Heritage films

With the emergence of new digital restoration methods, new requirements have arisen. The digitization of film restoration now imperatively requires 2K/4K re-mastering of your heritage films.

Heritage film restoration

Built around a SAN architecture, this infrastructure enables us to optimise interaction between the grading and restoration processes by working simultaneously on the same DPX image suites.

Our added value is to offer a complete chain: mechanical restoration, digitisation, digital image and sound restoration, colour-grading through to PAD or DCP files.

It is this respect for the work and our technical experience that our customers come to us for, with the certainty that they are working with the best equipment available.

Vectracom’s Heritage Division

Vectracom offers a complete chain that enables you to enhance the value of your heritage, while retaining the sensitivity of the original work.

Scanners
  • 2K scanner (Scanstation from LaserGraphics)
  • 4K scanner (LaserGraphics Director)
  • 3G HDR + scanner from Blackmagic Design
Magnetic tape drives
HD, 2K and 4K digital calibration
  • Nucoda Film Master from Digital Vision
  • Da Vinci Resolve
Digital restoration
  • Diamant HS ART
  • Da Vinci Revival (SD, HD, 2K, 4K)
  • Nucoda Film Master from Digital Vision + DVO (SD, HD, 2K, 4K)
  • Protools & plug in for Isotop / audio restoration
Finalisation and delivery by our laboratory
  • DPX HD / 2K / 4K on DVS SAN server
  • JPEG200, ProRes (HQ), DCP
  • Others…
  • HDCAM-SR
  • HDCAM
  • Betacam
Other Services (servicing business unit)
  • Digitize / Copy / Report
  • PAD production and delivery
  • VoD / SVoD Pack
  • Preservation and archiving strategy
  • File conversion
  • Storage services

Mechanical film restoration

Mechanical restoration prior to transfer is sometimes necessary. This reduces video restoration times by removing any dust, traces of glue or defective adhesives beforehand. Vectracom has this equipment in Paris as well as a subsidiary based in Morocco (Sauvecom) specialising in film archive processing.

Assembly and sound synchronisation

Reel assembly and sound synchronisation

Manual film cleaning

Manual film cleaning
Solvent and ultrasound cleaning (Lipsner Smith)

Repair of adhesives

Changing splices and applying primers

" There are two things whose absence would prevent me from living: cinema and grace."

Martin SCORSESE

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