stealing my thunder like that.

But seriously, it does look like we're almost running parallel with the sequences we're working on at the moment

Post: #277976
Topic: Info Wanted: Isovoice?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/277976/action/topic#277976
Time: 18-Mar-2007 2:53 AM

Originally posted by: andy_k_250
Molly - How much work have you done on this? I am really needing isolated sandspeeder noises for a project I am working on.

Have you tried the radio dramas. There are quite a few isolated FX that could be used. I'm sure you could find some speeder FX you could use

Post: #277971
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/277971/action/topic#277971
Time: 18-Mar-2007 2:34 AM

Ok, here it is.

enjoy.

NEW DESTRUCTION OF ALDERAAN SEQUENCE 18MB MPEG2