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Before you trust your precious movie film to someone for transfer, get to know them first! |
See the MTS difference. To view comparisons of our film transfer process, CLICK HERE No Subcontracting. All of our transfer work is performed in-house. You'd be surprised to know that most local companies subcontract out their film transfer work. At MTS, all work is performed in-house so all costs go directly towards a better finished product. Your movie film is properly cleaned and prepared. Proper film preparation is critical prior to transfer. We first replace all weak edit points. Film is then cleaned with an exclusive three-step process using the same materials used by Kodak and the George Eastman House. This process reduces excess dirt, dust, image jump and stutter. Ariel Image technology. Lower quality transfer techniques use a simple screen, reflective surface or transfer box to capture the projected image. We use Arial Image technology which provides a much brighter, sharper, more detailed image. It also provides more latitude to correct for poorly exposed film. Custom built film projectors. Original consumer movie film speeds can range from 16 to 24 frames-per-second. Most transfer companies can only transfer film at 20 frames per second. This can make the image movement look unnaturally fast or slow and severely limits the ability to accurately reproduce sound movie film. Our combination of custom-built film projectors and special capture cameras allow for conversion at three different frame rates, resulting in a more natural speed. State-of-the-art capture cameras. Future technology is moving towards progressive video. Our new 3-chip cameras capture in progressive video, providing better color separation and higher resolution than older 1-chip video cameras that capture in interlaced video. Recording directly to computer, not to videotape or DVD. Recording directly to videotape or DVD is a low quality process and does not allow for further image enhancement. Image enhancement is critical for a quality film transfer. Recording directly to computer gives us the ability to color correct scenes, change the order of your film, remove unwanted portions and in many cases improve over/under exposed film. It also allows for custom editing, "up-rezzing" to future technology like High Definition DVD, the ability to pull photo prints and file archiving, none of which can be done by transferring directly to videotape or DVD. Media Transfer Service LLC. Rochester, NY . Phone: 585-248-4908 . Email: info@mediatransferservice.com |