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Cine Film Transfer to DVD or Blu-Ray Video and Camcorder Transfer to DVD or HD Photos and 35mm Slides Transfer to DVD or JPEG
Video and Camcorder SD Calculator
What do you have?
Tapes: No. of Tape's sent: £25 each
Memory cards: No. of Card's sent: £25 each
DVDs No. of DVDs sent: £25 each
Unfinalized DVDs No. of U-DVDs sent: £40 each
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Viewing Format:
Mobile Device Format Information

Video & Camcorder transfer to DVD

This is a popular choice with customers who want to sit back and watch their movies as a professional production. Your DVD transfer starts with a professional hollywood-style intro followed by your movie title, i.e. "The Williams Family Memories" shown as an opening title.

Your editor carries out a good 'tidy-up' job on your footage, deleting much of the non-film and cleaning it up nicely, before adding chapter markers at relevant change of scenes, to assist you in jumping through your film from scene to scene.

Add a DVD menu to your order and you can name certain chapters, making navigation really simple, and creating a lovely polished product.

DVD is compressed using the MPEG2 codec at 6.2 mbit/sec

Disc Type Capacity
Single Layer DVD
1h 20 minutes
Dual Layer DVD 2h 50 minutes
£
Mobile/Web Devices:
Mobile Device Format Information

Video transfer to an Apple Mobile Device

We now offer full Apple compatibility for iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and AppleTV, support so you can take your movies with you and share them with your friends and family wherever you are.

Mobile files can be supplied on CD/DVD disc or Hard Drive.
So easy to use, just import your movies to your itunes (exactly as you would import songs from a CD). Synch your device to your computer, and your movies will be right there ready to enjoy - it's as easy as that!

To enjoy your iPad to it's fullest, you should consider having your video transferred in HD to take advantage of the High definition screen of your iPad.

Web Friendly format is great if you want to uploade your films to the web. Our Web Friendly are output to H264 in QuickTime format.

Device Data Rate 1hr
iPod Touch/iPhone in SD (640x480)
1500 kbps 675MB
iPad in SD (640x480) 3000 kbps 1.4GB
Apple TV in SD (640x480) 3000 kbps 1.2GB
Web Friendly in SD (640x360) 1372 kbps 628MB
£
Tape/Archive Format:
Tape and Archive Formats Information

Video and camcorder transfer to miniDV & DVCAM

We are often asked to recommend a good backup system for your video and camcorder film transfers, and always offer mini dv or DVCAM tape. These highly versatile, high quality, long-lasting formats allow you to easily edit your films at a later date, and the nature of the tape is very durable and far harder to damage than a DVD or Hard Drive.

DVCAM is a professional variant of the DV standard that uses the same codec. However, the greater track width lowers the chances of dropout errors. DV-Cam produces excellent quality pictures and is frequently used within the media industry.
Those without access to a DVCAM player should opt for miniDV tape. To play these back to your computer, you just need any miniDV camcorder that your link up using firewire, and you're away.

Whilst many customers order AVI files for editing, which are great, you will find a miniDV or DVCAM tape a better permanent storage format. If you want to safely store this important film for generations to come, then this is your best option by far.

miniDV & DVCAM are compressed using the DV codec at 28.81 mbit/sec

Disc Type Capacity
MiniDV Standard tape
60 minutes
DVCAM Varied 12 up to 184 minutes
£
Editing Format:
Editing Formats Information

Video and Camcorder to AVI or QuickTime

These formats are for editing the footage on your computer.
Both formats will work in all major editing applications, but as a general rule, AVI is best suited to Windows users & QuickTime is best for Apple Mac users. AVI & QuickTime use the DV codec so it's the same quality as miniDV and DVCAM.

For disc orders files are split into 18min files (no more than 4Gb in size)
Orders over 2 hours must go on a hard-drive that you provide.


Compression Type Data Rate GB/hr
DV Compressed Film
28.81 mbit/sec
13GB
£
What Operating System do you use? Windows     Mac
Enhancing your film:
Design your own Sleeve

Design your own DVD/Bluray Sleeve

From placing your order to the time we actually start transferring your film, you can edit the design of your box from within your Karishma account.
To design your own box, just log in to your account, and select the order you would like to design.

There are two options:
1) keep the generic design, and just update the title.
2) switch to advanced mode to choose from a selection of lovely background designs (growing in size over this year), or upload your own photo, like the example shown above.

Advanced mode also lets you change the font, style and layout of the text to create a really bespoke design.
When you're happy with your work, just hit 'save my design' and it will be saved to your account ready for printing by your editor. You can go back to make changes right up until we begin scanning.

'Design Your Own Box' is free to all customers ordering film/slide transfers to Blu-ray or DVD.

 
Transfer Plus Service with Film Transfer Information

Transfer Plus

Are you one of many people who has tapes that have very good film on that you want to watch, but you are aware your film work is a little 'messy' and really wish it could be cleaned up a little before it is transferred to DVD? Then this is the service for you... "Transfer Plus" is the same high-quality transfer we always offer, but with one major difference...

One of our editors will actually watch your film for you and give the footage a good "clean up". By "clean up" we are referring to scenes where you are filming the floor, or are walking whilst recording but there's nothing really worthwhile happening.

