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GX 54 (WIP): Reaching for the Star

So, it’s been a bit since the last time I posted about this poster, but we’re making some great headway here! First off, I’d like to give @paradoxi-kay a huge shout-out and round of applause for their time and effort in blanking the original poster’s “Star Duel” text and recreating the background so that I could go ahead and add in my translation (I blanked the name bubbles beforehand, and repainted things to Gokaido’s left and Manjoume’s right to “unblur” those parts–more on this in a bit).  It’s been a bit, but always a pleasure, Kay! 🙏🏽🔥🙏🏽

So, I used TrebuchetMS for the names’ font, and since the “Star Duel” text there originally seems like the font they use for the episode title cards, I applied the font I use for the translated ones, tweaked to match the look here more.  I’m actually really digging how it came out! I was torn between “A Star-Finding Duel” and “A Star-Finder Duel,” but ultimately settled on the former since I’d already called it that in 53′s preview for 54.

Now, comes the fun part–and the reason why I wanted to “unblur” the name bubbles and the sides of the poster (Kay also “unblurred” the star): recreating the panning shot.  See, in Chronos’s flashback where this shows up, not only is it a shot panning from the bottom to the top of the poster, but there’s also that huge Gaussian Blur (or is it radial, hmm) surrounding the frame.  The pan itself shouldn’t be hard, but I’m hoping it won’t be too hard to redo the frame blur in Vegas, while also kind of reducing the blur as Gokaido and Manjoume come into view, since they’re already blurred and I don’t want to make them even more blurred, lol.  Fingers crossed!

Of course, after that, I have more fun lined up: this poster shows up three other times in Chronos’s flashback from different angles: two while it’s lying on his desk, and a third as he’s holding it and pulling it into the frame as he gestures in front of it.  I’m thinking for the first two, I can just lie this down and redo the frame blur on top of it, while for this third angle, I think I’ll have to make use of the Corner Pin in After Effects (actually, I’ll probably need the Corner Pin for the first two, too), and then recreate the frame blur… [sorry, thinking out loud lol]

But the good news is that while I gave Kay time to edit the poster, I finished finalizing the subs for 54 proper! (I also worked on 2-3 card fixes before that involving Gokaido’s Ben Kei.) So, plan is once I get these edits done, I’ll put everything together and quality-check the whole thing.  Meanwhile, I’ll put out a few photosets here/there to start teasing the final product, so stay tuned~

chuuyanyakahara:

one, ten, hundred, thousand, manjome thunder!

08.01 happy birthday manjome !

brb laughing at this professionally done 4Kids edit

viirazu:

Commission for Manamis_wings on Insta!

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yuukijudai:

Now this is some bs. I really think that without this asshat, Manjoume would’ve gotten his first win over Judai. 

yubels:

KING of getting right down to the source of his deep-rooted psychological issues.

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iactivatepotofgreed:

Continuing on with some 90’s Yugioh GX redraws because they are really fun warm ups!

Next up is The Chazz/Jun Manjoume!! :D 

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QUESTION!

Out of curiosity, has anyone managed to transparently render these images of Judai, Manjoume, and the rest of the crew from the 99% opening? I’m working to redo how they zip across the screen as their names come up, which I’ve been doing by masking them out of the video in Sony Vegas and I managed to get Judai done well, but I’m noticing a bit of noise in the footage I have for the Manjoume clip that’s messing with how accurately I can cut Manjoume out in Vegas without losing too much detail or color bleeding from the cards on the edges–and those sharp black edges from Kenichi Hara would be nice to keep.  Photoshop’s Magic Wand tool isn’t quite doing the job, either…

If it hasn’t been done but someone would be willing to help with that, it would be much appreciated; I’d be happy to credit you with a “Special Thanks” in the OP when I slap on the credit subs. :)

yubels:

a handsome suit boy!

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