FILM TRANSFER EXPLAINED
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AMS is using custom build film transfer equipment, almost costing as much as a car, to professionally capture every FRAME-BY-FRAME of your film material in absolute STUNNING quality as your film "rolls" along. A "no sprocket hole transport" allows AMS to process film that has damaged or missing sprocket holes. |
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8mm/16mm FILM TRANSFER PRICING
Those magical days of early film making. Here is some valuable information that you might recall: 8mm film has usually a hole-pattern on ONE SIDE of the outer edge. Super 8mm film has rectangular holes, while regular 8mm film holes are perfectly square. If there is a sound track on the film, it is usually a thin light-brown strip on either side of the outer edge. Magnetic sound has a brown strip while optical sound is grey-dark grey and looks like it's part of the celluloid film.
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DIGITIZING 8MM MOVIE FILM
frame-by-frame scan, NO editing silent 8mm = $0.42 per foot digitizing sound 8mm = $0.52 per foot digitizing • DVD = digitizing cost + $15.00 master DVD • USB = digitizing cost, plus $15.00/GB USB conversion, plus cost of USB • QR-code = digitizing cost, plus $40.00 upload, plus $78.00 annually. |
16mm film can have a hole-pattern on ONE or BOTH sides of the outer film edge.The holes are perfectly square. Exception to the rule is Super 16mm film, which has rectangular holes and is simply rare. If there is a sound track on the film, the holes are only on one side and the other side contains the sound strip, which is usually a thin light-brown color. Magnetic sound has a brown strip while optical sound is grey-dark grey and looks like it's part of the celluloid film.
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DIGITIZING 16MM MOVIE FILM frame-by-frame scan, NO editing silent 16mm = $0.48 per foot digitizing sound 16mm = $0.58 per foot digitizing • DVD = digitizing cost + $15.00 master DVD • USB = digitizing cost plus $15.00/GB USB conversion, plus cost of USB • QR-code = digitizing cost, plus $40.00 upload, plus $a free 79.00 annually. |
When you finally find those "hidden treasures" in the attic or basement, you probably find them without any titles or writing on the film itself. We do presume, that everybody would like to have their memories in chronological order. As one of the leaders in the industry, we've developed the "view copy" DVD in 1990 and still offer that process today:
VIEWCOPY:
Our "view-copy" option allows you to select, re-sort and even edit your footage within 60 days of receiving it. For the cost of the regular transfer price, you'll receive a DVD which has an imbedded time stamp for every minute, second and frame. Lean back, enjoy the footage and take notes. Each reel will have a number, starting with reel 1, then reel 2 and so on displayed on your screen. You'd write down the correct reel sequence of events...for instance: Reel 1 should be reel 7, reel 2 should be reel 1, reel 3 should be reel 4 and so on. If you need to eliminate a scene here or there (called editing), write down the time stamp on your note pad, marking the cut-in and cut-out points. Submit your notes to AMS and we'll re-sort the original file, edit it and make you a Master DVD, USB or QR-Code. The cost for this additional service is only $65.00 per running hour of your project, and in case you pick a QR-Code as your final product, a one time upload fee of $40.00 and a yearly hosting fee of $79.00 applies... it will truly be an unforgettable legacy you'd leave behind.
Our "view-copy" option allows you to select, re-sort and even edit your footage within 60 days of receiving it. For the cost of the regular transfer price, you'll receive a DVD which has an imbedded time stamp for every minute, second and frame. Lean back, enjoy the footage and take notes. Each reel will have a number, starting with reel 1, then reel 2 and so on displayed on your screen. You'd write down the correct reel sequence of events...for instance: Reel 1 should be reel 7, reel 2 should be reel 1, reel 3 should be reel 4 and so on. If you need to eliminate a scene here or there (called editing), write down the time stamp on your note pad, marking the cut-in and cut-out points. Submit your notes to AMS and we'll re-sort the original file, edit it and make you a Master DVD, USB or QR-Code. The cost for this additional service is only $65.00 per running hour of your project, and in case you pick a QR-Code as your final product, a one time upload fee of $40.00 and a yearly hosting fee of $79.00 applies... it will truly be an unforgettable legacy you'd leave behind.