The Official Lightsabre Competition

Well, now that Clay did it I have an excuse to post Take3. =P (low quality, low file size)

Nice job, as always, Clay.

-Melvil

 

i picked "b"

 

i picked "b"

where could i find the original clip?

 

aaaaaaahhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!
my clip got another vote!!! yayyyy!!!!! i thought b and i would steal all the traffic. after results are posted, i want to know who else voted for me.

aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

i guess it helped that daft let me re-post it after i actually saw how different it was from actual star wars footage and had to re-do it (again). thanks a bunch, Daft!!!

 

I think Clay wins anyway.

The master has arrived!

EDIT: Which one did CLAY vote for? At least tell us later.

M. Scott

 

I don't think that's really very fair to say in light of all the hard work that went on here. I wouldn't say that the "Master" was here until John Knoll logged in and gave us what for. How come you didn't volunteer for the actual competition, Clay?

 

even though the competition is over ill take a stab at it......i just need the original clip with no fx. where could i find it?

 

Actually I think the two or three lead clips in the contest look better than Clay's.

 

I'm really pleased Ejan took the time to create a clip, No 'lightsabre comparison page' would be complete without a submission from Clay Kronke. Thanks again for doing one (and for doing it so quickly/easily )

As for the competition, clip 'B' seems to be surging ahead, this is the biggest lead any clip has had throughout the competition folks

::switches to horse racing commentator mode::

"And we're in the final furlong now, it's neck and neck between Clip B and Clip I with the other still a ways back, Clip B is beginning to surge ahead, but no, Clip I is coming back, it's neck and neck again, Clip B uses his whip and pulls away again, he now has a clear lead and the finish line is in sight....but what's this?, the organisers have posted a new entry ' Clip X', and it's coming up on the rails and left the old nags for dead, and Clip X get's it on the line......Clip X is the winner - pending a stewards enquiry*

*Clip X was deemed to be illegible for the race, and the clip was removed from the competition before it was even entered.

 

B would get my vote. The glows aren't overdone, aren't too fluffy, but really a lot of them were very similar, the glows looked almost identical on several.

It would come down to the motion for me. Although this isn't a really fair clip to judge motion, since the halving of the frame rate leaves an inherent strobing effect, which cuts out some of the smoothness of motion (which I would compensate for by making the motion blur wider than the prop blades motion blur in the frames where the saber is moving really fast).

And the real masters are not John Knoll, but these people: (the Original Trilogy animation team)
Samuel Comstock
Garry Waller
John Van Vliet
Rick Taylor
Kim Knowlton
Chris Casady
Nina Saxon
Diana Wilson
Terry Windell
Renee Holt
Mike Lessa
Rob La Duca
Annick Therrien
Suki Stern
Margot Pipkin

(And the TPM Rotoscope team)
Trang Bach
Beth D'amato
Susan Goldsmith
Katie Morris
Zachary Sherman
Katharine Baird
Scott David
Cam Griffin
Aaron Muszalski
David Sullivan
Lance Baetkey
Kate Elsen
Jiri Jacknowitz
Andrew Nelson
James Valentine
Chris Bayz
Kelly Fischer
Patrick Jarvis
Elsa Rodriguez
Mike Van Eps
Rene Binkowski
Dawn Gates
Regan McGee
Joe Salazar
Erin West

 

RICK TAYLOR!!!

 

...And hijacking the thread a bit longer, there is a surprisingly large urban legend that George Lucas is a "closet Mormon." A bit of research shows that this is not true.


And, back on topic, CLIP B RULES! I think it has a rather accurate intensity of the glow. Accurate being, "Looks Lightsabery"

 

Actually, if it were to look "Lightsaberry", the the blue one would have to flicker on and off, and the red one would look white...

(think about ANH, OB1 vs Vader)

 

So you guys think you know a thing or two about rotoscoping huh? So just for fun, let's hear your attempts at 'guessing the programme used*' for each of the clips. Obviously in a few days you'll find out anyway (hopefully I can remember )










*Provided people can cope with any more fun in one thread of course

 

Whoah-- This is way too much fun for me to cope with.
I need to go lie down before I'm overcome with ecstasy.

 

I watched clip B and Clay's clip side by side and frame by frame.

They look so close I think Clay did them both! Ahhh...trickery.

Unless Clay has an apprentice? Hmmmm...

 

i think ill take a stab at it and say...

i think clip B looks like it was done in after effects, and for clip I i'm gonna have to take a total shot in the dark and say possibly adobe photoshop/preimer, or maby even media studio becaues clays clip looks pretty close to clip I IMOP.

what do u guys think?

 

B and I had to have been done with the same program... i'm 99% sure.

-Chris

 

<<B and I had to have been done with the same program... i'm 99% sure.>

Good thing you didn't say 100% .

 

Well now it's about 99% sure one of them was done by with Ryan_W's AE method, but I am not saying 100%. =P

I'm going to have to say...

B = AE
C = Axogon
D = AE
E = Can't even guess
F = I want to say Ulead MSP...
G = Axogon and the worst of the bunch of clips
H = AE
I = Photoshop
J = Gimp
K = AE

Then again I doubt there are four AE's...

-Melvil

 

Fine, i'm 100% sure. Just to irk you.

<throws down gauntlet>

-Chris

 

Heh. You shouldn't have been 100% sure.

:repares egg to throw on DL's face::

 

mmmmmmmmmm.... eggg......... <Homer drool>

-Chris, still 100% sure
"That's my story and i'm sticking to it!" hee hee....

 

B and I are actually quite different when you look at them up close and frame by frame. on one of them, the green sabre is much more yellow with a wider glow. the blue sabres also have some differences, but they're not as visible.

and if whoever was right about photoshop being the program for I, I'd love to see the method used.

edit:
clip "k" was updated, wasn't it? i just DLed the clips again and K looked different.

 

Quick bump


For those of you who havent voted yet, do so soon!