How to Transfer Super 8mm Film To Your Computer

[Super8Production]

Why not just send it in to a company and scan it in full HD? Easier, better and you don't have to worry.... :)

[philipt75]

Go to Got Memories dot com, they have videos showing you how it's done professionally

[MrZakius]

you can transfer the same way the footage from your eye to the computer. By filming with the freakin camera...

[erdeianett]

wow, really!?! I'll try this RIGHT now!!! :P

[8mm16mmdoneright101z]

All the responces you have tell the truth.

you can't handle the truth !

[TopplingColossus]

This method is bad. Your "new" picture will not be a perfect rectangle but a sort of parallelogram or trapezoid.

There is a particular machine that places the projector at an angle of 90 degrees to the camcorder, with a 45 degree triangular prism in between.

Besides, the timing of the frames has to be adjusted. Your "new film" will be either slightly faster or slightly slower than the original one. The sound-pitch would also be slightly effected.

[DreamingTurtle]

@TopplingColossus I've solved this problem by projecting over and just to the side of the camcorder rather than off to the side. Also, angling the projection surface will correct the shape too. Furthermore, the captured image will have room to crop just enough to "square" it up.

[DavidGNJS2012]

Of course this means bad quality, that's why I prefer to go with the experts. Check the options at Home Movie Depot these guys really know what they do. I always found fair prices and high quality 8mm transfers there. Good luck!

[omacias4]

This is an okay method but would recommend a telecine machine for better quality and less flickering

[Chaoslava]

How about a video on how to drink water?

"Tired of drinking water but having the water slip through your fingers?" First, find a water tight container, preferably something like a cup. Now, twist the knob to make the tap turn on. Once the cup is almost full, begin to twist the knob in the opposite direction to turn off the tap before the cup overflows. Next, lift the cup to your face, and for the final step, open your mouth and use the muscles in your oesophagus to swallow the liquid."

[Misigun99]

its shit

[TheSawfan101]

Yeah it could work, if you want bad quality.

[loveboatcaptainvideo]

this frakin sucx

[kuki758]

is this legally?

[brmoogma]

use this method for low quality transfer

[flojoe99]

and i like to get butt fucked... just saying

[DickJanthuis]

So I made​it,

a lot of work but fun

[LonelyHitchhiker]

what a f*cking pointless video this is an insult to filmmakers !

[triceramovieboy]

what is the best way to reduce flicker?

[nicolmedia]

just in case you want the worst quality possible

[procamvideonewswatch]

its the best way to do it I have done it 100,s of times

[previewfilms]

if you can find it there are transfer boxs, google the company Polestar film transfer. basically it's a box with 2 opening and a 90 degree mirror.. in one hole out the other. much better transfer to your digital camera

[ayeram]

Hahaha :-D

[zachthezombie]

LOL a friend of myn did this technique it looked all washed out and hard to see i told him it would look like shit and he would be better off sending it off and getting it transferd to tape or disk but he insisted his way was better ,

how wrong he was and you guys that posted this are worse than him because he tryd it as an experiment were as you guys made a instructional video and posted it on the internet and you look so foolish HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

well done one of the dumbest videos ever

[Zebonka]

Thumbs way-the-fuck down, you cunt.

When is someone just going to make an affordable scanner with some automation for this stuff? The demand must be there.

[JohnCandyFanChannel]

no.

[JBMoevies]

Cheesy

[MrRyanROB]

they have an official ass channel with some shitty ass way to ghetto bootleg your old film? i'd rather watch it on the projector

[thedarkone2134]

Turn off auto focus, lock the iris , etc. You need to do more then hit record to get anything remotly acceptable with this method.

[gotmemories]

DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT transfer your film this way. HD Film transfers by Got Memories in Tempe AZ AMAZING results, if you are local in Phoenix, stop by, free sample transfers of your film vs doing it yourself off a wall ( HUGE NO NO!! )

[Neighborhoodbordness]

genius 

[steezy4jeremy]

step 5. this is fucking retarded

[OnTheREDPILL]

lol Anyone watching this actually buy a projector and white screen + a HD camcorder just to do this???

