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Tag Force Special - GX Translation Progress

Some shots of what I’ve done so far tonight.  Turns out someone else posted a somewhat-translated script on XenoTranslations, but I figure since I’ve started, may as well keep going lol.  Also helps getting to put a personal touch on it, since I’ve worked on GX for so long.  I’ll be working on this bit by bit while I focus on Season 1, maybe a heart or two for each episode (since playing it while I translate would help me get the context, though since I’m up to Judai heart #2 on my phone, at least I’ll know the context ‘til then).

Two scenes from episode 8′s preview in 7 that weren’t used at all in the actual episode.  They were probably cut for time (didn’t think that was a thing in Japan), but you’d think they’d be on the DVD, too.

[When I was making my translated preview, I used the full shot of the Lighthouse to cover the first one (instead of the 30 or so frames originally used), and used an earlier shot of Judai and Hayato running, edited so it looked closer to sunset like these shots.]

GX Finalized!Episode 7 - Progress Update

Some quick few screenshots to show you how far in I am so far; I’m up to Shou starting his turn after the commercial break.  Tweaking my ETA for Friday just to give myself some leeway lol.  I’ll also be trying to tweak the footage once I’m done timing; a few minor animation errors here and there.  Stay tuned!

Phew, actually managed to fix this little goof-up! Took only about an hour or so in Vegas haha.

So, on the left is the pan shot used for Judai’s hand originally; in the middle is my edit to replace the second Mirror Force with Fusion, and on the right is the dub’s fix.  I took the image from the Wikia (the version used in 5D’s), resized it accordingly, applied a quick + chroma blur and dimmed the contrast on it so it blended in well.  Also masked Judai’s thumb and Mirror Gate over it.  Unfortunately, the image wasn’t of the best quality to make out where Mirror Gate ended and Mirror Force began as I masked, so I also grabbed an image of Mirror Gate, masked in the left side so it was on top of the Mirror Gate already in there so the card edge was more defined.  Then I just had to redo the pan shot, keyframing it every 15 frames and crosschecking with the original pan until it stopped 106 frames in; then it was just a still for another 24.  Kinda funny that the original pan also pans and then suddenly stops instead of it slowing down, but hey, makes it easier for me to make it look like it was there!

Good to see the dub fixed this, too.  Either they got told what that was supposed to be, or they actually kept track of his cards (like I did just to make sure) and knew that Judai used Pot of Greed to draw Sparkman and Mirage of Nightmare and already had Fusion in his hand.  Minus the time they gave Yugi and Arkana a Ra that kept shifting hands and other things they did in DM, I think they do a good job of at least fixing original card errors.  But we’ll see how good as I go along here. XD

I’m working the new pan into the DVDRip now; I’ll be giving the hardsub a quick fix and get it reuploaded soon-ish.