That guy with no name

Braltika said:

That guy with no name said:
At the end of the day, the worst part of that shot is when Lando seems to walk outside the reach of the stage lights 😂, I wonder how adywan’s gonna fix that.

Maybe have him walk ‘under’ something like a parked B-Wing if he decides to ‘fix’ the matte painting (just a random thought). But perhaps there are easier solutions.

that might work actually.

Telion said:

timdiggerm said:

O00ll00O said:

Darth Sadifous said:

Honestly, my number one ask is to replace that matte painting shot when Han is departing with the strike team and talking to Lando with the falcon in the background. It is the most obvious matte shot in the entire saga in my opinion. I am still shocked Lucas didn’t tinker with it during the special edition. Especially in HD it always stands out to me like a sore thumb to me.

It’s hardly noticeable

https://imgur.com/a/AVXdzmD

I think the problem is they used a matte for the entire backdrop. They usually work a lot better when there’s other objects that help blend in to it. Like if the Falcon was a model, the rest as a matte wouldn’t be so bad. That poor ship is rough looking though.

https://youtu.be/hFadMn0EuO0?t=220

I think it’s a lot worse in motion. Also, the left side behind Lando looks so flat. And something is weird with the perspective, especially if you focus on the bottom of the frame when they start moving around near the end of the shot.

There are serveral glaring issues with the shot. Although it is a beautiful matte, it does not look realistic in motion. Looking at this it definatly seems like a reshoot (or a way to comp to two actors into one shot becuase they weren’t there on the same day?), becuase they clearly had a set scene in the two closeup shots. But it has a massive inconistancy in ship placements from hanger establishing shot, to the wide with Lando and Han, the falcon is facing a different way. Then when Han walks of screen to the shuttle, it is on a completely different side of the hanger. The whole sequence is messed up start to finish.
On third viewing im wrong about how the ship placement is wrong, it more that there isn’t enough space for the location where Han and Lando talk, based on the Establishing shot, as its meant to be in the lower right corner, between the two ships, but there is something off about the scale/lighting/preportions of those shots, whihc is why that section reads badly, IMO.

At the end of the day, the worst part of that shot is when Lando seems to walk outside the reach of the stage lights 😂, I wonder how adywan’s gonna fix that.

timdiggerm said:

O00ll00O said:

Darth Sadifous said:

Honestly, my number one ask is to replace that matte painting shot when Han is departing with the strike team and talking to Lando with the falcon in the background. It is the most obvious matte shot in the entire saga in my opinion. I am still shocked Lucas didn’t tinker with it during the special edition. Especially in HD it always stands out to me like a sore thumb to me.

It’s hardly noticeable

https://imgur.com/a/AVXdzmD

I think the problem is they used a matte for the entire backdrop. They usually work a lot better when there’s other objects that help blend in to it. Like if the Falcon was a model, the rest as a matte wouldn’t be so bad. That poor ship is rough looking though.

https://youtu.be/hFadMn0EuO0?t=220

I think it’s a lot worse in motion. Also, the left side behind Lando looks so flat. And something is weird with the perspective, especially if you focus on the bottom of the frame when they start moving around near the end of the shot.

it’s way too low in the shot, as opposed to how straight on Han and Lando were shot.
but I’m pretty sure adywan confirmed he is replacing these with miniatures.

Jar Jar Bricks said:

Wouldn’t the second Death Star also have a magnetic field, then? And obviously this voice modulation effect doesn’t appear in ROTJ.

idk maybe that part wasn’t fully completed that time around?
I don’t really think it’s important to be this nit-picky.

Phase3 said:

Out of curiosity, would you consider adding in the blue energy shields, similar to what was shown in Revenge Of The Sith, to the Death Star?
Here is a quick mock-up of what I mean:

I don’t think so. That’s too drastic of a change to add for something that only appears in one non-original trilogy film.

Phase3 said:

That’s really nicely done! Did you use the behind-the-scenes footage (and add the hologram & scanlines effects), or did you use the existing hologram footage? Either way, you’ve done some great rotoscoping there! Was it a case of doing some refined rotoscoping, or did you use another method for isolating the footage?

I just adjusted the color till the blue Channel was isolated… that’s it. Some general masking wrapped it up nicely.

accidentally figured out how to isolate Lea’s hologram somehow?

drive: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YrXziYAuTmEFo1caJ4A5TueGlPprOtYT/view?usp=sharing

adywan said:

Ronster said:

That guy with no name said:

oops. Accidentally posted the top comparison without the falcon glow layer turned on.
here is the updated comparison:
(still working on the 3d model neverar, I haven’t forgotten that.)

