The Photoshop Thread, Part IV - Page 26

apenpaap · May 18 2009, 09:12 PM

Are you serious? Does anyone, apart from JJ Abrams, actually like these annoying lens flares?

J. Allen · May 18 2009, 09:29 PM

Shaw wrote:

And there is the trick... those are still images, but you wouldn't notice those effects in a moving picture any more than you noticed these effects when you saw the movie.

Audiences today like this.

TOS is from a different era... an era where early TVs and bad reception provided the poor image quality. All that is removed when we watch TOS today, and it has most likely hurt it's perception by non-fans.

Fans, on the other hand, are constantly looking for every little detail and so like the ultra clear images. Therefore reremastering episodes in this way would be an attempt to get a wider audience (outside the fans).

I honestly think this would work. And it can be done at very little cost.

Wow. I didn't even notice most of them. I do love the lens flare after Captain Robau enters the bridge on the Kelvin. It felt like space. It felt right. I loved it.

J.

Brian · May 18 2009, 09:34 PM

I was concerned about them looking at the early still images. But watching the film, four times now, they don't bother me one iota.

Shaw · May 18 2009, 09:55 PM

Yeah, it isn't like they are stuck in one spot in frame all the time... but moving them judiciously as the camera moves can be used to focus the audiences attention on the foreground characters and the story at hand.

The effect on the audience is not that different from adding smoke to a set to lower the visibility of everything outside the action right in front of the camera. But this is actually less noticeable (again, when the images are in motion).

Jasper Sierra · May 18 2009, 10:01 PM

All you need now is the Mothership Connection.

sbk1234 · May 18 2009, 11:16 PM

Gary7 wrote:

Harkening back to TOS, most people probably don't know that it was actor Sean Kenney who played the wheelchair bound Captain Pike in "The Menagerie". Later, he was to appear in "Arena" as navigator Lt. DePaul. If Pike hadn't suffered any facial damage from the bertol rays, he might have looked like this:

An FYI, I met Sean Kenney at a convention a few years ago. Very nice man. Anyway, he had a beard, longer hair, and was, of course, much older. Well, he had a picture of Jeffrey Hunter from a movie he had done (I think it was King of Kings.) Hunter looked then, with the makeup from that film, a LOT like Kenney does today. Their choice of recasting for The Menagerie really was right on the target.

RandyS · May 19 2009, 01:09 AM

vermillion wrote:

Austria is in Germany. They say "G'day Mate" and "Shrimp on the Barbie" in Austraila.

Shawnster · May 19 2009, 01:13 AM

^I thought that was the point/part of the joke.

vermillion · May 19 2009, 02:08 AM

I guess you haven't seen this before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqVzRD_nWLQ

Redfern · May 19 2009, 11:57 AM

Tachyon wrote:

Merciful Mogg! What is that?! The M-113 "salt vampire" after taking a bath??!!!

Sincerely,

Bill

Misfit Toy · May 19 2009, 03:07 PM

Shawnster wrote:

^I thought that was the point/part of the joke.

The ears are the pointy part of the joke.

Belanna · May 19 2009, 04:20 PM

These are all just so wonderful, guys!!! I've had a rough morning and you guys have cheered me up with these funny and amazing fiddles. Thank you!!! ~hugs~

Cap'n Crunch · May 19 2009, 11:01 PM

I was just wondering, could someone try "Trekifying" a Norman Rockwell painting? I think it could be interesting.

Brian · May 19 2009, 11:09 PM

It's not Rockwell, but that just made me think of how Jean-Luc and Beverly would look in "American Gothic".

ITL · May 20 2009, 12:13 AM

Cap'n Crunch wrote:

I was just wondering, could someone try "Trekifying" a Norman Rockwell painting? I think it could be interesting.

May 18 2009, 09:12 PM	#376
apenpaap Commodore Location: Cardassia, where only the military metaphors work.	Re: The Photoshop Thread, Part IV Are you serious? Does anyone, apart from JJ Abrams, actually like these annoying lens flares? __________________ The Obsidian Order: Proudly watching you since the 19th century. And looking manly in our purple hats while doing that.

May 18 2009, 09:34 PM	#378
Brian Vice Admiral Location: Brian	Re: The Photoshop Thread, Part IV I was concerned about them looking at the early still images. But watching the film, four times now, they don't bother me one iota. __________________ Rut nga’chuq loDpu’, rut nga’chuq be’pu’. yiqimHa’!

May 18 2009, 09:55 PM	#379
Shaw Commodore Location: Twin Cities	Re: The Photoshop Thread, Part IV Yeah, it isn't like they are stuck in one spot in frame all the time... but moving them judiciously as the camera moves can be used to focus the audiences attention on the foreground characters and the story at hand. The effect on the audience is not that different from adding smoke to a set to lower the visibility of everything outside the action right in front of the camera. But this is actually less noticeable (again, when the images are in motion).

May 18 2009, 10:01 PM	#380
Jasper Sierra Lieutenant Junior Grade Location: Lawrence, KS	Re: The Photoshop Thread, Part IV All you need now is the Mothership Connection. __________________ "...you should never tell the same lie twice." - Garak Custom Promotional Products

May 19 2009, 01:13 AM	#383
Shawnster Captain Location: Clinton, OH	Re: The Photoshop Thread, Part IV ^I thought that was the point/part of the joke.

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May 19 2009, 02:08 AM	#384
vermillion Fleet Captain	Re: The Photoshop Thread, Part IV I guess you haven't seen this before. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqVzRD_nWLQ

May 19 2009, 04:20 PM	#387
Belanna Fleet Captain Location: Florida, USA	Re: The Photoshop Thread, Part IV These are all just so wonderful, guys!!! I've had a rough morning and you guys have cheered me up with these funny and amazing fiddles. Thank you!!! ~hugs~ __________________ http://belanna.faketrek.com Today is a good day to kick some ass!

May 19 2009, 11:01 PM	#388
Cap'n Crunch Commander Location: Oakdale, TN	Re: The Photoshop Thread, Part IV I was just wondering, could someone try "Trekifying" a Norman Rockwell painting? I think it could be interesting.

May 19 2009, 11:09 PM	#389
Brian Vice Admiral Location: Brian	Re: The Photoshop Thread, Part IV It's not Rockwell, but that just made me think of how Jean-Luc and Beverly would look in "American Gothic". __________________ Rut nga’chuq loDpu’, rut nga’chuq be’pu’. yiqimHa’!