stretch009

TV's Frink said:

Vladius said:

stretch009 said:

Yorick said:

Ok, I'll give this a stab.

For Episode 1 I'm a big supporter of Return of the Sith by a fan editor called Seciors. He's made the radical change of removing the Darth Sidious character from the film entirely. I feel this improves the overall experience in three ways. 1. It makes the Trade Federation appear far more assertive and decisive now that they aren't following someone else’s orders. 2. It makes Darth Maul's introduction and presence in the film far more mysterious. 3. The surprise that Palpatine is Sidious is retained.

Seciors has also removed all of the underwater sequence from the film. The Jedi now just head straight for the Palace and rescue the Queen. The first fifteen minutes of Return of the Sith is blistering entertainment - and this is coming from a pretty harsh prequel critic.

It's also worth noting that Seciors has also removed the terms "trade" and "tax" from the edit.

For Episode 2 I like L8wtr's Republic Divided. L8wtr is a good, thoughtful editor and he has rescued the Anakin Skywalker character as well as restored the Obi-Wan/Anakin relationship in this edit.

For Episode 3 I watch Kerr's Dark Force Rising. Lots of great cuts there to streamline the Revenge of the Sith experience.

 

I consider myself "in the know" when it comes to SW fanedits but I've never heard of Seciors or his/her Episode I edit.  It would be much appreciated if you could give me a bit of info about it including where I might find it.

Edit:  Just found it on FE.org : )

How would you compare it to L8's Shadow of the Sith?

 

PLEASE ELABORATE

PLEASE ELABORATE ON WHAT YOU WANT ELABORATED ON.

LOL!  That's exactly what I was thinking. : )

Yorick said:

Ok, I'll give this a stab.

For Episode 1 I'm a big supporter of Return of the Sith by a fan editor called Seciors. He's made the radical change of removing the Darth Sidious character from the film entirely. I feel this improves the overall experience in three ways. 1. It makes the Trade Federation appear far more assertive and decisive now that they aren't following someone else’s orders. 2. It makes Darth Maul's introduction and presence in the film far more mysterious. 3. The surprise that Palpatine is Sidious is retained.

Seciors has also removed all of the underwater sequence from the film. The Jedi now just head straight for the Palace and rescue the Queen. The first fifteen minutes of Return of the Sith is blistering entertainment - and this is coming from a pretty harsh prequel critic.

It's also worth noting that Seciors has also removed the terms "trade" and "tax" from the edit.

For Episode 2 I like L8wtr's Republic Divided. L8wtr is a good, thoughtful editor and he has rescued the Anakin Skywalker character as well as restored the Obi-Wan/Anakin relationship in this edit.

For Episode 3 I watch Kerr's Dark Force Rising. Lots of great cuts there to streamline the Revenge of the Sith experience.

 

I consider myself "in the know" when it comes to SW fanedits but I've never heard of Seciors or his/her Episode I edit.  It would be much appreciated if you could give me a bit of info about it including where I might find it.

Edit:  Just found it on FE.org : )

How would you compare it to L8's Shadow of the Sith?

Harmy said:

No, it's just that for SW I'm just tweaking the current edit, while with ESB I'll be starting from scratch, colour correction and all.

Out of sheer curiosity, why are you starting from scratch with ESB and not just tweaking it like SW?

see you auntie said:

Stinky-Dinkins said:

Isn't that predetermined by the data you're burning? I was never given an option to choose the layer change point (using IMGburn), and I didn't notice it changing over distractingly in the middle of a scene or anything. These seem to play perfectly as they are man, I'd say you're good to go once they're DL'ed as they stand without any additional tinkering or bullshit.

Ok, that's why I asked. I didn't want to be in the middle of a scene and find a noticeable pause when the layer change occurs.

If people aren't having a problem with this then I guess neither will I.

edit: Thanks :)

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=9611

mrbenja0618 said:

Not sure if anyone saw that this was being done, but being an Indy fan first, THIS IS EXCITING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ILoeH2eB_UQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M2yU8zR8JFI

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/NEW-PROJECT-Raiding-The-Lost-Ark-Help-Needed/topic/12842/

I don't mean to bother you again with this type of questioning but, why would you only make TPM high-def and not the other two HD also?  You said it would be tough on your system but wouldn't TPM be tough on it too?  I'm sure many of us would appreciate/love your whole prequel trilogy in HD, I know I would.  : )

Edit:  My biggest reason for wanting this is because I quit watching the prequels except for the great edits on fanedit.org.  L8wrtr's, JasonN's, yours, and many others are great and make them more than watchable.  I want to see the prequels in HD but not Lucas's.  It appears that L8wrtr and JasonN backed out of there plans so that's why I was hoping you might do all three. 

I thought your Ep. 2 and 3 edits were great.  Are you going to release those in HD also?  While we're on that subject what about your final cut of ROTJ?  Also, one more thing, approximately how long do you think TPM will take you to complete?

Harmy said:

Could you post some comparisons please? Ideally the same frames as those posted at AVS.

@ dark_jedi

Did you see this post?  Would be nice if you at least replied to it.

Krycek87 said:

Thanks for the help! Now I have these.

What kind of paper did you use?  Photo?  Your welcome, if it was my help you used.

