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#1452649
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STAR WARS (1977) 35MM 1080p restoration. (WIP)
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This is going to be based on the same 4K scan as 4K77, just restored differently and exported at 1080p.
This will also use other 35mm prints including 4K97, for its better shadow and overall detail.
I would like for this to be the definitive restoration, Kinda like Mike Verta’s work. with natural color instead of theatrical color. I haven’t started work so there isn’t much to say about it yet.

(also I wont be doing ESB or ROJT)

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#1452294
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Star Wars: A New Hope DEVASTATOR EDITION (V.2 a WIP)
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Dat_SW_Guy said:

The explosion element looks interesting however one of the explosions isnt centered on the planet itself.

Also the explosion feels too plastered and in-static, try adding more dynamic stuff

Hal 9000 said:

The explosion of the planet seems to shift to the right mysteriously. Like part of it exploded to the right and then that part becomes the focus. I don’t know if that makes sense.

I think I favor Dat_SW_Guy’s version at the moment. This version of the explosion reads as Alderaan dissolving into an explosion already in progress while Dat’s looks more like the object itself is beginning to explode (albeit very quickly, as in the original film).

Alright, I will re-start this clip tonight.
Thanks for being honest guys.

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#1452255
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ESB or TESB?
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SparkySywer said:

Bluto said:

Funny this thread should come up - I was just wondering this the other day. I’ve mostly called it ESB, probably because that seems to be the more common abbreviation, but realise this is inconsistent with the other films. For example, people tend to include the “T” in “TPM”, “TFA”, “TLJ” and “TROS”.

If searching on Google for things related to Empire, “ESB” is far more lucrative.

I think the reason why TPM, TFA, TLJ, and TRoS caught on where TESB did not is because the first four only have two words if you exclude grammatical particles, but the Empire Strikes Back has three. Same thing with A New Hope, because if you can exclude “the” you should be able to exclude “a”.

Well that kind of ends the debate.

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#1452072
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Star Wars A New Hope: DSG Special Edition <strong>(HIATUS)</strong>
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Dat_SW_Guy said:

After a trillion years, I finally finished the Alderaan Explosion sequence to a degree in which I find acceptable. The colors are a bit overexposed but at this point I’m too tired to keep on going (lol)

I adjusted the size of the explosions a bit to fit in more in-frame and fixed the little jitteriness at the start. If you may find it a bit lacking in quality, its WAY better in HD.
https://streamable.com/ut567t

Aside from this one, I decided to make two changes:
1.) I have decided to not do the speeder shadow removal + replacement because my current skills in editing isnt good enough to do that sort of thing, plus I can barely run any 3D rendering program such as Blender on this computer.

2.) I removed the Jabba confrontation scene in the SE completely using an iris wipe transition carefully masked to hide the transition from ILM, I’ll be posting that soon along with others.

As of right now the edit is heading its way into completion, however if I were to make a hypothetical V2, It would mainly tackle on the speeder shadow replacement + fixing the jump-cuts using fantamorph.

Gorgeous!