(wipe removed for comp only)

original:

DevEd v.2

Full shot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ARgf0HUgH8pAiEEkicaik6_xcYBVik5I/view?usp=sharing

I think you nailed the trajectory on that shot to be honest. You have made the best of what is there. I think it is very charming to keep the original model fix the position and nice engine glow.

However the Planet still looks very green I distinctly remember to get it looking the right shade of Blue as when they arrive earlier it needed hue shifting quite a lot via selective correction. Obviously all the way through from green cyan to blue. Don’t be scared to be quite brutal there it is probably blue screen degredation or something. But looks very good when shifted into blue you must try it and you will see and feel when it looks like correct. Otherwise really great job on that shot 😃 Thanks

Yavin IV is green NOT blue. Since 2004 the colouring of Yavin IV was screwed and it became blue during the SE additions. But pre 2004 it was green in every other shot apart from this one, which shifted towards blue. The original closeup matte painting used when the falcon approaches showed a green planet with blue oceans. Sadly Rogue One went for the “blue planet” look also, but it was originally more green, especially being a more forest planet and it helps differentiate between Alderaan.

That’s exactly what I’ve always thought. thanks for this.

Ravo said:

Hey Hal, I’m eager to watch your prequel edits. Could you shoot me a link as well?
Thanks in advance!

Shane said:

Ah, ok. I thought the one Adywan used still said “FOX”. I was going for the updated Disney version.

Of course it said fox…
why would I want to update it to the Disney version?

Shane said:

This is probably one of the most minor of minor suggestions, but I saw you were updating the 20th Century Fox logo to a more recent version of the logo. Have you considered updating it to the newer 20th Century Studios logo?

I went ahead and rendered it out in 4K.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w3aniHZRkLVm7Wpguxp8Au0KZzr-Gm_x/view?usp=sharing

The 20th Century portion is from this 8K source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZwd0PZBSVc
I basically cut it when the camera fly around ends, slowed it down so that the timing would match the stationary versions used in most Star Wars films, and added fade to/from black.

Feel free to use it if you (or anyone else) wants.

I’m using adywans, which is literally that but with a better background and no palm trees. To match the old ones aesthetic.

oops. Accidentally posted the top comparison without the falcon glow layer turned on.
here is the updated comparison:
(still working on the 3d model neverar, I haven’t forgotten that.)

(wipe removed for comp only)

original:

DevEd v.2

Full shot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ARgf0HUgH8pAiEEkicaik6_xcYBVik5I/view?usp=sharing

NeverarGreat said:

Nice engine glows!

However, one thing I can never unsee in this shot is how the Falcon doesn’t fully rotate toward the planet. All the other ships are facing forward with their engines pointed back at the camera while the Falcon’s engine is doing the Corellian Drift.

Do you think a 3D model could work?

New shot. (wipe removed for comp only)

original:

DevEd v.2

full: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Vta1bN1nIZbyQVPeD5UusCIadHqfUJMu/view?usp=sharing

Tobar said:

Rather than spoil it with an image I’ll just say he’s about 21 minutes into the film.

Is it in this shot?

G&G-Fan said:

He said it wouldn’t be in the HD version.

from adywan’s website

Braltika said:

Darth Sadifous said:

The addition of the Ghost is really a nice nod. However, I don’t know if Ady would consider this as I do not think he is including additions outside of OG trilogy now. I think the battle droid easter egg from the sandcrawler in ANH is going to be removed for the HD release too. I would love for the Ghost to be included though if possible.

I hope he leaves it in, it’s a very harmless easter egg imo. If you have never seen the prequels, it’s just another droid head and it’s not drawing any special attention.

I’m pretty sure he’s leaving it in. Though I’m not 100% sure.

finally got around to making my own logo:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S0bhi2XNdWO7_oCxDF9HgKN7yd9-DXOi/view?usp=sharing
sorry if the file is too large.

New shot:

old:

New:

Ronster said:

I think the laser is good but the tie fighter is not needed. But what I will say is that purple in the highlights needs rolling into white or yellow. This is the whole magenta highlights issue in full effect.

I think gout and 97 version it is not so magenta if at all?

ok, here I fixed the color:
old:

New:

Why don’t you like the tie fighter? it makes the shot more lively and less like a miniature shot.
full shot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oRTmKlD5-_zMNL3iRR_A15ogvsu7AvIc/view?usp=sharing

New shot:

old:

New:

is this better?

you probably should also see it in full motion:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17yAB_QTHwyQFOuhtuulAuVApqeB7SM9t/view?usp=sharing

I might end up replacing it with a 3d model later actually.

NeverarGreat said:

The compositing of the larger X-wing looks a bit odd, though. I don’t think it should be lighter than the explosion.

I’ll see what I can do…

Phase3 said:

That looks great!

thanks.

new shot:

original

DevEd v.2