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#299970
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5.1 to 6 mono WAVs with BeSweet?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299970/action/topic#299970
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
BeSweet is a pain, I've found. I recommend Hypercube Transcoder instead. Browse to the input file, change processing type to "Native" and Output Engine to "WAV - 6 mono files) and hit "transcode." It doesn't get any easier.


Hey, ADM. I'm having trouble downloading Hypercube Transcoder. Can you tell me the best way to grab it? I went to the Hypercode sight, and when I try to download, it asks for a username and password. I'm not sure where I'm supposed to get this username/password.

Also, out of curiousity, do you know if I can grab the center channel in a 5.1 mix, seperate it (to keep the dialogue only), and then change out the Front/rear/sub channels to something else, using only other wav files? Specifically, I want to cut a song out of a 5.1, keep the dialogue, and then change the song. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


EDIT: OK, so I found a mirrored download for the program.
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#299650
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STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299650/action/topic#299650
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Originally posted by: HotRod
Ok...I think I'm missing out on the big screen thing here!! Time to update me thinks!



I just picked up a optoma HD70. It was the best rated HD (720P) projector for under $1000. With the $200 rebate it was only $799. I'm projecting it on my wall until I can afford to get the screen, and it already looks awesome! Try to find an HD TV for less than $1000, and besides that, the picture on those TV's suck!!!

So, I definitely like to get movies like this on DVD-9, because a shrunk DVD starts to look like a crappy mpeg encode when it's blown up to 100". Doesn't matter so much with a comedy, but Star Wars/Indiana Jones/Transformers/etc., it's gotta be DVD-9 (or HD/Blu-ray, whoever wins. Ugh!).

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#299125
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Transformers The Movie: Resparked (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299125/action/topic#299125
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Here's an opportunity for you to do something interesting with the eBay scene: instead of having his seller name being "ladiesman917" or whatever, why not have it be "spike917"? The point of having it be "ladiesman" is to portray his character as a bit pathetic, but there are enough instances of that. Changing it to "Spike" softens that edge a bit AND gives a nice shout out to the 80's fans without going down the cheese road. Just matte the new text on the screen when you see the eBay listing, and then find some clip from the 80's of Cullen saying "Spike" (that can't be THAT hard), pitch shift it a little and drop it over "ladies man" and you've got it! The Optimus lip movements are so crappy, I don't think anyone will notice the sync issues...

Spike917 would be interesting, but I would have to figure out how to get Barricade to say it. That might be an idea for a later date, when I have time to mess with some more complicated editing.

And just a general action scene request...I had no idea what was going on in most of the fights. Whatever you can do to help make these make more sense would be greatly appreciated. What a mess!


Yeah, it's a bit overwhelming at points, but I think that any attempts to slow down the fights, would degrade the picture quality so much, that it wouldn't be worth it. Might mess around with it if I can figure out a good way to do it, but probably not. Maybe you just need a 100" screen, and some speed (Reave Inc. does not support or endorse the use of illegal narcotics)!
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#299018
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Transformers The Movie: Resparked (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299018/action/topic#299018
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I am going to pull jazz, in just a little. If they wouldn't have said that he learned how to talk from the internet, I would nix all of his jive talk. But I'm going to leave a little of it in, because it's in his character.

There is not a chance in hell of me putting any of the 80's transformers songs in this edit (I may make a Cartoon edit later, but that's if, and only if I get this one to my satisfaction). It would not fit the theme, and it would detract from the "reality" in the movie. I might however, try to sneak a couple of the old, minor background themes in there, if I can get them to not sound old. I may experiment with some Cakewalk/Sonar stuff, to see if I can make it work, without pulling the movie back to the 80's (then again I may save that for the Cartoon edit).

I'm fine with the voices. If I can add a little bit of synth/noise/robot-ness to some of the vocals, I might try.

