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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer


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ghaelen Veteran Explorer


Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 75 Location: In the Ages
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Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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I've seen both episode one and two and they are wonderful! I have a folder in my Uru folder just for this story. I didn't realize how important Zardoz was to the Henderson situation -- learning about it puts a whole new spin on the DRC history for me.
Can't wait to see more! /applause _________________ What a wonderful thing it is to spend time with people who aren't obligated to be there, either. |
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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer


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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:46 am Post subject: |
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The Douglas Sharper Restoration Council, or DSRC for short, consisting of 1 person, would like you to bear witness on this preliminary test of restoring Douglas Sharper to his Prologue appearance.
http://marten.treeweasel.com/Uru/SharpTest1.mov
Not perfect (I can and will do better - the stairs are intentionally misaligned in this version) but I thought I'd show the change. _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Erik Great Tree Member


Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1121 Location: the Netherlands
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:34 am Post subject: |
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I think it's much better now.  |
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Moiety Jean First Lady of the Great Tree


Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 1852 Location: Seaaaaaattle
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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Wow.. that looked pretty seamless to me, Marten. Good job!! _________________ ~Moiety Jean
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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer


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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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Here is the full scene of Douglas Sharper's conversation with explorers in Episode 1, with a reworked Douglas Sharper. I will do a little more touch-up here and there to fix the remaining glitches, and I'll digitally remove Sharper's Relto book again. But this cut should give you a feel for what the final copy will look like.
I know where the images were stitched together so in places this looks horrible to me. I'm curious to see if the detail-oriented members can spot the problems. As a freebee, I'll point out the worst one - at 00:34 the person in the green shirt gets a severed arm. Whoops.
Anything you can find I'll try to fix. If I know of a glitch and you don't find it... I may fix it or leave it depending on difficulty. Sound fair?
http://marten.treeweasel.com/Uru/Ep1rev2_Sharper.mov _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Moiety Jean First Lady of the Great Tree


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Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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commenting as I watch...
00:40 - Shorts near Sharper's hand seem to pop at the knee.. is this a glitch? Might not be, but I noticed it..
01:18 - Sharper's head's got some crazy aura against the lake.
03:04 - strange and mildly alarming electrical issue going on at the Guild Hall behind Sharper.
03:36 - same electrical flickering - doesn't look like part of your editing, but it's still weird.
That's all I noticed! (oh, and the arm cutting off)
Your proposal seems most fair. Thanks for the hard work. This is coming together nicely. _________________ ~Moiety Jean
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Dav'on Explorer

Joined: 29 Jan 2007 Posts: 17
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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:30 am Post subject: |
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I would have a look but apparently my Quicktime has decided it needs some extra downloaded stuff and it can't find it on the main QT server.  _________________ Seeking a journey away from Halvor's "Junee's Feet Obsession" |
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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer


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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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Good comments. "I'll see what I can do."
The flickering up above Sharper's head is caused by arc welding lights during restoration. I debated positioning the camera to obscure them with Douglas' head but decided against it. I'm not certain under what conditions these lights were visible during Prologue, or if they're visible now. If folks are certain that flickering wasn't present at the time, I can probably fix it with minimal trouble. _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Moiety Jean First Lady of the Great Tree


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Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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I kind of thought that's what they must be, but I couldn't remember ever seeing them before. I think we could go either way, taking them out or leaving them in, but maybe if we leave them in we should make them a bit more intermittent, like a real arc welding effect? Don't know if that would help get the effect across better. _________________ ~Moiety Jean
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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer


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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:07 am Post subject: |
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Moiety Jean wrote: | 00:40 - Shorts near Sharper's hand seem to pop at the knee.. is this a glitch? Might not be, but I noticed it.. | This is just a camera angle thing (that really is his leg, as he shifts his weight) but I can reduce it, if it is distracting.
Moiety Jean wrote: | 01:18 - Sharper's head's got some crazy aura against the lake. | Sharper's aura should be AWESOME, not CRAZY. The strange appearance was a result of masking the original hat; I was masking it with the lake as it appears in Complete Chronicles, which is more detailed than it was in Until Uru. I cleverly mirrored the Until Uru lake from the right side and placed it behind Sharper's head, and trimmed my masking, and now it looks much better.
Quote: | 03:04 - strange and mildly alarming electrical issue going on at the Guild Hall behind Sharper.
03:36 - same electrical flickering - doesn't look like part of your editing, but it's still weird. | Leaving these as-is for now.
Quote: | That's all I noticed! (oh, and the arm cutting off) | Fixed.
Also fixed: A rogue bit of Sharper's thumb over Rils' pants in one frame.
Now I just need to hunt down and eradicate obvious appearances of his Relto book. That's for another night. _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Erik Great Tree Member


Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 1121 Location: the Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:50 am Post subject: |
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I was watching this episode again, and I think I finally understand now what Phil meant with "I feel funny. The DRC used to keep a book here".
Did he refer to the Bevin book that used to be in Kemo instead of the Gira book? If so, that also explains why he feels weird, because linking to Bevin is a fast way to D'ni and there would be no need to link through an unknown book (Phil hadn't been to Relto yet).
Is that correct? |
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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer


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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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Re: Erik's previous comments of 6 months ago, I think that is correct.
With respect to Robyn Miller's wishes, I've uploaded new versions of Episode 1 with the music used during the ending credits changed to a selection from Tim Larkin's work. I also adjusted a few transitions between scenes (nothing anyone is likely to notice, just giving full disclosure). _________________ Durin Mephit * Member of Guild of Messengers - Unless otherwise stated, opinions are mine only and not Guild endorsed.
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Erik Great Tree Member


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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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Better late than never!  |
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Durin Mephit Great Tree Officer


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