nightstalkerpoet

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.

Just about to sit down and watch this after running through quite a few reviews - I'll send a review your way when I get a chance.

Out of curiosity, have you looked into TM2YC's Episode 2 edit?

I've yet to see it, but again, have run through the reviews. While I disagreed with certain aspects of his editing choices, I wanted to point you in the direction of his take on the Dooku/Yoda lightsaber battle. From what I've read, it works to remove most of Yoda's jumping antics, and ultimately leaves the viewer feeling like Yoda was outmatched and was lucky to save Anakin and Obi-Wan. Since you made the choice to remove the Emperor fight, but keep Yoda drawing his lightsaber for Order 66 in Ep 3, I thought perhaps putting this take on that battle helps explain that why he was able to protect against clones but chose not to take on the Emperor.

Has anyone attempted to apply a super resolution algorithm to the raw scans? I seem to remember reading somewhere that they were particularly effective on film, to the point of almost squeezing 16mm detail out of an 8mm print.

lol, was running out the door. Didn't have time for a description. In the case of an edit keeping the scene of Vader getting his suit/"Nooooo!", I liked the idea of his voice sounding less OT Vader and more like a mechanical voice with just a hint of Anakin thrown in. Originally tossed the concept at Hal9000 in his thread, but thought the idea would be at home here.

http://picosong.com/2rHm/

DuracellEnergizer said:

But spaghetti and fettucini are forms of pasta. O_o

 ... Somebody get that guy a cookie.

I'm sure they'll be great - I'll get you a review once I've made it through the set.

Messing with Audacity and just the RotS No grabbed from from a youtube clip, I came up with this. Not sure how much music is in the actual center track of the blu, or if you'd be able to mess with it too much. To me, this sounds kinda like the last little piece of Anakin is being snuffed out ;)

http://picosong.com/2rch/

Edit: Here is a quick run through of the entire Suiting Up scene, with some minor adjustments.

http://picosong.com/success/813e929cfc7f1f7c4905e26661b6b45f/