adywan

Jedi122 said:

This is also a tiny thing, but in that 2023 comparison reel on YouTube, it seems like you used the 2011 Blu-Ray for the shot of the tractor beam’s power meter. The Aurebesh writing was positioned a little differently for the 2020 Blu-Ray, though, and it’s a little more spread out. Why not use that version?

2011:
https://www.schnittberichte.com/pics/SBs/300/813935/49.jpg

2020:
https://www.schnittberichte.com/pics/SBs/300/813935/50.jpg

Well i’m using the 2011 Blu-rays for the most part anyway. But the 2020 recreation is worse than the 2011. The text on the clear display that they added doesn’t even match the white levels of the original parts, whereas the 2011 matched perfectly. and the rest of the text on the 2020 version is blurry as hell

One thing that has always bothered me, which i have never seen anyone mention before, is this shot during Red Leaders trench run. The first X-wing to be destroyed by the TIES. Problem is, the lasers aren’t coming from the TIEs, but from the turbo lasers down the trench. But the trench lasers stopped firing as soon as the Ties were about to enter the trench. So it looks like, with the effects being in their final stage, that originally one of the x-wing was to destroyed during the beginning of the run by the turret lasers before the TIEs appeared and it was changed late in the edit. So i removed the lasers from this shot.

.Mac. said:

I noticed something and just curious if was intended or not:

The green and blue flashy lights on the left-hand side of Red Leader’s dash, at 51sec and 1min2sec, appear normal for the edit. But then, at 1min15sec and 1min22sec, those same lights are suddenly devoid of color. The red and yellow lights appear untouched, though. Anyone else see this too? If intentional, I must be missing the reason why 😄

My mistake. It was an error from the grading stage. I had a mask that should have been disabled in those shots that was accidently active, which removed the colour. I’ve fixed the shots now

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone…

See you in 2024

https://youtu.be/Oen6EAfMiME?si=25jFzrHE7KrTnMno

asterisk8 said:

Is it just me or are Adywan’s recent gifs gone? I went to show a friend one of the gifs today and they’re not loading.

Edit: They’re not loading on swrevisited.com either.

I’ve just checked and they are working for me here and on the wordpress site

haru KI do said:

adywan said:

If anyone has created a foreign language dub of ESB:R and would like it to be included on the Blu-Ray version, can you please message me. Thanks

PMs sent.

ESB Revisited: Japanese Dub
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/ESB-Revisited-Japanese-Dub-v1-0-Released/id/103718

Thank you 😃

BetaMedia said:

adywan said:

The Blu-Ray edition of all 9 films are 4K ULTRA HD with HDR. They are higher bitrate than the Disney+ streams so therefore higher quality (and also NOT just copied from Disney+ with only subtitles added). The only difference is HDR10 compared to Disney+ Dolby Vision. It even says 4K UltraHD on the covers of both the single sets, trilogy sets and the complete collection box set, so do you even own the UHD Blu-Rays?

For example. The 2006 Bonus DVD theatrical versions cover said “widescreen” and “fullscreen” but they weren’t. And the 2020 Blu-ray is 4K HDR. The Sequel Trilogy and Prequel Trilogy is 4K UltraHD in the 2020 Blu-ray. There’s no doubt about it. But the Original Trilogy is HDR, not UltraHD.

Are you just messing with us now? The 2006 theatrical DVDs contained the 2004 version and the theatrical version. The 2004 version was presented in widescreen (16:9) while the bonus theatrical version was presented in fullscreen (4:3) letterbox so what was said on the cover was completely true. Of course the 4k blu-rays of the OT are Ultra-HD. It’s obvious you haven’t got a clue what you are talking about. UltraHD is the broadcast standard. It isn’t full 4k, but the 4k tag has been adopted for marketing reasons for this medium. UltraHD is 3840 x 2160 pixels while true 4k is 4096 by 2160 . ALL of the films in the 4k saga set are UHD. Check your 4k versions and you’ll see that the resolution on all of them is 3840 x 2160, therefore UHD. We’re trying to explain this to you but you just seem to completely ignore everyone who is trying to help educate you in this matter.

The Blu-Ray edition of all 9 films are 4K ULTRA HD with HDR. They are higher bitrate than the Disney+ streams so therefore higher quality (and also NOT just copied from Disney+ with only subtitles added). The only difference is HDR10 compared to Disney+ Dolby Vision. It even says 4K UltraHD on the covers of both the single sets, trilogy sets and the complete collection box set, so do you even own the UHD Blu-Rays?

If anyone has created a foreign language dub of ESB:R and would like it to be included on the Blu-Ray version, can you please message me. Thanks

Oh yeh, i promised a clip didn’t i? Well, here you go:

https://youtu.be/YjkXoF8xYgc?si=Ya4v7ej2H4s25Edt

It’s ok, i just loaded up an older version of the file when i was doing the comparisons for the gifs. The reflections are there in the main edit timeline:

I’ve replaced the incorrect version with the correct one in the original post.

