focuspuller

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Post: #242105
Topic: Info: If... (1968)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/242105/action/topic#242105
Time: 7-Sep-2006 9:30 PM

I'm just letting everyone know that I'm leaving for Italy for 2 week and will be back then to continue this project. I really am sorry for not having this out sooner, I would have had if I had more free time. Anyway, I will be back in 2 weeks to continue the work.

Post: #241313
Topic: Info: Trainspotting - extended video version
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241313/action/topic#241313
Time: 4-Sep-2006 11:09 PM

I would be happy just simply seeing this stuff as deleted scenes.

Post: #241252
Topic: Info: Trainspotting - extended video version
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/241252/action/topic#241252
Time: 4-Sep-2006 7:23 PM

wow, I didn't know anything about this. Would love to see it!

Post: #234847
Topic: Info: If... (1968)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234847/action/topic#234847
Time: 13-Aug-2006 6:53 PM

That sounds great. It can always be something to add to the collection.

Post: #233253
Topic: Info: If... (1968)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/233253/action/topic#233253
Time: 8-Aug-2006 1:06 PM

Originally posted by: Mavimao
What happened to our Britannia Hospital talk!? I don't care about spoiling the end for others :-P

Isn't there a super a computer with a big brain at the end? I haven't seen the film in years, I have to pull it out.

On an If... note. I am pusing work to install a new 350g harddrive do I'm backing up files, etc. I will then resume and make a fresh avi to VOB transfer using a different program.

Post: #232253
Topic: Info: If... (1968)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232253/action/topic#232253
Time: 4-Aug-2006 3:04 PM

Originally posted by: ShiftyEyes
WinAVI? My experience with that program is that it's terrible. Maybe they've given it some nice upgrades but I always found it inflexible and fairly stupid.

How about CCE or TMPGEnc?

I've never had a problem with it before. It's always done exactly what I wanted until now. I'm not fimiliar with CCE, I have to check that out.

Post: #232210
Topic: Info: If... (1968)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232210/action/topic#232210
Time: 4-Aug-2006 12:20 PM

Ok, I finished my work on the UK version of If... joining parts together, remastering audio, etc. BUT, in transfering the AVI I have been working on to VOB via WINAVI, it has created artifacts. Now the film I'm working with in this case is not from a dvd source, so I didn't really have the best to work with to begin with. But I think it looks pretty good considering. The artifacts are lite and frankly I've been stuck at this point so long I want to move to the next phase of this project, puting it all together and then releasing it. So I will either reencode it using something other then Winavi, or just move on call this a "beta version" if you will and see what you all think.

Post: #232209
Topic: "O Lucky Man" - 3 hour version - preservation (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/232209/action/topic#232209
Time: 4-Aug-2006 12:09 PM

Originally posted by: Mavimao
Nothing like a Frankenstein Malcolm Mcdowell being pulled to bits to keep a 5 year old in place....

haha Ain't that the truth.

Post: #231846
Topic: "O Lucky Man" - 3 hour version - preservation (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231846/action/topic#231846
Time: 3-Aug-2006 3:18 AM

In truth I didn't see o lucky man until very recently. Despite the fact that I am a big fan of If... I was in fact when I was a boy taken to see Britannia Hospital in the theatre. If You're fimiliar with the film you can imagine what the film was like to a 5 year old (or there abouts). I remember it well.

Post: #231844
Topic: "RED CURTAINS: Twin Peaks Retold" Fanedit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231844/action/topic#231844
Time: 3-Aug-2006 3:12 AM

Originally posted by: FanFiltration

Originally posted by: focuspuller
One of the problems with the film format that I see, is that the season 2 opener (which is directed by lynch) is 90 minutes. It's very lynch in style of course, and has a lot of what one would want. Chopping it up might be an eidting problem. Just thinking off the top of my head.

These are very welcome and valid concerns!

