Have you scanned super8

[mattias]

matt, i guess you could align the sprocket holes digitally if you scan them too. would take even longer of course, unless somebody made a piece of software to take care of it.

/matt

[adamj5]

Thats a great idea i didnt think of using the sprocket holes to align.The software would be quite easy to write.It help that i am a software developer.

Matt, No doubt it would take a long time. by my very rough calculations i think i could get one roll an hour done, but thats cutting each strip by hand if i was to write a macro that would cut the images then i could do a roll in 15 minutes. And with a nice scanner say around the 1-2 grand range i could get a scan well above 720x240 im thinking i might even be able to get in the 1k range. But im not ging to spend that much on a scanner until i have tested the idea.I think im going to get a cheap scanner in a couple weeks just to try it out.

[adamj5]

I just remembered, the new After Effects has a built in "Motion tracker stabalizer" no need to write a macro. Create a movie with the sprocket hole completly visible then use the sprocket hole to "motion track" in after effect.render.

Its not anything im really serious about, just an idea.If i get a scanner which i need anyway, Ill test it.

[daviddolores]

I have scanned super8 on a cheapie and it was fairly pixellated. The max res was 1400ppi, and it had a slide attachment.

Anyone who has got good results from a scanner without an attachment, I would be interested in talking to, because when I tried it the scans were DARk.

All the same, you can get fun fx by adjusting their colors in Photoshop.

[Nigel]

Like I said--get someone to find a gate for a Spirit machine.

[adamj5]

What is the Spirit Machine? Im assuming its a telecine device. But what kind?

[mattias]

the high resolution digital kind.

[adamj5]

Ok the Philips Spirit DataCine.
What is the cost of one of these?

[mdevlin]

I have been hearing of people scanning slides by laying a small flourescent light over a flatbed sacnner to light up the image.
I have tried using an attachment (mirror type) to defelct the light onto the film.
This might be a good low tech way to scan some film.
I am mostly looking at scanning a few frames from some 30 year old film which is falling apart. A quick little animated gif might be a fun use of the scans.

[Nigel]

A Spirit machine will cost millions I bet--I know that the Tape House in NYC is getting ready to buy a new one. You are better off trying to see is a gate is around and then pay the 1600 dollars an hour.