TheIDontEvenKnow said:

adywan said:

Somehow you still manage to impress, Adywan! I especially love that change you made to the Vader vs Kenobi shot although I noticed that the reflection of Vader on the floor is still the original version. This makes Vader move out of sync with his reflection as he lounges forwards towards Obi-wan. Regardless, its nice to see you’re doing better and back at it again with great updates as always.

OK , that’s really strange. I spent weeks adding the reflections, so i can’t understand why they aren’t there. I need to go check it in the timeline.

A long overdue update…

Things are progressing really well with ANH:RHD. There’s only about 40 shots left to do. It may sound like a lot of shots but it’s not. Most of the film is complete. The remaining shots are mainly the CG work for the Yavin battle with a few shots here and there in other places. It’s looking very likely that it’s going to be a 2024 release now, hopefully mid year. The one thing that could hold things up is shooting the replacement Sandtroopers. I was hoping to get the shots i need filmed this year but we have had such a shite summer it became impossible. So that’s going to have to wait until next year when hopefully we’ll have some sunny days.

There may be a slightly extended section when the TIE’s appear during the Death Star battle, but it will be quite brief so there won’t be the problem with a long period of no dialogue like in the original ANH:R. The music will also be completely different during that part if i do it. The Imperial march WILL be present during the battle but not in the way it was in the Standard Def version. I’ve been doing some messing about and mixed a couple of tracks together so the music fits in with the style of the music heard during the battle. It works pretty well and, with a bit of tweaking, i think i can get it to work. So the chance of having that small extended battle really hinges on whether this new piece of music works or not.

There’s no way i can do any serious work on the video side of things for ROTJ:R until ANH:RHD is complete and released because ANH has almost filled up all of the new internal drives and most of the external ones i purchased because they are the backups. One 8tb external developed a fault that couldn’t be fixed but luckily i was able to replace that and recover all but one of the files that were on it. So once ANH is done and dusted i can start to empty the internal drives to continue work on ROTJ:R. So, at the moment, i have just enough space to complete ANH:R and render out the master file. Then it’s on to the audio mix.

But i will be starting to build the models etc for ROTJ:R early next year so i’ll keep you updated about those.

And now a few comparions…

I’ve replaced the temples in this shot to eliminate the fact that they use the same ones in the following shot, just from a slightly different angle, but it’s obvious its the same place. I’ve also removed the path that is visible in the original. I’ve also replaced the sky to match the sky in the shot that follows.

I’ve replaced the “dummy” Kenobi and Vader in this shot so it no longer seems like they are just standing there in the same position for ages in this scene. (Plus Vader is actually in a paused posture of having just struck down kenobi as this was actually a failed attempt of having the dummy sliced in half, being suspended on wires floating above the ground . You can see the dummy swinging)

I’ve replaced the X-wings in this shot to give a more natural movement because the right hand side one seems like it is sliding towards the camera instead of flying past.

BetaMedia said:

adywan said:

BetaMedia said:

We also noticed 9 Special Edition pictures and sound effects in 4K83. We immediately cut them out and replaced them with 2006 Bonus DVD clips.

Sorry, but that is impossible. I don’t know what you and your friends are seeing but 4k83 is taken direct from a 35mm pre-SE print so there is zero chance that there is any special edition changes in there. Could you post some screenshots?

I can make a Docs file where are screenshots. But I remember clearly when editing that there were clearly some Special Edition footage. I am absolutely not sure if it was OTD83 or 4K83 but its color matched original 4K83.

OTD83 is a theatrical reconstruction that states that is is not a 100% faithful recreation as it used the UHD Blu-ray as its source. So it is more likely that you are using that as a source as 4k83 is 100% the 1983 pre-SE version

BetaMedia said:

We also noticed 9 Special Edition pictures and sound effects in 4K83. We immediately cut them out and replaced them with 2006 Bonus DVD clips.

Sorry, but that is impossible. I don’t know what you and your friends are seeing but 4k83 is taken direct from a 35mm pre-SE print so there is zero chance that there is any special edition changes in there. Could you post some screenshots?

Fullmetaled said:

I have an idea older hayden voice and face as Vader unmasked.

Never going to happen. ROTJ:R will be a “Hayden Free” edition.

I’m done with ESB:R. I won’t be doing any more work on that

Telion said:

adywan said:

2011 Blu-Ray

ANH:RHD

2020/ disney+ version:

This might be a controversial opinion but of the three I find the 2020 version more appealing. Now of course its no where near perfect. The scubbing they have done has removed amost all the detail to the point at which it looks almost painterly and the sky is also very desaturated. But, the orginal SE feels over saturated and noisy and I also find that there is something of about the shading on the white tubes in the center of frame. I think its the highlight inside the top left of the tube, it doesnt match the sun direction.

