Premium Member Dan Goulder Posted July 2, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 2, 2007 A large number of classic (as well as not-so-classic) movies are being currently being transferred to HD. I was wondering if any of them, specifically any of the big studio classics, are ever digitized from a pin-registered film scanner, as opposed to HD telecine. (I'm watching a pristine, rock-steady HD transfer of Chinatown as I write this). I'm just curious if any of the high-end telecine machines are capable of this degree of registration, or if they're being used in conjunction with stabilization processes available from workstations such as a Smoke or Flame. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted July 2, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted July 2, 2007 Most telecine work is pretty stable, as evidence by the fact that a Spirit can be used for D.I. work. There is some restoration work done using film scanners though -- "Dr. Strangelove" for example. Unfortunately most "restoration work" is really not that at all, it's a digital clean-up and repair of a telecine transfer for home video, usually at HD resolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted July 5, 2007 Site Sponsor Share Posted July 5, 2007 Most telecine work is pretty stable, as evidence by the fact that a Spirit can be used for D.I. work. There is some restoration work done using film scanners though -- "Dr. Strangelove" for example. Unfortunately most "restoration work" is really not that at all, it's a digital clean-up and repair of a telecine transfer for home video, usually at HD resolution. I have done some work at Post Logic NY and while we were there the second room was working on mastering several films for video. The workflow was Spirit/DaVinci 2k or Spirit/Pogle to D5 and then dust busting and general cleanup of prints in a single link hd enviornment. D5 is a nice video format but as David says it's not real restoration as it's still video. hooligan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I know that some Criterion titles were transferred on a Spirit at Nice Shoes to Thomson/Philips D6 "Voodoo" You could go to HDCamSR instead now.... -Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Sponsor Robert Houllahan Posted July 9, 2007 Site Sponsor Share Posted July 9, 2007 I know that some Criterion titles were transferred on a Spirit at Nice Shoes to Thomson/Philips D6 "Voodoo" You could go to HDCamSR instead now.... -Sam The stuff they were working on at PL was Jackie Chan films from HK for Miramax and a Criterion in B+W....about a year ago.. -Rob- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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