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I would love to get back into fan editing, though I would want to put something together in HD. I've completed six fan edits (the Star Wars prequels and The Lord of the Rings trilogy) using ADigitalMan's template as can be seen here: http://www.fanedit.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-294.html (The LOTR edits were done on my Mac in a Windows XP virtual machine. It was a labor of love.)
This method uses DVD quality sources, allows me to do simple cuts and pastes of the video, and outputs with no loss in quality. Like ADM, my edits therefore do not contain any new special effects. I'm okay with this, because my goal has been to cobble together a version of these films that I would want to watch, often incorporating ideas from other fan editors. Releasing it to the internet is really more of an afterthought. So it doesn't bother me that they are presented in a bland way.
I would really love to revisit the Star Wars prequels, and put together a version that incorporates all the best ideas around. However, it seems silly to do it at DVD resolution nowadays. Since deleted scenes would be included, I'm perfectly okay with an end result of a 720p AVCHD. After all, that'll allow them the same format as Harmy's Despecialized Editions of the OT. Given that there are a good selection of prequel edits in BluRay format out there, I would even be happy with the mere ability to split and join them in order to create a combination just by switching back and forth. (I would not release such an "edit," but at least it'd get me something to settle down with, for lack of ability to do more.)
Can anybody share their methods of editing on the Mac? I would prefer to keep it simple, since I'm used to simple timeline editing. Even though Womble is pretty miserable, I wouldn't mind using it for the video. If I could rip from a BluRay into a higher-than-the-end-result quality Womble-compatible file, I could then edit it in Womble and export in that same format. I could use Handbrake or something else to encode it into a better size and format. I'd appreciate if anybody could advise me whether this plan would be wise for my purposes: Acquire several fan edits (along with the actual blu-rays themselves) in BD format. Rip the MPEG-4 video from them, perhaps using Handbrake to crunch the commercial BD into a comparable size to the fan edit sources. Use Handbrake to make tiny versions of the MPEG-4 sources for less painful editing, plugging the full sized versions back in before exporting. Export into a ~15-20GB MPEG-4, then find a way to mux it back into a BD25 format as well as use Handbrake to make a more manageable ~7GB version.
My Mac uses an older X3100 graphics card, which is another reason something like Womble appeals to me; it is not graphically intensive.
This method uses DVD quality sources, allows me to do simple cuts and pastes of the video, and outputs with no loss in quality. Like ADM, my edits therefore do not contain any new special effects. I'm okay with this, because my goal has been to cobble together a version of these films that I would want to watch, often incorporating ideas from other fan editors. Releasing it to the internet is really more of an afterthought. So it doesn't bother me that they are presented in a bland way.
I would really love to revisit the Star Wars prequels, and put together a version that incorporates all the best ideas around. However, it seems silly to do it at DVD resolution nowadays. Since deleted scenes would be included, I'm perfectly okay with an end result of a 720p AVCHD. After all, that'll allow them the same format as Harmy's Despecialized Editions of the OT. Given that there are a good selection of prequel edits in BluRay format out there, I would even be happy with the mere ability to split and join them in order to create a combination just by switching back and forth. (I would not release such an "edit," but at least it'd get me something to settle down with, for lack of ability to do more.)
Can anybody share their methods of editing on the Mac? I would prefer to keep it simple, since I'm used to simple timeline editing. Even though Womble is pretty miserable, I wouldn't mind using it for the video. If I could rip from a BluRay into a higher-than-the-end-result quality Womble-compatible file, I could then edit it in Womble and export in that same format. I could use Handbrake or something else to encode it into a better size and format. I'd appreciate if anybody could advise me whether this plan would be wise for my purposes: Acquire several fan edits (along with the actual blu-rays themselves) in BD format. Rip the MPEG-4 video from them, perhaps using Handbrake to crunch the commercial BD into a comparable size to the fan edit sources. Use Handbrake to make tiny versions of the MPEG-4 sources for less painful editing, plugging the full sized versions back in before exporting. Export into a ~15-20GB MPEG-4, then find a way to mux it back into a BD25 format as well as use Handbrake to make a more manageable ~7GB version.
My Mac uses an older X3100 graphics card, which is another reason something like Womble appeals to me; it is not graphically intensive.