muddyknees2000

haraldo23 said:

Adywan said he needs financial support to finish ESB:R. Approximately, how much is needed? Maybe we could all donate a buck or two, make it like a small group donation perhaps and boost the budget a little bit. I've been living with a nude ass for the past couple of months, but I could try to donate at least something.

 Yes, I as well am living on the very edge of poverty myself, but I'd like to offer my financial support in my own small way. What about a facebook financial drive of sorts? Anyone think that would help in a noticeable way? I'd be willing to spam all of my fellow, or ex star wars fans with lengthy emails on why this is a good investment, including links to Adywans ANH on youtube to give people an idea of what they'd be spending money on......

Edit: Perhaps Adywan fundraiser screenings in our living rooms......give away DVD copies of the film for anyone who makes a donation to the cause

tell me about it.......doesn't kill my bandwidth so to speak, but by the end of the month it'll make enough of a difference that I'll be close to my limit or over. I dont pay very much, so I don't have a great download capacity

audio gnomes?

dark_jedi said:

Yes, I would like to have the VHS audio, but I am not going to pay someone to send a 200 MB or less file, so for me I guess this will have to do.

 I'm very sorry....I have extremely low bandwidth, and use almost all of it every month. And as stated, you wouldn't be paying ME....you'd be paying the post office for shipping this to you. I'm not looking to make a profit here, just have no desire for this to cost me anything if its not going to further the specific edit that I would like to see

dark_jedi said:

Thanks Sky for the heads up on the Hi-Fi Hobbit, I am grabbing it now, should have it in a couple hours, I can just get the audio off that.

Thanks again for your help

 Where are you getting it from? Is it in DVD form? Does it have a DVD menu and all? or is it just the film?

skyjedi2005 said:

i once had a book with the artwork from this film.

 Know what it was called?

skyjedi2005 said:

The best source for the tv broadcast has to be a 16mm print if you can find one and afford it, and have the screening equipment.  Otherwise the VHS is the only version with the real color timing intact.  The DVD color saturation matched the cels but the colors don't i once had a book with the artwork from this film.

From what i have gathered the DVD was from the negative and so the original color timing was lost, also the sound track was taken from an earlier more pristine mix which was not the final and was missing things.

Reminds me of Rhino's original transformers release.

 Ok, so basically I need to find a copty of the HIFI Hobbit and get someone to color correct that.....thanks very much mate.....I only just heard about this thing today and then you come along and point me to it.......cheers

TV's Frink said:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Hobbit-Rankin-Bass-Animated-Film/post/445606/#TopicPost445606

^Those pictures are now showing up.

 Thanks Frink......didnt see your message until now

The name....MST3K refference?

sorry, not lookin to download any programs or send any large files....I have limited bandwidth

no, not at all.....if you're willing to pay me for a blank DVD and the cost of shipping I'll make you a copy and ship it to you

Its a simple color correction......I work in film, but I'm not an editor in any way, have no knowledge of that aspect of the film-making process....which is why I'm looking for someone who's also a fan of this film and who could tackle a project like this

I have no clue how to rip the audio....I could copy the dvd and send it to you

You interested in trying out this edit?

I would very gladly share the audio if someone wanted to attempt a re-edit of this.....I had a good quality VHS transfered onto a DVD. But its in DVD format....dunno if you can work with that. The picture is a total write off, but it can be used to get an idea of what the colors were supposed to look like......the audio on it is in great shape

I want a desaturation of the colors...not necessarily everywhere, but theres a few places where they really went nuts and it bugs the heck out of me. This really was a film drawn in tones of brown, and grey....even when there were colors they were muted with browns and greys....much of it felt like a lightly colored sepia photo......making it feel much older.

The new image quality far surpasses the old, as they've made it crisp and brought out many little details.

It wouldn't necessarily have to be exactly as desaturated as the bottom pic, but definitely closer to the bottom one than the top one.

And yes, the sound needs to be brought over from the old version because they messed it up big time.....they took away alot of the familiar old sounds, and either replaced them with really lame sounding stuff, or just didnt replace it at all

ChainsawAsh said:

It doesn't look too over-saturated to me.  If anything, the one on the bottom looks washed out and faded.

It always did look washed out and faded.....the whole cartoon always looked like it had been drawn on top of an old map....which was what I loved about it. The remastered version's quality is great, everything is sharp and clear, but the colors have just got to go 

Ok, link is fixed, and maybe possibly the photo up above in the thread itself is working?

There.....see if that fixes it:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9840843@N04/5054371480/

satanika said:

Can you post some comparison screenshots maybe?

Is this the dvd from 2001?

 Well then, back to the topic at hand.....heres a link to the image again, since I seem to be too much of a noob to get it to show up on my own, lol

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9840843@N04/5054371480/

well just ctrl f5'd and everything's still showin up on my end

LOL.....D'oh. I did everything Bingo said....why wouldnt it be working? (and how does one refresh a cache?)

EDIT: There......did that work now?

k, thanks guys....do either of you mind if I send you a PM on an unrelated topic?

[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4107/5054371480_8d18dd7962_b.jpg[/img]hobbit by muddyknees2000, on Flickr

Well theres a link at the very least....

how do you get YOUR photos up?

ok, whats a good one? I dont exactly wanna have to throw this into my facebook photos

How do you post images here, can you not upload them from your drive?