@DrDre they just posted this link http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6t00yIIcMe5ZBaWO7w .
Give it a shot and let us know.
That was really cool. My only suggestions are I think you could've bumped up the volume when he says "and the light" when it focuses on luke and r2. And maybe dial back Luke's voiceover to "The Force is Strong in my family." Then "You have that power too" over one of the shots of Daisy Ridley.
A lot of people hear about fan edits and don't really know where to start, or which editor will be right for them. Some don't know whether they'll like a preservation or an actual edit. Some don't have the patience to track down a bunch of different sources. That's where this comes in.
I have gathered together my current go to projects in a single BD50 release. It encompasses a variety of editors and takes on the films.
Episode I - Return of the Sith:Revisited (Seciors)
Episode II - The Approaching Storm (Hal9000)
Episode III - Dawn of the Empire (L8wrtr)
Episode IV - A New Hope Custom Special Edition (Hal9000)
Episode V - NSPESB (Nightstalkerpoet)
Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (Q2)
Uses official 7-8gb releases from the original editor (nothing has been reencoded). Disc created with MultiAVCHD.
Coming to a spleen near you.
Definitely understandable (though i think you're confusing the deleted extended version where his father is mentioned with the special edition of the scene).
Been jumping through this. Why no Biggs scene?
I always throw this out there, just in case. Would love to see this released with the obiwan hut conversation in its original scripted form, ala revisited.
Are the 720p versions of the saga bluray compliant?
Guy on stage looks like a nemoidian to me...
AntcuFaalb said:
nightstalkerpoet said:
My personal problem with it being in 3d isn't a lack of 2D options in general, it is the potential for affecting premium showings. I want to see a 7 film marathon opening day. Sadly, chances are that those marathons only include what they feel is the best version- ultimately, probably giving us eps 1, 2, and maybe 3 in 3d, 4-6 in 2d, with 7 in 3d...
Do you really want to see Jedi Rocks in 3D? O_O
I definitely wasn't complaining about the OT not being in 3D, but rather the high probability that any marathon screenings will be stuffed with 3d wherever possible.
My personal problem with it being in 3d isn't a lack of 2D options in general, it is the potential for affecting premium showings. I want to see a 7 film marathon opening day. Sadly, chances are that those marathons only include what they feel is the best version- ultimately, probably giving us eps 1, 2, and maybe 3 in 3d, 4-6 in 2d, with 7 in 3d...
That guy is why we can't have nice things :'(
Bingo
-The Podrace: Theatrical Edit
Probably my favorite additional content I've read about. Seems it could be helpful in restoring the theatrical. Perhaps it includes that missing shot wee only have a low quality source for.
He is officially restoring it. Unofficially.
Actually, i think frying poor Greedo could stay. just cuz we don't see it doesn't mean it didn't happen, and the reference just adds to Han's character.
What if, in ANH.... Through seamless branching, you get a choice? You either get the Jabba scene OR you get the Greedo scene. The Jabba scene actually works for the most part if you don't include the Greedo scene.
My own comparison vs Super Resolution using AVISynth and the Super Resolution trial plugin mixed with averaging other scalers.
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/120088
My avisynth script:
LoadPlugin("F:\Median.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AvsPmod\nnedi3.dll")
LoadPlugin("C:\Program Files (x86)\AvsPmod\eedi2.dll")
LoadPlugin("F:\avssr.dll")
AviSource("F:\Star Wars Blu Ray 540p-clip.avi")
base=ConvertToYUY2(matrix="Rec709")
orig = nnedi3_rpow2(base, 2)
lanc4 = Lanczos4Resize(orig, 1920, 816)
spline = Spline64resize(orig, 1920, 816)
bicub = BicubicResize(orig, 1920, 816)
bilin = BlackmanResize(orig, 1920, 816)
lanc = LanczosResize(orig, 1920, 816)
orig1 = eedi2(base)
lanc4a = Lanczos4Resize(orig1, 1920, 816)
splinea = Spline64resize(orig1, 1920, 816)
bicuba = BicubicResize(orig1, 1920, 816)
bilina = BlackmanResize(orig1, 1920, 816)
lanca = LanczosResize(orig1, 1920, 816)
superres = base.SR(1920, 816)
med1 = Median(lanc4, spline, bicub, bilin, lanc)
med2 = Median(lanc4a, splinea, bicuba, bilina, lanca)
Median(med1,med2,superres)
Looking good, the facial detail for Luke is very noticeable. :)
(any eta on that Blu vs Blu to sr 4k then downscale comparison?)
What has been done to this in terms of general color correction?
Hey Hal,
Have seen thefirstt half of this and loved your editing choices and pace.
I would like to throw out that i also struggled with getting the 1080p version to work - despite being technically bluray compliant, i was unable to get any of your pt edits to work successfully on a bluray disc,
My suggestion for you, if you don't already, is to render your final project to a lossless file that you then encode to the different release formats. Should save time.
My personal preference is to encode my blurays with bdtoavchd. I set it to very slow and tune grain ( in advanced) and let it fly. Beautiful results every time.
Handbrake uses lanczos3
As you said above, a 1080p film derived from a good 4k source would look better. Sadly, the 2011 blus are taken from a poor 2k scan that ultimately resolves to 720p detail. I'd assume the 1080p upscaled with sr would resolve the detail to closer to 1080p, which could be retained using a quality downscaling method. Any chance i could convince you to try this with your method and provide an example?
Rather than a downscale then sr example, can you do a bluray to sr 4k then downscale comparison?
I know that you said you're not particularly Video-editing savvy fmalover, but I do have a suggestion since you seem to be doing a stellar job.
Correct each individual shot as an image sequence (pick a single frame in the shot and then apply the same settings to each frame.)
Then save the corrected frames in a different folder with the same name/number as in the original.
At the end, you should be able to combine the new corrected image sequence to a video file easily.
Just a thought :)
Fair enough :)
After actually viewing his battle arrangement, i like the concept. but the execution is sorely lacking.