And yeah, the whole lightsabre core/glow discussion is probably the geekiest stuff I've seen in the long history of this site, and thas sayin alot. kudos!
I'm sure it'll be announced here as well...
And, btw, the latest work on the lightsabre practice scene and *especially* the Ben and Luke in the Dune Sea scene are brilliant. I dunno how enamoured I am of the new sunset, mostly because I'm just not used to it. But if that's how it looked in 1977 then so be it; I definitely like the atmospheric distortion and don't really care about the slightly blurred horizon line 'round the homestead
Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:
Nothing yet.
I know this is naggy but...now? It's been another month :)
Curious: are we gonna be seeing a making-of ppt for this version?
Harmy said:
Actually, my main reference is still the GOUT and whenever there are other sources, I evaluate them as well. In that sunlight shot I was trying to get it to look more like in the GOUT.
Puggo Grande should not be used as a colour reference (and I'm sure Puggo would agree) since it's sourced from a fairly faded print.
You're right, Puggo doesn't make much sense; didn't think that one through.
One of my favorite color changes is the sunlight coming in when the Sandcrawler opens up onto the Lars homestead. It's reflected in 3P0's color in that scene. Though of course, as someone else said here, aesthetics is not the goal...
I stopped after the sand people attack but look forward to seeing the rest of the color changes and various improvements tomorrow :)
I'm sorry if you've already answered this Harmy, but what was your primary reference for the new colors this time around? Puggo Grande? Senator?
Harmy said:
OK, PMs sent. Let me know if I forgot someone.
OMG. So I do not have a discerning eye or great memory. I urge everybody to watch 1.0 and this side by side with the volume off. You'll be blown away. Of course it won't be 1:1 because the workprint is 25fps but you'll get the idea nonetheless...
ooh goody...
Harmy said:
OK, the WP is encoded and actually even uploaded but I just skimmed through it and already found quite a few things I want to fix, so I decided to fix those things and re-encode.
And this is why we love you dude :)
I'd also love to take a look at the latest WP. i dunno if my monitor is big enough to have three playing at once though
I've been away for far too long and now everybody is talking like this has been released already; oy
So what's the difference between the falcon shots? They cropped it for the SE, is that it?
I just saw the new logos, as well as Laserschwert's work. Simply phenomenal stuff; though letters kind of blocky when blown up to 1080p fullscreen for credits, this isn't in practice something I'm worried about at all. The credits was one thing that really sort of irked me about our current preservations (dj/harmy/mattman)so I'm glad that someone decided to take an interest in it at the end, and that others are being truly anal-retentive about it (comma's convo above). Meanwhile, the beginning logos look *amazing*. Ain't it grand? At this point I'm not sure why we're not calling this a 2.0 considering just how much more work has gone into it...
Ah Puggo said it, whoops
The consensus in the disc-burning community is that +R is a more soundly designed format, and if you use a bitsetting drive, your discs will *always* be more compatible than -R discs. As Harmy said, best SL discs are Taiyo Yuden and best DL discs are Verbatim.
Jaskoen said:
This. We're all on the same side here, which is why we're here and not over at theforce.net or whatever.Erikstormtrooper said:
People just want to sit down and enjoy Star Wars without all the SE crap.
Fixed
While Harmy clearly makes subjective calls here - e.g. I don't like that the blue flare when the Star Destroyer passes by in the opening shot of SW is toned down - and uses techniques more commonly associated with fan edits, I think Puggo's 'restoration' is a good compromise term to describes works like Harmy's.
I, like everyone else, am looking forward to project blu with great interest and high hopes
Except he didn't executive-produce Empire or Jedi.
The '97 Editions will always have a special place in my heart - I can trace my entire interest in Star Wars to the trailer for the SEs - which is why I'm so grateful for Ady's AVCHD and the rest of the '97 preservations/restorations here (Lee Thorogood, GKar/Flunk/TB/Reivax &c)
Re kenkraly: obvious troll is obvious.
Also, this is now the best-selling bluray set of all-time...already. damn them!
http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/SW_Bluray_Set_Breaks_AllTime_Sales_Record_140726.asp
jambe-
finally made the time to watch this much earlier tonight. very professional, exacting, very few/non-existent typos. glad to say i made a cash contribution towards the completion of this project, and i hate parting with money. you're awesome, dude.
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mmm yeah, I noticed that the certificates folder wasn't included in the torrent, guess because empty folders don't rate. it's trivial to make one and add it to your burn, however.
This set, including 7FN's transfers, are now available on the spleen.
joshdv said:
Those are the only known versions of the 1997 editions circulating the internet correct?
Well there's always the old Five-Star chinese LD transfers, but I'm confident these blow those old sets out of the water. Wish I knew they were coming before plunking down $40 or so to get'm on ebay about 10 years ago.