Hi all, I’ve got some old (1950’s) 8mm films that have been converted to mp4 video, but I want to both sharpen them up a bit, and also stabilize them. I’ve found that stabilizing them removes some of the sharpness – well, what there was of it, anyway – so is it best to stabilize and then sharpen, or…

How did you get the 8mm to digital ?

I sent it off to one of the transfer houses – the mp4 is 1080p

Yeah, this last one did a great job. I will try to post a screen shot. I tried doing it initially with one of those Wolverine machines – bad result. I then sent a reel off to one of the transfer places, but I think they were using the same type of equipment – bad result. I decided to give it one mor…

I would try Stabilize 1st, sharpen 2nd. that is what I would probably go for.

I have some 8 mm and Super 8 as well. I went big on the transfer and used a local company that uses Lasergraphics. Had them scanned at 3872 x 2792. As expected with that resolution, quite a bit of grain. I am still working out a bit of the workflow. It is a little different than most, as I am actual…

I have spent the last couple of years using Topaz products to enhance 8mm film. I have tried various workflows and these have changed a products have been updated. Note, I got all my films digitised as ProRes and I try to stick to that formation for all processing and editing. I stuck with 1080p as …

You can combine steps 4, 5 and 6 by using Selur’s Hybrid which is a GUI front-end for AviSynth and other VirtualDub filters which takes image sequence input as well. There are some great stabilization tools in there. In addition, the automatic color balance and levels filters work wonders.

Am also working with 8mm using significantly more primitive workflow – so primitive I won’t share:) – would really like to see an example of your results.

Enhancing 8mm film-to-video footage

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menditsa August 5, 2023, 8:52pm 4

I hope they did a good job, I’ve seen some dreadful work these people charge for.
Have you got a sample you can post for us to look at.

Below is an example of a poor vs good conversion.