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Post: #255339
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255339/action/topic#255339
Time: 7-Nov-2006 3:13 PM

Originally posted by: SomethingStarWarsRelated

New DS approach: HOLY COW! Just amazing! This should have been here a long time ago! I dig the planet, I dig the scale (yeah, maybe check on those SD), I dig the music!
Of course, a few "nitpicks": you might consider reducing the number of ties in that first shot of the DS. I was blown away by the entire shot, but I didn't know where to look at first...I think the DS should be the focus.
I've reduced the size of the stardestroyers and takes out a couple of ties on the first shot of the death star

Music: the piece when Vader says "I find your lack of faith disturbing" is freakin' awesome! chilling!

Question: did you trim a few frames from the conference scene? some shots seem shorter...?

No i haven't trimed any frames
Also, if this is one of your last clips to show all of us, obviously, I'm sad.

BUT don't be afraid to bounce ideas off of us...hopefully our nitpicking has helped and not hendered your progress!

I'll still be bouncing my ideas off you all. I just thought that posting so many clips would probably spoil the whole surprise element of the new edit, plus rendering the clips to post is taking time away that could be better spent on finishing the movie ( its taking hell of a lot longer than i first thought). Everyones input and ideas have been invaluable for this edit and i am very grateful. I couldn't have done even half the stuff without you guys.

Post: #255274
Topic: .: The Lancer DVD Project :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255274/action/topic#255274
Time: 7-Nov-2006 9:14 AM

Originally posted by: tellan
well one graphics card meltdown and a hard drive detonation puts me on the back foot for a bit. new card and drive coming but then data recovery's going to take a bit of time.

oh well.

OMG. thats bad news. If you need a good drive recovery program just PM me.

That's you, me & trooperman recently that have been hit with hard drive failures. Do you think Lucasfilm have hacked our pc's to stop any more fan edits.

Post: #255131
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255131/action/topic#255131
Time: 6-Nov-2006 5:40 PM

Here's the compatison shots i promised. You can clearly see the difference that the colour correction has done for a couple of these shots.

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/9151/newcomparisonpicsig5.jpg

Post: #255130
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255130/action/topic#255130
Time: 6-Nov-2006 5:40 PM

Originally posted by: Commander Courage

A couple of suggestion, if I may:

-There was the idea (I believe it was ErikStormtrooper's) in the Starkiller Ranch thread that the 2nd Death Star was in construction over Mustafar. I that case I disagreed, as in its condition above Endor I didn't think it would be going anywhere. That said, if you're going to use a planet in the background of the DS1's into, why not Mustafar? The only drawback there I could see would be a lack of available "background plates" for the lava planet.
Mustafar was my original thought but i decided to go with a planet that would echo the look of the Death Star in ROTJ

-While the "Imperial March" is an essential piece to be included, what do you think about retaining ANH's "Imperial Theme" througout the saga as the "Death Star Theme"? This way you could keep the ANH theme in the films, and mix up the music of the Empire a bit, as you wouldn't want to overplay the March.

Most of the music in ANH will remain the same. The Imperial march will feature a few times thoughout the movie but i want to keep it to a minimum because, like you stated, i don't want to overplay it.

Post: #255111
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255111/action/topic#255111
Time: 6-Nov-2006 4:16 PM

Originally posted by: Weezer12
Adywan, what music did you use at the end of the Hut scene?

Its a mix of a few different tracks. These are the tracks used, in order:

The Imperial March
Aboard the Executor
The Emperor arrives
Jedi War Council

Originally posted by: AvatarX

Anyway the Imperial March is a welcomed edition but I am curious as to what planet the Death Star is hovering over? Is it just a filler or is it somehow being incorporated in the edit?

Also, wouldn't the Death Star, being the scale of a small moon, cast a large shadow or eclipse the horizon of the planet?

The planet is just a "filler". I added the planet to mirror the Death Star 2 in ROTJ. That is under construction orbiting a moon so i thought that, because it isn't yet fully operational until it reaches Alderaan, that it would be in keeping with that theme. i haven't added a shadow because i'm not sure that it would actually cast one given the direction of the light source, plus it doesn't in ROTJ so i thought i'd keep it the same.
Originally posted by: GoldStone9
Just wondering, do we have a "release date" like should one expect the release date before January?

