Scanning Movies - The Workflow
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The scanner automatically scans the film and saves images of ten frames in separate files. This is my own software coded in C++ (MFC). There are a lot of Internet resources on how to code TWAIN drivers.
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The individual frames are extracted in batch processing of the filmstrip images. The software looks for the perforation holes and cuts out the frames.
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I usually correct one image from a scene in Adobe Photoshop (http://www.adobe.com/)
for contrast, exposure, sharpening, white balance, noise reduction etc. The entire scene is batch processed using the same settings.
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The individual frames are merged to an .avi file in Antechnius Animation Professional (http://www.c-point.com/index.html)
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VirtualDub (http://www.virtualdub.org/) with the plugin DeShaker (http://www.guthspot.se/video/deshaker.htm) is used to run post processing image stabilization. This really makes a difference on shaky amateur movies.
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Finally the .avi file is compressed and saved on a DVD. There are many programs that can handle this.
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