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hopeless4ever said:

ilovelofi said:

Does anyone have v2.2 or v2.1 of this tool that they’d be willing to share with me? I messaged DrDre a month ago, but I don’t think he logs in much these days. I’ve been using v1.2 for about a year now and it’s such a great tool.

V1.2 is the current version that is available. I don’t know where you would get older ones (v2.2 or 2.1)…

Why does it say that v1.3 is released? Seems a little bit misleading?

Really excited for this.

ThiscouldbeR2D2 said:

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Jar Jar Bricks said:

exitzero said:

Is this the best attempt yet?

Your mother once thought as you do-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNRSAZsjaYI

That’s actually the same clip that I posted here earlier this year.

Hal and I have completed a version of it that is 99% seamless:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DwmceJ0DiMyqbkGC-sEHo_rfelpqBzZV/view?usp=drive_link

It will be fully seamless if we can get somebody to replicate the voice filter of Vader in ROTJ.

Thank jjb, I’m excited to see how seamless it can get…
The only other thing is I wonder how Adywan’s will sound when he does it.

Don’t you mean, IF he does it? Has he confirmed if he actually WILL replace “Obi-Wan” with “Your mother”?

yeah, I’m pretty sure he has. He also mentioned that he has his own Vader voice actor to do it.

revel911 said:

That guy with no name said:

preview coming soon:

Anyway to make the screen a bit more hi-res?

It’s a gif, so it’s very compressed. end result is more clear.

Ronster said:

Is version 2 Ready / out?

I am interested in yout take.

Still waiting on that computer, once I can purchase it. (hopefully by the end of the year).
I’ll begin work on V.2

Jar Jar Bricks said:

exitzero said:

Is this the best attempt yet?

Your mother once thought as you do-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNRSAZsjaYI

That’s actually the same clip that I posted here earlier this year.

Hal and I have completed a version of it that is 99% seamless:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DwmceJ0DiMyqbkGC-sEHo_rfelpqBzZV/view?usp=drive_link

It will be fully seamless if we can get somebody to replicate the voice filter of Vader in ROTJ.

Thank jjb, I’m excited to see how seamless it can get…
The only other thing is I wonder how Adywan’s will sound when he does it.

kunzfuz said:

Please may I have a dm link? Thanks

Sent.

Jar Jar Bricks said:

I think it’s virtually flawless in my air pods. I can kinda hear what you’re talking about with the right ear but it might be placebo.

hmm, maybe it’s just me. but it sounds just a tad too loud, and perhaps not as Robotic as the original. not in tone or delivery but in audio.

Hal 9000 said:

Here’s something new from JJB. What do you guys think?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DwmceJ0DiMyqbkGC-sEHo_rfelpqBzZV/view?usp=drive_link

it sounds almost perfect. it does sound as if it was mixed more towards the right channel though.

Actually before we start anything Hal, if your’e there do you want the force speed removed?

TheDimitrios said:

Or maybe easier: A reflected shot hits the ceiling, smoke comes down, the Droids keep shooting, when the smoke clears the jedi are gone.

hmmm, that could work. Lemme try that.

TheDimitrios said:

Has anyone ever tried to slow them down or add a smoke cloud that covers their disappearance or something?

But how would that work though? couldn’t the Droidekas shoot them down as they hastily ran down the hallway?

I have an idea that could work. While deflecting the laser blasts, either Obi-Wan or Qui-Gon deflects a shot that hits something large on the ceiling—it doesn’t matter what it is. When it falls, it provides cover, allowing them to make their escape while still being shielded. The droidekas could then shoot at the fallen object, breaking it apart like they did with the door. Afterward, we can continue the scene with them running down the hall, and we can just say they got a head start.

DZ-330 said:

That addition was so stupid. It felt like the writers were stuck and couldn’t find a way to have them escape, so George just said, F**K it, make them run as fast as the Flash. This completely breaks the logic of every lightsaber battle in Star Wars history—if they could do this, all those duels could have been avoided. It makes me want to cut it out entirely. The only problem is figuring out how to make that work.

Here’s an example of color correction:

Original COD:

Corrected:

Frame by frame correction required to removing that awful green cast.
The green color couldn’t just be desaturated (removed) as it would leave a grey blob, so the original color of the explosion had to be restored.

Full clip: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEUY5mIuakq5KBNRgeimNqaOCrFKw-Jb/view?usp=sharing (the GIF really desaturates it).