1:26 Only good thing about the vid :D

[Xephirox900]

Or, you can find companies that do an even better job at converting than this piece of shit method

[mycoolhomevideos]

@Xephirox900 I do all my films on my channel that way and most are in HD. You just have to know what your doing. Also need a camera that does 24P mode, Check out some of my film transfers.

[shaneunplugged]

Fun with flicker.

[JuggernautJeep]

i love the sound effects.

[KurtSahib]

I LOVE THIS. Really strikes a nerve with people.

Andy Kaufman would be proud!

[Gmancrap]

A finely produced Caption Obvious Productions, educational film. Good work.

[AnthonyMegaStardust]

Emerging Filmmakers Program... You mean unborn filmmakers...

[radiocrash]

lol costs about 10 to 15 to process the film how much is a projector ?

[orbitalchiller]

@radiocrash i've found one for 10 bucks on local flea market ^^

[DrScruffy]

Learn how to transfer 8mm film to your computer

OH BOY NEATO!

youll need

-a projector

-a flat white surface

-and a digital video camera

......OOOOOOH REALLY, I WONDER WHAT THE FUCK YOUR GONNA DO WITH ALL THAT YOU TECHNOLOGY GENIUSES

[jeanaro]

wow talking about amateurism

[samaeliDG23]

Great information! *sarcastic*

[gttaman]

I'm pretty sure anyone who is capable of using video editing and/or DVD authoring software can figure out how to film shit off a wall...

[documentaryonawasp]

Hey, BJM t-shirt!

[Tombo1230]

The best way to do this is using a telecine machine fitted with an 8mm Gate. The method shown here is lame, sorry but it is.

[pat1981lux]

@Tombo1230 Yeah it is. It is the amateur way.

[ElDuffeSanchez]

@Tombo1230

I agree wholeheartedly. It is lame. I'm glad someone said it.

[jamesusillXD]

@Tombo1230 How would I go about aquiring a telecine machine & around how much are they?

[DreamingTurtle]

@Tombo1230 It's lame, but it works. However, eliminating the flicker is something that has been completely left out of the video. I've successfully used this method and my customers are happy. There's a difference between what's preferred and what works.

[MrMikemorlock]

yea thats one way to get real crappy results, why spoil priceless memories doing it that way, you will get a bad bad flicker and usually a bright spot in the middle.

[wosredneck]

is this a joke?



[bakonfreek]

"cannot buffer video because advertisement is still loading..." really, YouTube...really? you're gonna lost a lot of fans because of that

[prosti270684]

тупые америкосы )))))

я ржал до слёз))

[BlueNeon81]

so lame... what about using a modified scanned and scan the reel in HD or 2K? ;)

[gotmemories]

Terrible. If you search for gotmemories without a space on youtube, you'll see how we transfer film. Done professionally. Although 95% of the industry transfers just like you see in the video you just watched. Although they will never admit to that.

[FoothillsofWyoming]

Noooooo...don't do it that way...there are better ways.

[rayraypoole]

Uh, a very important step was omitted. Threading the film into the take-up reel????

[UpcomingJedi]

@rayraypoole Looks like this thing threads itself

[barbara80s]

What if i don't have a projector or anything like that?

[wakeupfist]

@barbara80s

Theoretically, if you have Photoshop, a high-res scanner (of the more expensive ones), JavaScript programming skills, a lot of free time on your hand, and not too much footage to convert, there might be a way. While absurdly painstaking it should yield excellent results - better than telecine and waay better that projection.

[jonascartman]

troll science.

[Videogamehistorian00]

Well either something like this or get a television studio projector and then through some complicated system get the broadcast signal to record digitally.

[Nicsho]

Well, it couldn't affect the quality...

