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Merry Christmas from Alive Studios!
On behalf of the team at Alive Studios, Jennie & Steven would like to wish all our lovely customers a very Merry Christmas, and a peaceful New Year.
2019 has been a fantastic year at Alive Studios, as we continue to develop and grow, and it’s all thanks to the support of our amazing clients who continue to push us for more and make us strive to be better, each and every day.
We are proud to say we are on track to ship every single Xmas order by Friday, at which point we plan to take a few days off 🙂
Our team will be monitoring emails across the whole Christmas and New Year period, so if you need technical support or advice about how best to view and share your movies with your loved ones, please don’t hesitate to email us, and we will reply as quickly as possible.
PS: If you’re loving the look of the visible sprocket holes in the music video above (I know I am!) then you’ll be excited to know that Alive Studios now offer this look at no extra cost. It’s called an ‘overscan’ and you can request this in the comments box at the bottom of our order-form. If it proves popular, we will add it onto the form as an option.
Merry Christmas!
Why it’s important to clean Super8 film (2019)
Super8 Cine Film picks up a lot of dust and can suffer from mould and staining which occurs over time. It’s also common to find Super8 film has been projected in a room where people are smoking, which results in the film getting coated with smoke which makes the picture dingy and discoloured.
For this reason it’s really important to thoroughly clean the film prior to digitising it.
In this example we’ve run a piece of film through our scanner without any cleaning.
We’ve then put it through our cleaning machine, then run it again.
The difference is very clear…
If you want your films professionally transferred, choose Alive Studios.
8mm Cine Film Transfer: Alive Studios compared to a competitor 2019
October 2019, a customer had this film transferred by one of our competitors. They did it in HD to a memory stick. The customer wasn’t entirely happy and asked us to see if our scanner and people could do any better. Here are the results.
Hot Property
Another awesome film by one of our customers. Film-maker Bob Lorrimer used Alive Studios to digitise this 400ft reel of 16mm film shot in 1969. Digitally remastered as a silent ProRes file, ready to have this amazing soundtrack added. Fantastic job Mr Lorrimer! Glad to have played our small part.
Watch it on Vimeo:Â https://vimeo.com/353549468
Karishma Cloud 6.1
You can now share individual films with your friends and family in Karishma Cloud!
Today all Karishma Cloud customers have been upgraded to version 6.1, so you can now choose which individual films you want to share with each different family member. So easy to set-up, just visit the ‘Add Users’ area within your account.
With the Add Users tool you can create up-to 8 users, giving them tailored access to your home movies, no matter where in the world they are.
Find out more about Karishma Cloud
New Super 16 Film Example in 4K UHD (2019)
Super 16 Film from the 1980s to the 2010 scanned and transferred to digital, by Alive Studios in Devon, UK.
This short video has been taken from Super 16, scanned frame by frame in 4K and output in UHD ( 3840×2160).
New 16mm Cine Film Example in UHD
16mm Cine Film from the 1930s to the 1980s scanned and transferred to digital, by Alive Studios in Devon, UK.
This short video has been taken from 16mm Cine Film, scanned frame by frame in 4K and output in UHD ( 3840×2160).
The clips we’ve used are from genuine customer films to show a true representation of typical 16mm home movies. You will notice scratches, dust, warped film, water damage etc. We don’t cherry-pick the best films for our demos – we try to use very ‘normal’ home movies to show you what you can expect from a transfer with Alive Studios.
New 9.5mm Cine Film Example in 4K UHD (2019)
9.5mm Cine Film from the 1930s to the 1970s scanned and transferred to digital, by Alive Studios in Devon, UK.
This short video has been taken from 9.5mm Cine Film, scanned frame by frame in 4K and output in UHD ( 3840×2160). The clips we’ve used are from genuine customer films to show a true representation of typical 9.5mm home movies. You will notice scratches, dust, warped film, water damage etc. We don’t cherry-pick the best films for our demos – we try to use very ‘normal’ home movies to show you what you can expect from a transfer with Alive Studios.
New Super 8 Cine Film Example in HD
Super 8 Cine Film from the 1960s to the 2019 scanned and transferred to digital, by Alive Studios in Devon, UK.
This short video has been taken from 8mm Cine Film, scanned frame by frame in 2K and output in HD (1920 x 1080).
The clips we’ve used are from genuine customer films to show a true representation of typical Super 8 home movies. You will notice scratches, dust, warped film, water damage etc. We don’t cherry-pick the best films for our demos – we try to use very ‘normal’ home movies to show you what you can expect from a transfer with Alive Studios.