I appreciate your feedback. I love the cartoon, but only to an extent. I was (well, still am ) big into the toys, but we couldn't get the cartoon where I was, so I could only see it at my friends house once in a great while, so I watch them now to make up for lost time. Overall they're pretty cheesy, but fun.
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#298889
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Transformers The Movie: Resparked (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298889/action/topic#298889
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Current status:

So I think that I'm going to remove the Australian girl/hacker subplot out entirely. The characters are very thin, and ultimately their arc goes nowhere. I'll probably leave a couple of the their scenes in, but they'll be more minor characters/extras than anything.

As far as frenzy goes, I'm just going to tighten his character up a bit, leaving most of the insanity, but less of the slapstick (jar-jar anyone?).

I'm making some small trims to the soldiers footage, just enough to pick up the overall pace of the movie (less humans, more bots!).

Any thoughts on the police station scene? I think it's kind of funny, but entirely uncecessary, and is another pace-killer. I'll mess around with it and see.

Trimming the credit card/indian operator scene. Just needs some tightening up, to make it a little more believable.

Trimming some sector 7 cheese.

Tightening the Bumblebee/Mikaela/Towtruck scene (I'll drive, you shoot ), hopefully changing/eliminating the music (any help on removing music would be appreciated)

Can't wait to purchase the DVD, so I can finish my edit, and screen it for my friends on my new 720p Projector!
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#294198
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Transformers The Movie: Resparked (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/294198/action/topic#294198
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Definitely cutting the "pissing" scene. And I'm going to make John Turtorro less cheesy/creepy ("she's a criminal, criminals are HOT!").

I've thought about changing some of the dialogue to the original character voices, but I'll probably do that in a seperate edit. I'll most likely end up making a G1 cartoon style edit, and a serious, intelligent action movie edit.

I'd like to cut the rock music out of the score all together, but it may prove to be too difficult for me.
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#293267
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Transformers The Movie: Resparked (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/293267/action/topic#293267
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I definitely watched and still watch the cartoons. I was very much into the Transformers since the beginning, and I'm still obsessed to this day. I wasn't referring to Jazz so much as some of the other bots (mainly stuff like the optimus "my bad" line and some others that I can't remember). I might shave just a hair of Jazz breakdancing though. It's OK to a point, but it is a little over the top. I'll just have to watch it a few more times to see how it feels.
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#292512
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Transformers The Movie: Resparked (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/292512/action/topic#292512
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MARCH 9th, 2008 UPDATE:

This is finished and available now! Overall I’m quite happy with how it turned out, and can’t wait to do the next cut.

Original post:

I’ve begun the initial stages of an fan edit I’ve been waiting to do for 2 years now.

I kind of assumed that Transformers would be a great film overall, but with a little bad dialogue, some unnecessary plot lines, some cheesy kid crap, and that it would just kind of need to be tidied up to make it a better film. Well, I was right. While the movie was highly enjoyable, and exceeded my expectations in many ways, it definitely could use the touch of a Transformers obsessed fan. I’ve begun a list of cuts that I’m going to make, and I’m toying with some audio ideas to improve some of the cheese in the film. I would like to ask anyone who has any interest in this, and who has seen the film, to offer any suggestions on edits. I will be posting my ideas shortly, when I get more time. I’m getting ready to move to a new house, at which point I will begin in earnest my attempt at a fan edit.

Of course I’ll have to wait for the DVD release to actually execute this project, but I want to get as ready as possible in the meantime, so that I can get the edit done ASAP, and then kick back and enjoy a near perfect Transformers Movie Experience!

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#278874
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Info: The greatest video preservation effort ever! :)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/278874/action/topic#278874
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There's no really need for widescreen version, just stretch the picture to 16:9 mode by messing with your telly's settings and that's it. Keep in mind that this method will reduce cleaning effectiveness to ~80% of original because cleaning area is a bit larger than normally, so you might have to run clip three times instead of two for getting satisfying results.


Maybe one of the editing pros around here can grab this and make a proper anamorphic transfer.