mrbenja0618

I'm converting using TMPGEnc.... Is this good?

I made a mpeg2 throgh After Effects (Don't have procoder yet), and i tried to author the DVD with DVD Architect... Is this a bad program to use? It says the file is too big to fit on a DL DVD.

Ady -

Is it simple software to use? Or is there a few things you have to do to get the quality you were talking about?

Thanks for the advice Ady, Asteroid, I'm gonna look into this software.

I've been a bit slow with those screen shots... I'll try and get them up this weekend... Good news though, I actually finished my first draft... I was off for a full four days during the Thanksgiving holiday, so I had a lot of time to work.

I have a technical question. Does anyone know how to get 3 hours of video on a DL DVD without losing quality?

I've never had too many real big issues with lightsabers in the SW films except for A New Hope, which IMO Ady fixed very well... I mean, it's either fat lightsabers, or the junk that Lucas wouldn't fix.

The lightsabers were a bit fat in ROTJ, but they truly don't bother me that much... Gosh, Ady, are you gonna try and mask that? Are you gonna do some kind of reflection effect? If i'm even making sense. lol

Creating a colored light reflection is possible. Not sure how great it would look though.

Your doing some things like me. I created a new intro, and I also begin with the attack on Amidala....then I fade in a title that reads "35 Years Later" and then we go into the Tantive IV sequence, but I never cut back to the past until Obi Wan starts talking about Anakin... Then I cut back to them on the lift, and we don't go back to the present until after the speeder chase, and the alley scene with the Zam. So, in a way Old Obi Wan allows us to go back in time... After that, you and I have a lot of differences. Weird thing is, both of our ideas seem to work.

Did I read that you plan on using different music tracks? If so; how in the world are you doing this? I've been editing for awhile, but have no idea how to Isolate audio tracks without killing all other audio... Just very interested in how you do this.

Not my FIRST edit...My first Fan edit is what I should have said. I've actually been editing for over 10 years..

I've been having a time with my edit too.... I've had this bad interlacing problem that I'm trying to fix now.... Which is taking forever seeing as mine clocks in a little more than 3 hours in length. This is my first edit, so I'm running into a lot of stuff... But it will be far easier when I go into working on Empire.

What are you editing on, Asteroid-Man?

Thanksgiving is over; I don't have to be at work today; so I get to work on the edit today.

I'll try and post some screen shots of my color graded shots.

It will be Ep. 4 and AOTC

And then Empire, and Revenge, with a few elements from AOTC that I'll be eliminating for the Ep. 4 edit.

Then, ROTJ, ROTS, and elements from TPM.

I have it all pretty well mapped out.

I'm also color grading all prequel material to give them a somewhat aged look. I always felt like the prequels felt more advanced; so I wanted there to be a distinction.

This edit has been attempted before, and there is even one in the works call Renascent. Well, I’m very interested in the idea of blending the prequels and classic trilogy into one; so I want to try my hand at it.

I can tell you up front that my edit will be a lengthy version. A little over 3 hours for A New Hope. My goal is to give it an even more epic treatment. In a day where some have no problem sitting and watching The Lord of the Rings for 3 hours. (4 if you prefer the extended cut) I see it being no problem for a Star Wars film being that long.

I have my ideas laid out for the first installment, and vague ideas for Empire, and Return of the Jedi. If you have any questions; this is the place.

I’ll keep everyone posted.

Since there have been two people already to try this style edit; I've decided to try my hand at as well. I'll let everyone know what happens.

I'm very interested to see what you do with this edit...

This isn't your revisted ESB is it?

sketchrob said:

I really hope this doenst hinder or force anyone to stop working on a fan edit, distribution is always a tricky issue (but not impossible) but the act of creating the edit itself should be preserved and continued.

I agree. Like I said before; if anything it's good practice.

I just saw myself... My heart sank when I saw the new message. I wrote this over on the fanedit forum.

Well, I've been watching movies here and have been amazed at the incredible work done here.

I was actually in the process of my own fan edit, and I'm sad to say it won't be posted here.

I will say this; I urge everyone to continue fan editing on their own privately... Especially those who would like to edit films for a living.

I did not realize it until I started my own, but it's a great exercise and helps you to become a far greater editor in the process. It forces you to think about story structure within a film. You really have to think about what is needed, and what is not. I think this is a very healthy, beneficial practice that I hope will continue for us privately.

This is truly heartbreaking, but it was a fun ride.

I think you should CG Lucas into at least 10 scenes of the movie. Kind of a "Where's Waldo" idea, only with George.

I'd settle for just a color corrected version of Empire. I'm like Ady as  I think that it's a nearly perfect movie. Don't care about lasers.

Ady -

Keep up the good work. Ignore the naysayers because I know the majority are anticipating this edit!

ladyferry said:

My friend Adam May (Hasbro made a Star Wars figure of him recently!) from galactichunter.com (of BMF expose fame) has run a blurb about Adywan's Star Wars Revisited with a link to the newspaper article and all the videos so far on youtube.com so check it out guys?

http://www.galactichunter.com/

This was actually my article... Thanks again, Ady! =)

Ok, coming in late. Are these torrents to be downloaded? Where can I find them? Thanks.

VLC media player can view VOB's as well.