Old family home movies - film

[JPkempo]

I have film going back to 59 of my family. Trying to convert it all to DVD. Funny seeing Mom at 16 and Dad at 18 driving in his 57 chevy convertible.
Also strange seeing all the family tha has passed away, having fun together.


Any one know of a program that can remove the "flicker"? I know it is caused by the differnt frames per second 8mm=16 and video is 24fps I think. There must be a program that can lighten up the dark frames with a couple of clicks.

[Hector]

Oh man, we have a bunch of Super 8mm film stored in the closet.

I have to transfer them as well.

My favorite one is my maternal grandmother holding me in her arms as an infant...she died six months later after that scene...definitely a bitter-sweet moment.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

How are you dubbing the film to DVD in the first place?

[JPkempo]

Minidv camera than capture to hard drive from camera thru ieee port for digital transfer.
Than edit with ulead video studio pro 6, also have pinnacle Studio 9. I have searched both programs and cant see anything that will help.

[Mikey]

I transfered mine back in the 80's on VHS .......

Since then I put them on DVD from the VHS -- a few years ago

My masters today are really deteriorating badly.

I'm glad I did it at the time.

[JPkempo]

I was also given the old 78 records from the 40's, Great grand parents on them, but they have deteriorated so bad I don't think they will play. My 78 player died I'll have to get a new one or see if a family member has one.

[Mikey]

A 78 player should be pretty easy to find on a fleamarket ....

Most cheapo 1970's record players had a 78 setting.....

The trick is finding a needle

I'm guessing, some companys still make them.

[UnderdogDJLSW]

Crosley makes an "all in one player" that has a tape deck, radio and 33-78 rpm turntable. I have it and there is a CD Burner that basically you put in the CD press record and burn the music over.

I was asking about the original transfer for the movies, because I have this prism thing that I bought years ago that is supposed to let you shoot the projector through one side and put your video camera lens on the other side so that the image is brighter than just filming off of a movie screen. I've never been able to get it quite right.

[jwyblejr]

I wish my family still had theirs. Sadly we've lost them over the years from us moving so much from the fact my dad was an insurance salesman and was transfered alot.

[Dave Mc]

We have a department at work that just does this. We have a projector that doesn't actually project on anything externally, so the images are as clear as possible. As you play back the film, you can control the iris, so you can brighten up the dark areas. The film flicker is just a fact of life you can't get away from, but some editing programs have color correction which will allow you to brighten up areas of video once they are on your timeline.

[Mikey]

My old projector Bell and Howell --- I still have it --- Super-8

Has a setting on the bottom to remove some of the flicker ....

I guess it was that times version of tracking control.

It does work.

I say look over the projector for a knob.... possibly under the take-up reel.

[JPkempo]

Dad had a old record player. I was able to record most of the old 78's Strange hearing the voice of my great grand father a man I never knew, he died right after I was born.

It was also funny to see my sisters 2-1/2 year old little girl dancing to her great great grandfathers voice as well as her great great grandmothers voice. My mom didn't know these recordings survived she loved hearing them.

I found a program that took out some of the fliker from the old movies. It take the program 8 hours to prosses 30min of film. So this is going to take a while.