[Released] Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition - The Anti-DNR Fanedit v3
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[Released] Star Trek: The Motion Picture - Director's Edition - The Anti-DNR Fanedit v3
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2025-02-07, 02:59 AM
(This post was last modified: 2025-02-07, 03:00 AM by iguanaclerk.)
Well, I don't have this hypothetical, beautiful new matte painting because it doesn't exist, lol: just daydreaming. These modifications that I did are overlayed on top of the existing footage with some motion: very simple to do in Resolve.
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Ah, okay. Well, if somewhere down the road you want some help with something like that that seems too mundane for you to want to do, feel free to ask and maybe I'll have the time and gumption then to try. (I'm trying to be the OPPOSITE of the trend on these sites these days: people come and beg for files without offering any help, so I'm trying only to offer help and not beg for restorations/files
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2025-02-07, 04:03 AM
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Hmm, it looks like Star Trek: Online's San Fransisco has some buildings that look inspired by the Drexler skyline:
https://youtu.be/xAYKPd1C51w?t=339 Probably not worth figuring out how to rip that texture, but it's neat. 
2025-02-21, 04:08 AM
The second major flaw in the DE shot is that it's just too sharp and sticks out like a sore thumb. It will look much better if you make it a little bit softer to emulate film https://slow.pics/c/ibK9gZjk
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2025-02-21, 04:53 AM
(This post was last modified: 2025-02-21, 04:57 AM by iguanaclerk.)
Indeed. The buildings, especially, are ridiculous. Anything to smudge it all out is a good idea. It's so funny that a lot of the FX work in 2001 was (particularly for TV budget effects) quite careful about cutting in with the existing effects and ensuring that color and detail were well matched. Whereas the new stuff is so often razor sharp and just shows every wonky seam.
2025-02-21, 05:31 AM
Yeah, the new DE obviously lacks overall VFX supervision or care. Like, they used halation in SF shots that nowhere present in the original photography.
2025-02-21, 06:02 AM
(This post was last modified: 2025-02-21, 06:03 AM by iguanaclerk.)
Especially ridiculous as they should be trying to emulate the Matt Yuricich matte paintings rather than photography: it's not as if their mix of obvious CGI and photoshop looks photo real. I don't think it's out of the question even with their (presumably low) budget. You'd need to commission more painterly digital matte work, but there's presumably more than a few folks that'd be interested. Instead, I think they mainly had whatever people they could get to come back after 20 years sort of wing it.
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2026-04-11, 10:38 AM
I'm interested in your fan edit of the DC, but I'm brand new here (I created an account just to message you). I was actually about start the tremendous undertaking of doing my own fan edit of ST: TMP (I'm a professional editor) when I stumbled across this forum and your post. Do I need to wait 60 days before I can send you a PM?
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2026-04-11, 08:52 PM
(2026-04-11, 06:29 PM)iguanaclerk Wrote: PM'd! Thank you so much! I just bought the DC on 4K Blu-ray, which I knew would be the same disappointing version I saw in the theater in 2022, but I still just wanted to own it (been watching the DVD all this time) and was instantly reminded of all the issues I have with it. I love the DC and I'm so thankful for people like you and all your hard work! I can't wait to watch your version! Thanks given by: iguanaclerk
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