yeh i actually think it's kind of cool that Revisited is getting recognized.
Ok, i've just seen a video and i'm pretty sure now that someone at lucasfilm is keeping a close eye on this project. Too many similarities between this clip from the Star Tours ride and the new transport scene in revisited:
http://youtu.be/uH3YzXKf2VI?hd=1&t=15s
Ion cannon positioned next to the hangar entrance, 2 transports taking off at the same time, blue ion cannon lasers. hmmmm. I guess now i'm going to get accused of stealing the idea from the Star Tours ride now.
Not sure why you think the depth of field is "sudden" because i certainly can't see that, and it is a gradual blur because that is how depth of field is set up.
The crawl actually fades out a few frames earlier than the original. i think you might be thinking of the prequel crawls as the fade out ridiculously early. And you can still see "the empire strikes back" at that point on the original too.
But i'm not trying to recreate the original crawl because there are so many differences in the crawls with each movie. You can just how bad it is here:
This is a new crawl that can be made consistent with all the revisited movies. I don't care if it doesn't match the original perfectly because that is not what i was going for.
I've double checked the original file i uploaded and there is no glitches in it like has been reported and the same file was used for the facebook upload and it doesn't appear there. the only thing i can think of is something got corrupt somewhere down the line. You can clearly see that its a video playback glitch
Lord Grievous said:
Is it just me or is there some strobing near the end of the crawl?
That's just you. that isn't on the file i uploaded. You must have some corruption on the download
doubleofive said:
Is there any way to get the paragraphs to come up at the music cues, or did they add too many lines?
Unfortunately no. I would have to slow down and speed up the crawl in sections to synch each paragraph to the cues because, since the episode number and title was added to the crawls , there is just no way of doing this without the speed changes
fishmanlee said:
adywan said:
I won't put it up on youtube because it will just get blocked in many countries.
It will not be if you dispute the block
yes it probably still will be. I raised disputes with the other videos that were blocked and they remain blocked after months
Done
The new opening title/crawl is now complete. I won't put it up on youtube because it will just get blocked in many countries, so you can download it direct here:
http://hotfile.com/dl/118378016/446e0bc/new_crawl_720p.mkv.html
Harmy said:
And I think DJ is using the Flunk version, which I think was said to be a straight port of the digi tapes used as a source of the TV broadcasts and that's why it is so much better than the others. And it would IMO also mean that the smearing is due to DVNR and not the way it was captured.
No, it would depend on what card they used to capture the tape to the PC. This kind of smearing was very common with cheaper early capture cards. i had one years ago and it did the exact same thing, but there was no way of stopping it.
yeh, that is pretty bad. that's is all down to the codec used for capturing. The only thing i can suggest for this scene would be to use the 2004 version and colour correct it to match the '97 and mask out the wipe in after effects for the 97 jabba. Send me the scene and i'll see if i can do something with it
If you notice, the shape of the structure resembles the hallways in the gantry structure on Cloud City. I always saw this as a prophecy of Luke's impatience to save his friends and thus face Vader before he was ready, could lead to the dark Side and that is why Luke's face is in the helmet. Like father like son
I think the flash/glow as the sabers are in contact with each other is a PT addition to the sabers that they actually got right and improved them. But all the other changes to the sabers like removing the flickering, giving them pointed ends & making them too sharp ruined the PT sabers.
Ripplin said:
I have a question: was that creaking noise (metal being pulled away from wall) at around 2:39 always there, or was it emphasized more for the 2004 DVD? I don't like it. It's so...prominent. :/
The audio i used was the stereo track ripped from the GOUT
All the sabers have been re-rotoscoped. Colour correction just wouldn't fix the mess that the 2004 sabers are.
Well, as i am in a great mood today because it's my Birthday i thought i would give you all a little treat. here is a comparison video that shows the difference between the 2004 official DVD lightsabers and how they will look in ESB:R.
Enjoy :)
The Prune face costume is another example of how "cheap" ROTJ looked by reusing old props & costumes. Underneath the cape he is wearing the Hoth Trooper vest
muddyknees2000 said:
adywan said:
Thanks guys. been out for a meal and a night out with my wife, daughters and their boyfriends so i'm a bit worse for wear at the moment , but had a good night out. Will probably pay for it the next day but who cares . lol
I'm willing to bet you could use a few days off
I could really use a few months off , but ive got no chance of that if i have any chance to meet the Dec 2011 deadline
Thanks guys. been out for a meal and a night out with my wife, daughters and their boyfriends so i'm a bit worse for wear at the moment , but had a good night out. Will probably pay for it the next day but who cares . lol
dark_jedi, i hope you don't mind me asking, but what software are you using to author the Blu_rays?
There is a tenancy with the 97 DVB rips for the colour to be pink/ red shifted. The smearing is caused by the crappy capture software available at the time. The TV PC cards really couldn't handle and movement and this is why the smearing occurred.
As for your latest screenshots, the 2004 3P0 shot looks better than the '97 apart from the fact that they dialled the yellow hue to more of a green (which is common in the 2004 versions), but for the vader shot, , the '97 is closer to the original colour.the 2004 has a strange greenish/ cyan tint to it, which was never there originally.
An interesting fact about the Tantive Iv corridors that i received pretty recently from someone who worked on ANH. The corridors are white, with the insets being a very pale/ sky blue and the panels boxes being white. They forgot to add the pale blue colouring to the insets when recreating the hallway for ROTS. So, in fact, the 2004 colouring of some of the hallway shots where we see the pale blue colouring of the insets is the true colour.
This history Channel HD showed a cut version of Empire of dreams, but it wasn't in HD , only an upscaled version. There has never been a HD version of it.
They couldn't even do a proper NTSC to PAL conversion for the regional DVDs for EOD. The PAL versions looks horrible. Star Wars: The legacy revealed was a completely different Doc
Jaitea said:
Congrats Ady, I'm 2 years behind you but my eldest is 12 so I hope it will be a wile till I'm a gramp, anyway did notice something funny about that font, the way it behaves when f&i are placed beside each other.....
i did say it's only a rough version. the text has only been created to get the angle speed etc correct and is only set to DVd res at the moment. I have to do the high resolution text file to send him
Ripplin said:
Blimey, that must make you feel old! :p (what are you, a spry 45 or so?)
I turn 44 on Tuesday. And yeh, i do feel old now. I think it's funny that she found out she was pregnant today of all days on George Lucas' birthday. the force is going to be strong with this one. I've already picked seen some Star wars babygrows. She is going to hate me. lol
This is the rough version of the crawl. the full quality render for the logo and text hasn't been done yet. It's only at DVD res at the moment:(click to see larger versions)
On another unrelated note, i am going to be celebrating a little tonight so any later posts may become a little garbled. lol. I have just found out today that i am going to become a Grandad :)
Well the receding logo and crawl are created in 3dsmax and exported as png image sequences with an alpha channel. Then these are imported into after effects and a few tweaks are added such as a slight perspective change and the gradient change (darkening) as it goes into the distance. It's also only set for 720p. I don't know if he will want to release his 3dsmax project file but i'll ask.
yeh, it was 2 people in stormtrooper costumes shot against blue/ green screen . It was pure laziness on the part of the effects team that they just composited a mirrored copy on the opposite side of the street. Did they seriously think that no one would notice? Like i said before, that is one shot that i will be changing
They aren't CG troopers during the street shot. then only Cg trooper is the one that gets off the Dewback when the droids are outside of the cantina