This is just what I am looking for, and believe I have taken some very creative steps to overcome your concerns. As a rule, I try
to inject fun video & audio editing techniques to amuse a fan who probably is very familiar with the original material. The pilot
film & season two opener had been very good, but they have some things I would like to add / change. Also, the quickly made
extended ending made for the theatrical release of the pilot episode is confusing and poorly executed in my opinion. It may take
4 or 5 feature length segments to tell the story corectly, but that will have to remain to be seen. Please keep an open mind, and
be assured that this will be much more then just a cut and paste project. Thank you all for your input!

You'll get no arguement from me about the pilot. However interestng the ending it doesn't work, at least not for me. It's very Lynch and it wasn't yet in the bag that a series would happen so he went for it. Or maybe it could work with the right editing. Now I'm second guessing.

Post: #231664
Topic: "RED CURTAINS: Twin Peaks Retold" Fanedit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231664/action/topic#231664
Time: 2-Aug-2006 7:02 PM

One of the problems with the film format that I see, is that the season 2 opener (which is directed by lynch) is 90 minutes. It's very lynch in style of course, and has a lot of what one would want. Chopping it up might be an eidting problem. Just thinking off the top of my head.

Post: #231624
Topic: "RED CURTAINS: Twin Peaks Retold" Fanedit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231624/action/topic#231624
Time: 2-Aug-2006 4:32 PM

Sounds great, would love to see how this turns out. I think you should still keep an hour episode format, stop it more of less when the killer is caught.

Post: #231623
Topic: Info: If... (1968)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/231623/action/topic#231623
Time: 2-Aug-2006 4:27 PM

Originally posted by: Mavimao
What are some of the differences between the UK and US version? How long is each running time? How good is the quality of the VHS PAL version? What equipment did you use to transfer the US LD?

I'm very curious!

The UK version is about 1h 52m, something like that. The difference in time between the 2 versions is only about a minute, minute 30. Slight cuts her made regarding nudity, there are also very slighty different shots in 1 or 2 scenes, other then that they are basicly the same. The quality isn't bad, I've cleaned up the sound and picture as best as I could.

PM sent by the way.

Post: #230914
Topic: Interlace problem with Vegas 6.0d
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230914/action/topic#230914
Time: 31-Jul-2006 12:28 PM

I did what you said, under deinterlace it has selected blend fields, in filed order I have lower fields first, I don't know what that means exactly.

Post: #230912
Topic: Interlace problem with Vegas 6.0d
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230912/action/topic#230912
Time: 31-Jul-2006 12:25 PM

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
It could be a number of things. First of all, the project properties might be set to "Interlaced" instead of "Progressive" (Field Order=Progessive, and below that, Deinterlace Method=None - Load the Project into Vegas and click ALT+ENTER to check) , or you could be rendering the video with the "Interlaced" box clicked. What type of video are you rendering to? MPEG? WMV?

The source video is avi, I choose "render as" and I select NTSC DV

Post: #230907
Topic: Interlace problem with Vegas 6.0d
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230907/action/topic#230907
Time: 31-Jul-2006 12:15 PM

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
What, exactly, is your "interlace issue"? Are you trying to de-interlace?

very simply it's interlaced after I make a copy of my work. I have not tried to de interlace, and least not yet. I have played with some of the controls but to no result.

Post: #230696
Topic: Interlace problem with Vegas 6.0d
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230696/action/topic#230696
Time: 30-Jul-2006 6:17 PM

I have been doing some editing on Vegas. I was very happy with the results, everything synch perfectly and looked as I could hope, BUT, I have an interlace issue. How do I get rid of it or prevent it?

Cheers!

Post: #230335
Topic: "O Lucky Man" - 3 hour version - preservation (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230335/action/topic#230335
Time: 29-Jul-2006 12:26 AM

Originally posted by: Mavimao
Where is the If... preservation thread? I can't seem to find it.

PS: Focus Puller, check your PMs.

PM sent

, also the If... thread is up.