At the moment its looking more likely that a release date will be in the first quarter of 2007

Post: #255098
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255098/action/topic#255098
Time: 6-Nov-2006 3:07 PM

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Ah, now I remember why I like this site. The creativity just blows me away. I was curious about the scaling of the Star Destroyers in the last shot as they move behind the death star. They seem like they need to be smaller. I'd have to break out my Star Wars Chronicles for the size comparison chart.

Thats one reference i really wish i had. Does anyone have a scan of the chart that they could post so i can get the scale correct please?

Post: #255029
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255029/action/topic#255029
Time: 6-Nov-2006 7:21 AM

ok, here's the link to the clip i promised. I thought that the first time we see the death star should be a little better than a quick shot of a lone stardestroyer heading towards it. The audio is very close to the final mix on this clip but a split second out of sync for some reason (happened when i encoded it to xvid but its fine on the mpeg).

this will be the last clip i post for a while now. I don't want to give too much away until its realesed

enjoy

LATEST CLIP

I'll post the screenshots later tonight

Post: #255022
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/255022/action/topic#255022
Time: 6-Nov-2006 4:59 AM

Originally posted by: Darth Richard
Who is the progress coming?

It's all going a lot slower than i hoped at the moment. I have about 55 mins of finished footage but i have hit a huge obsticle. I've run out of hard drive space. The earliest i can afford a new hard drive will be after christmas. presents for 3 teenage daughters seriously hits the bank balance and being on sickness benefit doesn't leave a lot of spare cash. Its amazing just how much space an edit like this takes. fingers crossed i can manage to scrape up enough cash before then though. i'm going to post a few new screenshots tonight along with a new sequence for everyone who wanted to hear the Imperial March in ANH

Post: #254216
Topic: Hope Wanted: for Music for the Vader VS. Obi-Wan Rematch...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/254216/action/topic#254216
Time: 31-Oct-2006 4:23 PM

I've tried many different pieces for this sequence in my edit, including many other john williams scores, but nothing really seems to fit and really i want to keep the cues from williams' star wars recordings. What i am trying now is to mix various cues together so they fit better within each sequence. I haven't managed to find the best sections to add yet but i may eb able to give you some sort of idea in the next few days.

sorry i couldn't have been more help

Post: #253849
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253849/action/topic#253849
Time: 28-Oct-2006 11:09 AM

Originally posted by: INv8r_ZIM
Hey, Adywan, for some inspiration on the colour correction, have a peek (if you haven't yet) at the thread about automatically using the GOUT to do colour correction. There's a fantastic plugin for AviSynth called ColorLike which will match histograms between two video sources, and has been shown to work very very well between the LD footage and the 2004 SEs.

Yeh, i've been following that thread closely. unfortunately i wouldn't know where to start with Avisynth so i'm stuck with doing it all manually.

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Adywan, just a little thinking out of the box here, but have you have thought about condensing the Jabba scene to remove the Greedo references so the Jabba scene might be before the cantina scene? Maybe this is too radical an edit. Nevermind.
Well i've decided to scrap the Jabba scene completely. It's really not needed as the scene with Greedo has already some of the conversation between Han & Jabba. It's going to be relagated to the deleted scenes section.

I'm also removing the Bike & ronto scene. I was going to swap the ronto with something else to make it less slapstick but then noticed the background plate. This scene takes part right outside the cantina. So, as we are supposed to be following the route of lukes speeder and you see it pass infront of the camera at the opening of this shot, then this scene looks like they have driven straight past it and causes another continuity issue. The sequence is much better without it.

Originally posted by: ReverendBeastly

Originally posted by: Gorilla
2. I'd drop the Luke and Biggs scene in the hanger as well. It's another unnecessary change that adds nothing to the story.

I totally agree with this. With the scenes earlier in the film cut out, the scene makes no sense and helps to paint Luke as uncaring when his best friend in the known universe gets exploded and he barely reacts.

I'm keeping that scene because when Biggs is killed Luke now reacts (thanks to the radio dramas).
Originally posted by: Gorilla

There are a couple changes that you've made that I'm unsure of.

Are you certain the Rebel Base computer tracking the Death Star needed to be corrected? I don't think anything was wrong with either the way the Death Star was tracking the Yavin moon or the way the Rebel Base was tracking the Death Star. If you look closely, they both show the Death Star orbiting counter clockwise around Yavin. For the Imperials the Death Star is tracking the Rebel moon BEHIND the planet. For the Rebels the Death Star is the little red circle, the big blue circle is their moon. There is no contradiction, they both show the same perspective.

This has me confused because i've never said anything about correcting the way they are tracking. I'm just cleaning up and enhancing the effects for the displays, and nothing else.