We aim to cut down your film by removing the unnecessary clips wherever possible, resulting in a more watchable, tidy film.

Service Price
Transfer Plus
£10 per Tape, Disc or Card
£
DVD Menu Information

Chaptered Menus £50

Gone are the days when you have to endlessly rewind & fast forward through your film to find your favourite part... With the introduction of DVD & Blu-ray we give you the facility to jump straight in at your favourite part - instantly - at the touch of a button.

For just £50 we will split your DVD & Blu-ray into chapters (1 chapter per tape with it's own title of upto 30 characters) and create a personalised menu screen to access them. Not sure what a DVD & Blu-ray menu is? Just think about the index page of a book. Touch the chapter you want to read and the book falls open at that exact page.

That's how menus work. A functionally essential tool to help you organise your films, and a beautiful visual enhancement if giving as a gift.

£
Film Highlights Information

Highlights Now only £50

Imagine if your life flashed before you eyes... what would you see? Happy smiling faces, bursts of laughter, tears of joy, silly faces, hugs, kisses - pure happiness...

We call these "Highlights"

How does it work?
To order a Highlights chapter for your DVD, simply tick the highlights option and fill in the simple questions about music and dedications and leave the rest to us!

Our editors scrutinize your film for the best bits - the HighLights - and painstakingly put these together timed in to your favourite song, using slow-motion, black and white, and other eye-catching effects to create your very own Hollywood trailer of your life.

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.Add photos/slides to my film: 85p each
Add Photos and slides to film transfer information

Add Photos/Slides - 75p each

Why add pictures to my film?
You can enhance your enjoyment of your films even more by supplying us with a bunch of slides or photos that we can add at the end of your of films in form of a slideshow to summarize the experience.

If you wish to place the photos differently, at the start of the film for example, you can specify this in the additional notes section of the final order form print out.

£
.Add titles to my film:
Add on screen Titles to your Film Information

Add titles to my film - £2.50 per screen

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On-screen titles are now available to really personalise your film. Perhaps it’s a dedication to a loved one, maybe you want to have the title of your film displayed such as

“The Smith Family Movies 1985-1995”

or maybe you want a title at the start of each decade. You could even have a title come up for every chapter saying the date, place and event for each one. Whatever use you find, titles can really add the professional touch.

You can have upto 2 lines per screen, maximum 30 characters per line.
£2.50 per screen.

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Draft Copy Service Information

Draft Copy Service £10 per Tape, Disc or Card

What is this service for?
We offer the "draft copy" service to help you organise your tapes, disc's & Memory cards into the right order and choose appropriate names for the chapter headings.

First, we transfer all your reels to DVD, making each reel it's own chapter - so if you have 12 VHS-C Tapes, the DVD will have 12 chapters. We display a "Time Stamp", and current reel on-screen during the entire movie. So you don't have to worry about how to get your TV to display this information for you, it is ever-present so you always know exactly which reel is playing, and you make note of the exact time-code to request any changes to your film.

After watching the DVD with your family, you contact us with details of the exact order you want us to follow, deleting any reels you don't want included. At this stage you can also give each chapter a unique title for the DVD menu, and even add things like on-screen titles, dedications and messages for just £2.50.

£
If tapes are silent, what would you like us to do?
Add instrumental music:  
I will send my own CD:
No music required:
Sountrack Options Information

Silent Film Options

Add Instrumental Music - FREE
The most popular option for silent film is to use our 'instrumental music' with your films.

No Music Required - FREE
Some people prefer to leave their films silent for viewing. Choosing this option no sound track will be added to the final product.

Extra Copies?
Extra copies will cost:
£0.00
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Getting your order to us:
Delivery Information

Getting your order to us:

We will collect your order via Fed-ex for just £8.50
or FREE if you spend over £50.
This can be your work or home address (UK only).
Collections can be arranged for non-uk addresses,
please contact us for prices.

You can arrange your own delivery to us.


Delivery:
Delivery Information

Delivery Options

Pricing for delivery varies on your location.

Delivery to UK Mainlands: £8.50
Delivery to Scotland - Highlands & Islands: £15
Delivery to N. Ireland, Isle of Man & Scilly Isles: £15
Delivery to Channel Islands: £15
Delivery to Republic of Ireland (southern ireland): £15
International delivery: Please email us for quote

Take Part in Karishma 2 :

Karishma 2 System

We are so excited about the next version of the Karishma System, we wanted to tell you all about it straight away. But we don't want anyone to think they're missing out by ordering with us today, so we have set aside lots of storage to keep your movies on file until K-2 launches next year. This way, as soon as K-2 is online, we will upload your films to your account and you can start sharing your favourite clips with the world. The Karishma System is completely FREE to all our customers, and there's no catches to registering your films today - only fun! When we launch, you will be sent instructions for how to find your films in your account.

Personalise Your Order
 
Please Provide a Title: (This can be changed via your account later)
   

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Please Choose a Theme:
 
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Memories DVD & Menu Theme Photo DVD & Menu Theme
   
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Sunset DVD & Menu Theme Contemporary DVD & Menu Theme
   
Celebration DVD & Menu Theme Christmas DVD & Menu Theme
   
Corporate Black DVD & Menu Theme Corporate White DVD & Menu Theme
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