[chikotube]

this is not the best way. This makes for extremely low quality video. Make sure the service you are using scans the film frame-by-frame and produces video that is 1440x1080 (4x3 progressive scan)

[CoolDisneylandvideos]

I have done lots of transfers this way, (Look at my channel for stuff I transfered) The best way to get rid of the flicker is try useing A HD camera at @24p, thats the way i do my films shot at 24fps. Also lower you video cameras frame rate to 15fps. That can work too. I hope this info helps you guys out.

[wheatonna]

Without being a snob about it, I've done this kind of transfer quite a bit and if you are not AT ALL picky about image quality, it works. Flickering and dim margins are bad, and even worse when using black and white, though I've never understood why. What's sad is that, as a result of this sort of transfer, people get the idea that Super8 is a crummy, flickery medium. So it's a real disservice to filmmakers.

[philipt75]

This is NOT the way, going to see a 50% decrease in the overall original quality of your film. BTW, this is how 99% of 'professionals' transfer film. They just give a fancy sounding description

[lacricriva]

Yet the most difficult part is to get a functioning super 8 projector!

[lxgrkn]

........................

[CrissCross779]

Its great to have simple idea for amateur filmmakers i guess ... but, lets nott be snobs and face it, even an amateur should respect his own work. This video is really as facilist as they can get, no matter the original qualiy of the product.

What a stupid video.

[rocksolid76]

@CrissCross779

MAKE ONE PLEASE!!!!

[dmc081]

umm.. now in days we have converters to make copys to dvd from a 8mm film this is a film joke guys

[jerryaltman]

You need a professional quality digital telcine machine. Those home made solution looks like shit.

[654ha123]

LOL who still has these!?!

[theberries67]

I did this transfer but got a constant flicker,I had to use a projector with a variable speed which when slowed to 93%approx the flicker disappeared(you don't notice the speed reduction).I also got better results with the camera set to manual and the white balance set with the projector image shown through a clear piece of film(the colour reproduction was much more true).

[JuanitoRocks]

does the frame rate of the camcorder matter? Cuz I have the HV30, and you can record on standard, 24P, or 30P.

[34thncrenshaw]

makes the quality all shitty tho

[RandomAnimations27]

I thought Super 8 film came in cartridges, not reels.

[ZachPape]

@RandomAnimations27 i wanna say 16mm does

[djlorenzohouston]

The Film came in a Cartridge, then when you sent to off for processing it came back in a reel.

There was some Cartridge super 8 reels, but you mostly saw these for schools so it could loop the film. It looked like an smaller version of the 8track just in a clear casing mostly.

[Thegamer5150]

how dumb would you have to be not to know this I do this with 35mm film (only works w/ b&w though since the film is mostly red and when I convert the colors it turns up blue)

[TheJediCharles]

Good instructions, but you forgot to note how you have to make sure your capturing camera should be set at a frame rate that doesn't create a moving moire pattern. My HD camera capure was quite visible until I found a rate that worked.

[Caljamscott]

This isn't exactly how I transferred my footage. I "broke the bank" by putting the film onto DigiBeta.

[crbgamer]

record your film being played with a camera, I thought you meant scanning the film into your computer

[Tressco]

Not perfect, but okay!

Now, that's some loud record button that is btw...

[wilson809isback]

THIS IS HOW TO MAKE BOOTLEG DVD'S LOL

[cinescopefilms]

remember to use a variable speed projector

to prevent image flicker, 8mm runs at 18fps and video runs at 30fps, so you need a 20fps

aprox. projector speed for you video looks fine. Good job!

[ECWNET]

...you're fucking kidding me.

[RealmOfSalmon]

No real need to describe all those steps... And besides.. the image would come out like hell.

[Johnnylightning93]

Horrible idea, you will here the Super 8mm camera projection noise on the digital tape when you record it being that it is placed right next to the digital camera. Then when you load it into the

computer and put it on dvd, the noise will be there. Great video but bad idea!!