Also, are you sure it's necessary to have a Super Star Destroyer present at the battle of Yavin? First, I always assumed Vader had a customized TIE fighter with hyperdrive so seeing him fly off into space alone never bothered me. Second, I always thought Super Star Destroyers were built in the timefram between ANH and ESB, none existed before then. Third, when the Death Star was destroyed a Star Destroyer could just launch wave after wave of TIE fighters and TIE bombers to wipeout the Rebel Base. The Rebels lost alot of ships and men, there's no way they would be able to put up a defense. I apologize if it sounds like I'm nit picking. I just don't think either of these changes were needed.

The Super Stardestroyer has only been seen in the sample trailer and out of context with how it will appear in the final movie. It actually isn't anywhere near Yavin. It may not appear in the final version if the sequence i'm adding doesn't go according to plan (**cough**Emperor**cough**. lol)

I'll post some more screenshots later (or maybe tomorrow) of a couple of the tweaks i've just finished.

Post: #253840
Topic: .: The Lancer DVD Project :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253840/action/topic#253840
Time: 28-Oct-2006 10:32 AM

tellan,

That clip is looking really superb. Great work

Post: #253401
Topic: Star Wars: REBORN - The Complete Saga (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/253401/action/topic#253401
Time: 25-Oct-2006 8:07 PM

Amazing trailer. I'm really looking forward to this release. I just love the new angle you are putting on the saga.

Post: #252834
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252834/action/topic#252834
Time: 22-Oct-2006 2:14 PM

Originally posted by: tellan
adywan, depending on what you're using, when I was creating the avi's from the m2v files of the dvd for each shot of the film, i ran a filter called whitebalance which you use in virtualdub and set it to 235, 235, 235 for colour values. it does a good baseline job of getting a natural white which you can then use as a baseline reference to correct in vegas etc.

Thanks Tellan. I used the white balance filter in Virtualdub as a starter. i love that filter and use it all the time. I've managed to get a nice colour balance for the most part of the film so far. But some shots are just way messed up. For example if you look towards the end of the garage scene, just after luke see's the hologram, have a look at the doorway in the background. What once was white now has a strange almost turqoise glow to it in some shots, but not in others. The only way to get rid of this would be to create a matte and colour correct that section independant to the rest. I think the real reason behing the blue cast to the movies is because it does help mask some of these really bad imperfections.

I'm still really torn what to do with the whole Jabba scene. I just hat the part where han steps over his tail. I've been racking my brains what to do to make this scene work and even at one point considered turning Jabba into a hologram and using the original puppet from jedi and han can walk around him once again, but i'm really at a loss weather to keep this scene in or not.

I'm not sure if i mentioned it before but everyone that has posted in this thread will be having their names included in the end credits. I can't thanks everyone enough for all your input.

Post: #252610
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252610/action/topic#252610
Time: 20-Oct-2006 10:50 PM

Well i'm cracking on with the colour balance at the moment. Before i started i never realized just how screwed up the 2004 DVD's were. Removing the blue cast is only the first step. Some shots are just so messed up its going to be impossible to return it to what it should have looked like so i'm just going to have to do what i can to get this mess cleaned up.

Post: #252597
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252597/action/topic#252597
Time: 20-Oct-2006 9:37 PM

Originally posted by: Erikstormtrooper
Adywan,

I don't think you've mentioned this:

Any plan to correct Luke's problem with his armor coming off his shoulder?

This one may be a bit to difficult for me to fix.

Post: #252000
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/252000/action/topic#252000
Time: 18-Oct-2006 1:52 PM

thanks for the input guys.

Theres been a few modifications since i posted that clip. i couldn't get some of the shots (mainly the sky & the r2 heading off shots0 how i wanted them to look so i have reverted back to the originals for these shots. the matte for the Krayt dragon scene just wasn't working so that is now back to the original flip shot. I've slowed down the new sky that remains in a few shots and its looking much better now. the problem with a project like this is you can tend to get carried away with fixing stuff and its thanks to everyones help here that i can come back down to earth and see what is and isn't working.

I've also finally managed to enhance the Tantive IV shot when it gets hit. All those trials with new explosions etc and it turns out that just enhancing the original shot and reducing the smoke makes this shot finally work. Now, thanks to this, i have the first 40 minutes of the movie complete. I'm taking a week off from the effects work and i'm going to concentrate on the sound mix. I was thinking of posting the first 10 minutes or so of the completed version next week, but it all depends on how far i get with the sound mix.