The shading inside the tube is the same in the original

Fullmetaled said:

@adywan you did you use sharpening tools just wondering Someone said this shot looked overly sharpened. It was on a discord

Well that shot is from 2 different sources, as was fully explained in the original post on this site where i posted that image. No sharpening was done. It was to show how much detail has been scrubbed from the 2020 blu-ray, which is the image on the left, compared to the detail in the 2011 Blu-Rays, which is the image on the right. The panels on the droid in the 2020 blu-rays have been almost scrubbed away including the weathering.

krausfadr said:

Adywan I really applaud the painstaking effort to merge multiple sources into probably what will be the best looking 1080p ANH footage in existence. Too bad it has to be frame by frame and can’t be motion tracked??!! Could you do the initial crop and aligning of a clip and then raise the gamma (temporarily) to give the motion tracker something to hold onto?

It was motion tracked. Even altering the image to give better definition, as soon as the TIE swoops from right to left, the motion blur knocks out the tracking for where the lights should be. so , for the many frames where the tracking was knocked out, you have to go in manually and adjust the position frame by frame. For the most part it seemed to work when i was trying it originally, but the swooping section just never looked right as you couldn’t really see where the light should be. But, since i last posts, i decided to go back and give it another go and it seems to have worked now. Sometimes it’s just best to leave a shot that isn’t working, no matter how hard you try, and come back to it at a later date. 😃 (gif may take a while to load depending on internet speed)

Fullmetaled said:

adywan said:

Fullmetaled said:

@adywan your shot of obi wan luke c 3p0 r2d2 going into mos Eisley space port is overly bright.

you’re going to have to show which shot you mean, but none of them are overly bright.

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This shot but someone said this about this I think about the mos esley scenes in general. that is a weird color ‘fix’, if he was going after original look, why would he add in all that contrast and color for Mos Eisley scenes? Those were notoriously drab and colorless on the original. First person who pointed it out said it almost looked deep fried that how bright that shot is.

I haven’t altered the contrast or brightness in any of these shots. All i did is remove the pink tint from the SE shots and have the colour of the sky match throughout, where it swapped colour and saturation throughout the sequence. You can see from there screenshots that brightness , contrast or saturation has not been boosted from the original source.

2011 Blu-Ray

ANH:RHD

2011 Blu-Ray

ANH:RHD

And Mos Eisley was never drab. I have a feeling that whoever said that may have been using the 2020 Blu-Rays/ Disney+ versions as a guide and those are horribly bland with crap grading, which is almost sepia in places and nothing like the films originally looked like

2020/ disney+ version:

The only shot i know about that someone mentioned in here was the shot of them looking over Mos Eisley that was shown in the last preview video, where it was commented that the contrast was too high in that shot. But, again. the contrast or brightness hasn’t been touched in that shot. The blown out highlights are there in the original source as can be seen below:

2011 Blu-Ray

ANH:RHD ( from the preview video)

But, as you can see from the following shot, this has now been swapped out for a new version using the 2020 blu-ray as a source, eliminating the blown highlights.

ANH:RHD Final version

Fullmetaled said:

@adywan your shot of obi wan luke c 3p0 r2d2 going into mos Eisley space port is overly bright.

you’re going to have to show which shot you mean, but none of them are overly bright.

ZaneFlare92 said:

One thing that always has bothered me since 1997 is the Tie Fighter that chases Luke after “I can’t shake him.” in the SE doesn’t have the red thrusters on and I find it very strange it’s something Lucas let slide even years after 04, 11 and 2020. Yet the original shot model shot has them present. You having the continuity eye you have is this something you planned on fixing or already have???

It’s something i have tried to fix, but tracking where the red thrusters should be is not easy because of the motion blur. i tried tracking but it goes way off, so then tried sections and then manually tracking frame by frame in the impossible parts and it didn’t look good, so i put that shot to one side. If i can’t get it to look good then it will have to stay as it is now.

There are so many errors with the SE additions that never got sorted. Like the laser bolts in this shot being cut off. Thankfully i’ve been able to fix most of the rest

I guess i was late to the party. All of techtipster’s videos have now been deleted 😦

timdiggerm said:

JF_Sanderson said:

Was the shoe erased in cleanup? Or were the Battle scenes recomposited at some point and the shoe omitted?

Most, if not all, of the effects shots were recomposited for the Special Edition. This allowed them to fix problems like TIE fighters appearing out of nowhere or transparent spaceship parts (and many more) but also lead to problems like omitting flying shoes

Not for ROTJ. Not a lot of the shots were recomposited. The TIEs still appear out of nowhere. The shot with the shoe was the famous one where the TIEs go through the Falcon, so this was recomposited. But most of the shots in ROTJ were left alone