[ripripstabstab]

You would obviously cut the audio out during the editing process.

[TheJediCharles]

Johnny, that is a limp complaint.

Super 8 movies are SILENT, therefore it is obvious that when transferring the film, you would either eliminate the soundtrack or replace it with music, etc.

Look at my videos for 2 examples that used this exact technique with great success.

[Johnnylightning93]

oh ur right lol :D

[TheJediCharles]

Thanks, Captain Redundant.

[TheJediCharles]

They're called "Fruit Frantic" and "Trouble in Fat Town."

[jack2breeze]

@Johnnylightning93 you have a cool user name.

[Johnnylightning93]

lol thanks =)

[erietigers91]

This is really crappy. BETTER WAYS?

[SamuraiXX011]

You'd be better off just getting professional help...Or really learning a more credible method.

Guess I'll go research now.

[scotto2114]

hahha thats the cheapest/ shittiest way to do it... wow ... -5 fucking stars for this.... hahahaha so lame.... thats if your a lazy ass and you dont care about your 8mm footage that much. haha

[RavishingRedheadd]

everything they were pressing made clicking sounds lol.people usually get those old films coverted to dvd.i never tried it.

[isaa1302]

ok.. NOT.

[ferrari24680]

yaa apple are going to put a slot for those tapes in new macbook line.... lol

[ZenGuy12]

Not the most advanced idea but it works to get the footage i guess

[Vyper360]

wow, with a camera. are they serious

[thorir30]

@Vyper360 Well this is the cheapest way.

[pollyboy12]

@Vyper360 that's essentially what the big machines do, only more sophisticated

[wakeupfist]

@pollyboy12

High end digital restoration facilities have a far more sophisticated approach. ArriScan's infrared technology records physical damage data to then use it for either automated or manual repair. I imagine It would cost dearly though. :P

[Heslepton57]

@Vyper360 Exactly what i thought....

[wakeupfist]

@Vyper360

I guess you'll be surprised to find that there are Blurays captured this wat. Honest to god - blurays! And not some crappy bootleg blurays but official studio releases, such as Martin Scorsese's "Good Fellas". If you observe carefully, you'll make out the fixed patterns of the projection screen.

[filipamd]

can you show how to transfer a VHS film to a computer or dvd, please?

[SamuraiXX011]

get a tape deck

[PearlJammer07]

Just plug your player into your video card. Your vid card should have AV inputs just like an SDTV. You can also use a firewire cable. Make sure you have a capture card in your PC though, or it will not work.Lastly get some software that will convert the VHS to a digital file e.g. AVI,MPEG2,MOV,MPEG4,and etc.

[apriswajaya]

hmm, not really breaking the bank but theres no other way i guess

[MattFerroFilms]

@apriswajaya Not true. You can go to kodak or somewhere that does digital transfers for movies that were shot on film. The only problem is that it costs money, but the bright side is that it doesn't look like a bootleg which is what this method makes your film look.

[flixvendor]

This is actually the incorrect way to transfer 8mm film to PC etc.

Projector must have variable speed control set at 20 FPS, otherwise transfer will have serious flicker. Elmo makes the best for this. (Eiki with a 5-blade shutter is best with 16mm. See 16mmtelecine selling on eBay.) The unit in this viddy is a low grade, crappy GAF from what I can see.

Camera should actually be set in front just under projector-as close as possible to screen.

[GRFalkonas]

@apriswajaya Best way is to buy a scaner with 35mm scanning capability like Epson V500 photo, scan the film and then combine the frames. In order to add sound conect your pc audio card to the projector

[iBradFilms]

@apriswajaya

telecine?

[wakeupfist]

@apriswajaya

There is but it's absurdly tedious as it requires a lot of manual labor.

[akanathan]

@apriswajaya

Its called tele cine

[orbitalchiller]

@apriswajaya there's some kind of 8mm film scanner, i've seen on ebay