Post: #251920
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251920/action/topic#251920
Time: 18-Oct-2006 3:29 AM

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Always happy to help a fan.

ADYWAN, have I asked you about a split screen version once you have finalized your edit. It would be great to see both versions side by side.

I just wouldn't have the time available to do a project like that. Once i've finished EpIV i'll be moving straight on to EpV. Maybe someone will do it in the future though

Post: #251544
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251544/action/topic#251544
Time: 16-Oct-2006 7:56 AM

New sky on Tatooine
new background as R2 leaves 3PO
flip shot of 3PO as he stands by the skeleton fixed

These parts may not make it into the final version if i can't get them exactly as i want them. Those shots are still a work in progress. At the moment i'm not happy with them.

Originally posted by: cbaka
Enhanced effect shot of the stardestroyer as it wipes to the driods on Tatooine : what exactely ??
Only the stardestroyer remains from the original. The starfield & tatooine are new composites.
Originally posted by: cbaka
as you've said this isn't exactly what the finished movie will look..anyway this is a great work adywan..more updates, more updates

There may not be any updates for a week or so because i'm going ahead full steam with this now which is taking up all of my spare time, but i'll see what i can do

Post: #251540
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251540/action/topic#251540
Time: 16-Oct-2006 6:41 AM

Ok, here's the sample i promised. The colours & a couple of the enhanced effects shots still need tweaking (saturation & flesh tones) but its almost there. It's an XVID file, just under 5 minutes long and has a 5.1 AC3 audio track. The audio track is almost complete for this section so i decided to give you a taste of what is to come. I chose this segment because its one of the best to show what levels of enhancement i will be giving this release.

Some (among the many & apart from colour) of the tweaks that i have done to this segment:

Interior of the escape pod is now a uniform colour throughout the various shots and no longer changes from blue to brown
R2's arm now retracts after pressing the button to open the door to fix a minor continuity issue
Enhanced escape pod blast off
New starfield & escape pod trajectory in the shot where the imperial officer says "hold your fire..."
New stardestroyer & starfiled as 3P0 & R2 look out of the pod window. The stardestroyer now receeds more natural
Complete new effects shot of the escape pod heading towards Tatooine
Vaders chest plate now lights up
Vaders eyes are now no longer red in any shot
Enhanced effect shot of the stardestroyer as it wipes to the driods on Tatooine
New sky on Tatooine
new background as R2 leaves 3PO
flip shot of 3PO as he stands by the skeleton fixed
New animated sandcrawler
new R2 in the canyon matte

Like i said, this isn't exactly what the finished movie will look or sound like, but its close.

hope you enjoy it

ALMOST COMPLETED NEW SEGMENT

Post: #251447
Topic: Episode I: PaulisDead2221's Edit (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251447/action/topic#251447
Time: 15-Oct-2006 5:57 PM

Originally posted by: PaulisDead2221
Slumberland, since we're talking about your project anyway (

), I actually noticed that your iris out seems to match the actual iris out, while mine is way too thin, and Premiere just won't make it wider without wanting a "border" in the middle.

Try Sony Vegas. I'm using this to replace wipes in my edit of EP IV and you can customise all transitions to recreate all the wipes in the Star Wars movies.

Post: #251403
Topic: SW fonts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251403/action/topic#251403
Time: 15-Oct-2006 1:01 PM

many thanks, Zion

Post: #251337
Topic: SW fonts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/251337/action/topic#251337
Time: 14-Oct-2006 9:12 PM

Originally posted by: Spock

Can you reupload it somewhere like Rapidshare?

Yeh, i second that. Those fonts would be really handy for me at the moment.

Post: #250313
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250313/action/topic#250313
Time: 8-Oct-2006 5:36 PM

Well i've got my fingers crossed that you can recover the files. I'm dying to see this project

Post: #250298
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250298/action/topic#250298
Time: 8-Oct-2006 3:34 PM

Originally posted by: Dunedain
It's my understanding that such things are visible on the releases we buy in stores as some sort of by-product of the home video process. In theaters on opening day they weren't visible.

The garbage mattes were definately there in '77 when i saw it in theaters.I remember them because i always though that they were the energy shields of the ships, until i was older of course. lol. they just show up a lot more on the home video releases due to the fact that they were way overbright compared to the actual print.

Post: #250243
Topic: Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/250243/action/topic#250243
Time: 8-Oct-2006 12:49 AM

Trooperman, sent you a PM. I may be able to help