Video coming soon, stay tuned.

stretch009 said:

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stretch009 said:

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stretch009 said:

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stretch009 said:

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stretch009 said:

@That guy with no name

I believe our PM called “TESB Color Correction” is possibly referring to your correction in this thread.

Oh ok. This project was stopped a while back… if I can find the files I"ll send you a lut. How does that sound?

That sounds good. Then maybe I might ask you how to use a lut.

what editing software do you use?
if you can’t figure it out, once I find the lut I’ll apply it myself and send you the film.

On www.thestarwarstrilogy.com there’s directions for applying a lut with Ripbot264 which is one of my go-to encoders. I’ll first try with Ripbot.

As long as it works with .cube luts that should be perfect.

It does!

Perfect. When I find the lut (somewhere in my edit files) I’ll pm you.

Have you found it?

Sadly no, It looks like I’m gonna have to re-do it. shouldn’t be a problem, when I get the time I’ll send it to you over PM. sorry about that. hope I haven’t ruined any marathon plans.

DZ-330 said:

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DZ-330 said:

Wow that looks good. Can’t wait to see more!

thanks

That color grade looks great so far from what I’ve seen. Really brings it more in line with the rest of the PT. Phantom has always just looked off for some reason…

probably because it was shot on film, while the rest of the prequels where shot on digital so they have much more of a neutral grade, which is what I’m going for here.

DZ-330 said:

Wow that looks good. Can’t wait to see more!

thanks

Quick VFX sample of the upcoming Final update of COD. Still a WIP.

Original COD:

New:

added antennas and decal to match previous shots. and color grade.

Maggie Smith
Harry Potter, Richard III
She passed on today.

adywan said:

The entrance to Mos Eisley’s shot is very baffling to me as to how bad it looks.

perhaps this was done for the scrapped 3D conversion?
perhaps they needed things to be in different layers to accomplish that?
just a theory, it looks disgusting either way.

G&G-Fan said:

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If that’s the case then why does that shot in 2011 blu-ray look so much better? and why do the foreground elements look so sharp and clear? it’s as if they re-rendered those elements but didn’t do anything to the background.

I was thinking that bc the 2019 ones are higher resolution the old CG just sticks out more as dated. I’m not really all too knowledgeable about film restoration so.

yeah, but in that case it would have to at least look the same as the Blu-ray which it somehow doesn’t. the clarity of that shot on 4k is like 1/3 the clarity in the Blu-ray. but the foreground is razor-sharp and extremely clear. and i’m 90% sure they were shifted in the shot slightly too, but don’t quote me on that.

TheBoogeyman1023 said:

That guy with no name said:

TheBoogeyman1023 said:
That’s bizarre. I wonder if Disney is sitting on another edition they plan to roll out in the future. Maybe 50th anniversary? It’s only a few years away. I can’t imagine they would do a theater only regrade.

I’d love to belive there doing another edition. but restoration? unlikely. Remember Disney/lucasfilm sat on the 4K restoration for 8 years! and technically didn’t even have 4k in mind when they originally scanned it in 2012. It’s as if 4k blu-rays becoming popular was just lucky for Disney. so for them to go out of their way to do another restoration is unlikely.

I never said restoration. I don’t have that much hope lol. I was thinking more along the lines of them reusing the 2012 scans with a shiny new coat of paint.

Even that would require “effort” on Disney’s part. Which they’ve proved time and time again they aren’t willing to give. But we can still hope.

G&G-Fan said:

I think the reason for the low quality special edition effects is bc computers back then couldn’t render in 4k. Unless Disney updates them, they’re stuck in the resolution they were made in.
But yeah I noticed the same thing. Part of what makes me stick to D+77/80/83 is the 97 effects just look putrid in the 2019 versions (I prefer to watch oohteedee’s regrades of those versions when watching the OT).
I wouldn’t object to something like adding digital Dewbacks so much if they could look at all like they exist in the same plane of existence.

If that’s the case then why does that shot in 2011 blu-ray look so much better? and why do the foreground elements look so sharp and clear? it’s as if they re-rendered those elements but didn’t do anything to the background.

TheBoogeyman1023 said:
That’s bizarre. I wonder if Disney is sitting on another edition they plan to roll out in the future. Maybe 50th anniversary? It’s only a few years away. I can’t imagine they would do a theater only regrade.

I’d love to belive there doing another edition. but restoration? unlikely. Remember Disney/lucasfilm sat on the 4K restoration for 8 years! and technically didn’t even have 4k in mind when they originally scanned it in 2012. It’s as if 4k blu-rays becoming popular was just lucky for Disney. so for them to go out of their way to do another restoration is unlikely.