Krycek87 said:

JohnStewart said:

Krycek87 said:

Curious question; what are the proper dimensions to print out the BD covers? When I load them to photoshop they come out gigantic. I tried taking them to Kinko's and Officemax and the same thing. They told me I had to pay an extra $7 to cover poster printing! LOL! Would really appreciate the help.

Harmy, I do have to thank you for putting all the time and effort on these releases! I've been getting a kick out of watching the OT in HD!

10.65 Width

5.867 Height

that will ensure it is side to side with no gap.

One last thing, this is in inches?

 

stretch009 said:

Krycek87 said:

Curious question; what are the proper dimensions to print out the BD covers? When I load them to photoshop they come out gigantic. I tried taking them to Kinko's and Officemax and the same thing. They told me I had to pay an extra $7 to cover poster printing! LOL! Would really appreciate the help.

Harmy, I do have to thank you for putting all the time and effort on these releases! I've been getting a kick out of watching the OT in HD! 

There's a great prog that was recommended to me called "undercoverxp".  I was having trouble too making covers then I used this and selected bluray and they came out perfectly.  Here's the link:   http://undercoverxp.tk/

   Oh, by the way, despite the name it works in Windows 7 too.

I'll give this a try if I can't get it right with Photoshop. Would I have to use Legal paper or would regular size do with UndercoverXP?

 

I used regular size paper.   I definitely would try undercoverxp if I were you.  From what I've read on other forums people swear by it.  It worked like a charm for me too.

edit:   You won't have to worry about those measurements above with undercoverxp you just select bluray and it does all the work for you.

Krycek87 said:

Curious question; what are the proper dimensions to print out the BD covers? When I load them to photoshop they come out gigantic. I tried taking them to Kinko's and Officemax and the same thing. They told me I had to pay an extra $7 to cover poster printing! LOL! Would really appreciate the help.

Harmy, I do have to thank you for putting all the time and effort on these releases! I've been getting a kick out of watching the OT in HD! 

There's a great prog that was recommended to me called "undercoverxp".  I was having trouble too making covers then I used this and selected bluray and they came out perfectly.  Here's the link:    http://undercoverxp.tk/

   Oh, by the way, despite the name it works in Windows 7 too.

The Aluminum Falcon said:

Oh humblest of apologies stretch009. I honestly did not see your post. I probably thought you were 46fleetline since you too had no avatar. Just shot you a PM. Didn't mean to be harsh at all. I just wanted to send the PMs right away after I got home and I didn't notice that there were four requests.

Very sorry.

That's alright, no problem.  I have to say I really jumped to conclusions there.  It did cross my mind after a while that you might have not seen my post and indeed that was the case.  All is forgiven. : )

The Aluminum Falcon said:

HardCorr, Bester, and 46fleetline, I sent you all links to the new digital copy. I hope you enjoy it. Just ignore my PM if you already have the links from someone else.

Wow..... Harsh.  Looks like everyone who requested links got them except me.  Not sure what I did to deserve that.  : (

Can I have links to this too?  Thank you.

This has probably been asked before but I have to know.  How much better are the blus than Wookiegroomers 1080p releases, if at all?

The Aluminum Falcon said:

stretch009 said:

Yeah but those aren't the authentic ones.  If you can wait a bit you can get them shipped from sleevetown.com and there a couple bucks cheaper even after shipping and handling.

Never knew that... I just saw them in Best Buy and bought them since I wanted a nice case for this. What do you mean by "aren't authentic"? They have the Blu-Ray disc logo on top...

Here's a quote from Amazon:

"..........  the industry standard Viva Elite (Warner, 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate) or Vortex (Sony, Disney) cases that are the norm. "

Best Buy sells the Dynex brand which isn't sold on any of the specialty sites I've seen.  It's probably one of the knockoffs they talk about.

Sleevetown.com sells the Vortex type mentioned above.  Discmakers.com sells Viva Elite and the people on the Blu-ray.com site swear by the diskmakers.com site.  Sleevetown.com is a very popular site too from what I've gathered.

Edit:  On the other hand I've never seen the Dynex kind so I can't really compare them to the "real thing".  The reviews are pretty favorable on Bestbuy.com .........

The Aluminum Falcon said:

Erikstormtrooper said:

Do they sell the blu-ray cases in stores?

Yep! You can get them at Best Buy... a 10-pack for about 12.99.

Yeah but those aren't the authentic ones.  If you can wait a bit you can get them shipped from sleevetown.com and there a couple bucks cheaper even after shipping and handling.

@ Infrared Sight

I sent you a PM.

Bobocop said:

Just thought I'd better point out that the description on the back of the cases has a typo. The second N in 'uninterrupted" is missing.

Can't wait to see this on my PS3. JDownloader is putting the pedal to the grindstone, so I should have it soon :)

It should be the 'vile' gangster not 'ville' gangster also.

Just to make sure, are those covers meant for bluray cases or dvd cases?

@ Erikstormtrooper

You can download the DVD9 here after you've registered:

http://digital-fanedits.com/index.php/Details/Star-Wars/Star-Wars-Prologue.html

I thought it was pretty good.  I especially liked the way he handled the TPM material.

@ timdiggerm

and

@ Tallguy

Please check your PMs.

Sweet, thanx a ton.

Could you PM me the links to all three please?

bttfbrasilfan said:

Excuse me, but one of you guys know where can I find a very good fan edit of spiderman 3? Whithout the "funky soul" scene and more focus on the main characters?

I sent you a PM. : )