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Topic: Film to video and back
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lucasian
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posted 12-23-2000 10:50 AM
I want to animate my son's model Gundam for him. I have to do this with my Super 8 because my video camera won't do single frame exposures. Then I have to transfer it to video to capture it cause I want to use after effects to make the rocket burners on the Gundams back fire up. Then I want 2 transfer the whole thing back to film.
Can any one tell me the best way to transfer from video to film, and from film to video? |
Suspiria
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posted 12-23-2000 11:08 AM
I don't know much about film to video transfers, but I can tell you that if it has to be put on video you can skip the step of originally filming it on film(if you want).Even if your camera doesn't capture single frames, you can use software like Adobe Premiere to capture single frames. Premiere will allow you to set how many frames you wanna capture and have your camera in VTR mode then when you press space bar it will capture that many frames. |
Gamecat
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posted 12-23-2000 11:16 AM
If you want a proper film to video transfer and vice versa you can expect to pay a lot. Even if your footage isn't that long a lot of transferhouses charge you a minimum of a half hour or so. A friend of mine transfered a short 16mm clip of no more then 10 minutes of footage, and they hit him with a half hour minimum of 250 bucks! The transfer looked excellent though. If you don't care about the best quality you can skip the telecine house and opt to do it yourself. Grab your projector and project the image as small as you can on a piece of white paper. Place your camera next to the projector and film that image. It doesn't look the best and you really can't adjust for mistake, but it's cheaper... |
sketchman
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posted 12-23-2000 01:42 PM
just a quick question... why at all transfer back to film?
i've been doing pre-production for an upcoming super 8 film, and what you're suggesting will cost a pretty penny. especially because almost nobody does 8mm transfers anymore.
super 8 sound (now pro8 film) in burbank, california does, tho. they too charge for a minimum 1/2 hour, with the hour going for $275. check'em out at http://www.super8sound.com
going from video to film is a whole other story. specifically in that it seems no one transfers from tape to super 8 film. the smallest film i've seen transferred to is 16mm. DVFilm.com charges $245 a MINUTE to transfer to 16mm, with a 3 minute MINIMUM to charge. expect most other houses to charge around the same.
again, why transfer back to film at all. :-)------------------
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