It wasn’t my decision. It was the decision of another family member who had vastly more say in the matter than I did. I wanted to keep all the footage which extended far beyond family films. I could have made a good living today in 2024 with modern technology actually selling digitalised productions from the original films - there is a strong enthusiast market for the subject matter. 8mm film scanned at high quality of the best modern equipment and then processed with Topaz Video AI would have been extremely watchable.
Hi Andrew! I want to say thank you so much for putting your marvelous video together of the original by the enhanced version on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SCQOxFdezU). I see on the description of the video that you are planning to do some tutorials for presenting how you did this. How is your progress coming along? Do you have any timeline on when you think you will have a tutorial out? Again, I want to say thank you for this work and I am looking forward to learning from your tutorials as soon as they are available.
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Hi, thank you for the feedback. I am working on the tutorials. Unfortunately, life keeps getting in the way. I hope to have something to share soon.
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Hi Andrew–count me as another fan of your work who would love to learn from you. Amazing job!
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@andrew.karno , I’ve just found this thread while searching for a way to thoroughly enhance some old family films. My father’s birthday is coming up and I would LOVE to know how you pulled this off. The side-by-side video you posted is completely next level. How can I get in touch with you to discuss how you did this so I can replicate for my old family 8mm/S8 films? Thank you so very much in advance for your help and insights!! I look forward to hearing from you soon.
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What Andrew did is amazing — it is the best I have seen! Looking forward to learning from him.
Andrew, I’m digitizing some old family movies and came across your post and link. Your results are incredible. Thanks so much for sharing so the rest of us can see what’s possible.
Hi Andrew, hoping you still plan to complete your tutorials! Topaz community, have any of you seen this channel brining a photo to an AI Video? I know there are many websites/apps that do this, but this guy seems to be the best I have seen. Any idea what website he might be using? For example, here is one from the 1800s Annie Oakley from the Wild West https://youtu.be/zMLJzru5bts?feature=shared
I just tried starlight with some of the blurriest 8mm home movies from the family archive. Of course there can be a bit more tweaking but I’m very impressed overall. I stablized the original films in the side by side preview with the exception of the last clip. There may be some hope for some of dad’s really bad photography. Here’s the side by side on youtube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12E2FC7qNl0
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Nice job!! There is definitely hope with the technology available today and it will only get better.
I just tried the Film Stock 4K Light (custom) option for a family VHS clip from 1988 and selected the dedicated denoising, I was shocked at how well it came out. Have you considered trying the Film Stock 4K Light option for your 8mm clips and then compare the results to starlight mini?
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Thanks for the info. I haven’t tried Davinci Resolve yet either. I am usually overwhelmed with new programs but I eventually fumble through and learn how to use them.
Fabulous job on this video from your channel! https://youtu.be/r-d4nON7Qus?si=bfGnE318rESZzNUv. Did you end up using Starlight for restoration? If so, I can’t imagine how many credits that would have costed – unless you did local machine rendering.
Hi Andrew, how are you? Any progress on showcasing your skills on how you completed your enhancement project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SCQOxFdezU ? Andrew – your work and another channel (Matt) from https://youtube.com/@bringing_history_to_life?si=Ya11Pk5eEy_C0K_Y is the best work I have seen anywhere. Is anyone aware of similar channels that have such high end quality results of the before-and-after, that are similar to Andrew and Matt’s work?
Hi Jay. I have not progressed as doing a tutorial is more complex than restoring the video. Also, following the release of Starlight it has completely changed the way I restore 8 mm film. I am planning to update my examples with the latest Starlight enhancements.
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Thanks for the kind words. Yes, I did use Starlight for that particular film and tweaked the colour a bit. It was slowly disolving into that magenta glow. I used the home model. And yes, it took forever. I just cut it up into six minute pieces, started starlight and went to sleep. I think it takes about 10 hours to do six minutes the way I set it up. I wish there was a way to improve on alien lettering or if there was a way to tell the program that it is COLD DRINKS, not COLD DRINES he heh heh. Out of everything done to sharpen old films I get the most complaints on lettering.