Post: #230334
Topic: Info: If... (1968)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230334/action/topic#230334
Time: 29-Jul-2006 12:25 AM

I'm posting now to simply recap. The project is very much alive. The long and the short of it is I've been stuck because of an editing problem. I've been working with combining video and audio from two different source, one is PAL converted to NTSC, one is already NTSC, so there has been a sych problem. Life and work has also gotten in the way, but I have srated over and am back at it. What I have ready so far.

If... (US version)
If Photos which I will be converting into a nice motion gallery with music.

I do NOT have the trailer, so if anyone has it or knows someone that does please let me know.

I would like to thank all the wonderful people for the support and help that I have been given thus far.

Post: #230111
Topic: "O Lucky Man" - 3 hour version - preservation (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230111/action/topic#230111
Time: 28-Jul-2006 3:28 AM

I for one am very interested in this.

I have been working on a release of If... (and I beg your pardon for those patiently waiting). The project continues and it WILL be released.

I was planning or thinking about perhaps doing this film after but the copy I have is little more then a VHS rip. I would love to get my hands on this.

Post: #229424
Topic: Info, & Help: looking for... Robocop - ITV Family Friendly "Freakin' Airhead" Version
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/229424/action/topic#229424
Time: 26-Jul-2006 12:06 PM

The two that I like are from:

Back to the Future
Instead of
"holy shit doc, you desintergrated Einstein!"

You get
"Jeez Loueez doc, you decintergrated Einstein!"

and the second is from Cady Shack

Instead of
"Hey everybody let's all get laid."
It's
"Hey everybody, let's go take a shower."

I prefer both these lines, and by the way they are spoken by the real actors.

Post: #227779
Topic: ADM's 'Dune : The Reconstructed Workprint' (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227779/action/topic#227779
Time: 20-Jul-2006 9:38 PM

Originally posted by: FanFiltration

Originally posted by: focuspuller

Originally posted by: bad_karma24
What about After Effects? Would it have been possible to place a lock on the eyes to follow them around, and then attach the blue to them?

I think so.

What about the other fan edit of Dune? The pan-Scan one that was done before the new special edition Dune came out? All of the blue eyes where done for that version, who did that edit?

That was my Fan Edit of DUNE, and I used After Effects alot on that. Took about two weeks to do all the eyes in my off time.

Sorry, forgot it was yours. I thought you did a great job with the eyes.

Post: #227741
Topic: ADM's 'Dune : The Reconstructed Workprint' (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227741/action/topic#227741
Time: 20-Jul-2006 7:08 PM

Originally posted by: bad_karma24
What about After Effects? Would it have been possible to place a lock on the eyes to follow them around, and then attach the blue to them?

I think so.

What about the other fan edit of Dune? The pan-Scan one that was done before the new special edition Dune came out? All of the blue eyes where done for that version, who did that edit?

Post: #227677
Topic: ADM's 'Dune : The Reconstructed Workprint' (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227677/action/topic#227677
Time: 20-Jul-2006 4:09 PM

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Sorry, I only gave half of the info before. The capture to BMP is actually done in VirtualDubMod. Instead of saving the images as AVI, you can save as a sequence of images. Then you can reassemble a series of images in TMPGEnc when you load. Photoshop is done in-between those steps. There are probably much better tools that do this without modifying individual images by hand, but I don't have them.

Ouch! That's painful, there has to be a less pain in the ass way to get around this.

Post: #227575
Topic: ADM's 'Dune : The Reconstructed Workprint' (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/227575/action/topic#227575
Time: 20-Jul-2006 8:08 AM

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Water to the dead did indeed not make it into the final edit. I love the scene, but this and the extended "He's taken the water of life" scene with Alia were even more difficult to fit in. Jarring as the other deleted scenes are, these were far worse, especially audio-wise. But it pained me to not put that one back in.

If I may ask, what program did you use to add the "blue within blue eyes"?