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#1494635
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Harry Potter: Enhanced Editions (Audiobooks) (Released)
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Drew Drakofolis said:

Oh, thatā€™s unfortunate to hear that you got hit by a copyright strike. Thought I guess it was to be expected to happen at some point.

Well, itā€™s a good thing I was downloading them as you released them, and Iā€™ll have my local copies no matter what.
But I hope you can get them re-uploaded, for everyone else to enjoy, without too much trouble.

Anyway, Iā€™ve been listening to random chapters and segments here and there, and really enjoying those, but Iā€™m afraid I was never able to find the time to begin a full ā€œre-readā€ until just recently.
I canā€™t really listen to audiobooks in the background while Iā€™m doing other stuff, because thatā€™s multitasking, and that ainā€™t easy for me. I can sometimes do so with podcasts, but not with audiobooks - I want to be able to specificly dedicate time to listen to an audiobook, and just focus on that, without distractions.
And I havenā€™t been able to dedicate the time to start a full, from-start-to-finish listen.

But I finally started listening to your project from the very beginning, with full focus and attention.
I closed my eyes, and let the audio immerse me into the world.
And now that I was able to start at the beginning and get a true feel of how everything ties in together, Iā€™m able to appreciate things so much more.

Iā€™m five chapters into Philosopherā€™s Stone so far, and I really love your editing so far.
The scene with the Dursleys sailing to the Hut On The Rock was especially notable to me, I actually got some cold chills from the stormy atmosphere you created.

Anyway, thank you for all the hard work you do to bring this project to life.
Iā€™m sorry it took me this long to truly get into it, but Iā€™m loving it, and Iā€™m looking forward to going through with it to the end.

Good luck with finishing Deathly Hallows!

Thanks, Drew!

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#1489585
Topic
Deepfake Ideas - Index and Discussion
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Iā€™m not an expert or professional when it comes to producing deepfakes. However, I have been trying to deepfake Samuel L. Jackson onto the background fill-in in one of the last scenes of The Phantom Menace, where someone else was playing Mace Windu. Unfortunately, DeepFaceLab only recognized the background fill-inā€™s face for the second shot, not the first. I donā€™t know anything about making VFX, but I think it would be much better if someone just digitally mapped Jacksonā€™s face onto the guy, as it would be far easier.

And yes, I am aware, there still needs to be more training than what is shown here, but I am just showing to let everyone know the final result may not look good.

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#1489463
Topic
Star Wars Episode I: Cloak Of Deception (Released)
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So hereā€™s an update on the stand in for Mace Windu. DeepFaceLab recognized his face in the second shot where Palpatine is talking to Queen Amidala, but it did not in the shot where he walks out of the ship. It canā€™t exactly read the eyes properly either. It might be better if someone more talented than me with VFX just digitally maps an image of Jacksonā€™s face onto the background extra like what was done for Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens: Restructured.