Transfer Film to DVD

Watch your old 8mm Film on DVD! Our team of film transfer technicians will clean and repair your 8mm or super 8 film by hand and convert the film to DVD or onto an external hard drive.

Supported Formats:

Sound or Silent

Pricing and Basic Info
User-Recommended Upgrades
Geek Corner

Film Transfer

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Pricing and Basic Info

	Competitive Film Transfer	Premium Film Transfer
Per Foot	19¢	34¢
Per Reel	$0	$0
Minimum Order (not including transfer to dvd or hard drive)	$60 (315 ft.)	$80 (235 ft.)
Transfer to DVD	$30 Master $10 Additional Copies	$30 Master $10 Additional Copies
Transfer to Hard Drive	$50/2 hrs	$50/2 hrs
Includes	All film cleaned and lubricated Film spliced onto new 400' reels 100-year archival DVDs Compatibility guaranteed	All film cleaned and lubricated Film spliced onto new 400' reels 100-year archival DVDs Compatibility guaranteed Frame-by-frame transfer Real-time manual back-lighting control Scene-by-scene color restoration in post-editing

User-Recommended Upgrades

Transfer to Hard Drive

This is recommended if you are going to edit your footage. If you'd like your files split by reel in increments of less than 400 feet, please add $2 per split. Click here for hard drive pricing... If you are bringing in your own hard drive with data on it, there is a $15 setup fee. There is no fee if your drive has no data on it or if we’ve provided the drive for you.

Music!

For as low as $20, add a soundtrack to your old movies to make them sing! Ask your film transfer technician for more information.

Edit your old home movies!

Do you want to have a little more say-so in your custom movie? We now have time-slots available for you to come in and work with one of our experienced editors one-on-one.

Geek Corner

Film Transfer

The Competitive Film Transfer

The first step in a film transfer order is the cleaning and repair procedure. Bad splices will be re-spliced to ensure the smoothest transfer possible. Depending on the age, condition and type of film stock being transferred the cleaning process will differ, but we really do clean every inch of the film. This initial inspection and cleaning process can sometimes take longer than the actual transfer which is why we usually ask for 2 weeks to complete your order. The cleaning process is something that many companies do not perform but is essential for this type of service.

Once the film has been prepped, it is time to perform the telecine transfer. Film is projected directly into the lens of a broadcast quality 3-CCD camera.

NOTE: When comparing film transfer companies, always ask for the method of transfer. There are many companies out there which simply project your film onto a screen and record that image with a camcorder. This is not a quality transfer method and you will lose detail in your film.

Please contact our film transfer technician if you would like to view a full quality demo reel.

Premium Frame-by-Frame Film Transfer

The Premium frame-by-frame transfer is by far the highest quality film transfer available today, as each frame of film is individually transferred.

Our retrofitted projector is one of the few in the world that has a manually adjustable brightness control which can make under or overexposed scenes look much better. The transfer technician will watch your film on a standard monitor as well as a waveform monitor and adjust the back-light brightness accordingly. This type of brightness adjustment is not available at most other companies.

The Premium transfer also includes scene-by-scene color correction. Almost all film will shift in color over time (usually to blue or red). The film transfer technician will go scene-by-scene (a very time-consuming process) to correct all discoloration. Please note that severely discolored or extremely dark film is nearly impossible to bring back to the original color vibrancy, but we can get as close as humanly or digitally possible.

If you have 16mm film, or Super8 film with sound, you can still pick the Premium Transfer, but the film cannot be transferred frame-by-frame.

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