Audio Video Workshop offers a wide array of video services including video to DVD transfer, video digitization to hard drive, film transfer to bluray and DVD, CD and DVD duplication, sports video, event video, audio tape to CD transfer, LP to CD, photo scanning, slide scanning, negative scanning, digital video editing and much much more. We are located in the San Francisco Bay Area and are close to San Jose.
Audio Video Workshop now offers full Frame-by-Frame High Definition Film Scanning. We can transfer Super8 film to DVD, 8mm film to DVD and 16mm film to DVD, Bluray or a hard drive for editing. Our standard film transfer and enhanced film transfers are done in house with the Sniper-HD Pro Telecine Scanning System which utilizes PulseGate Technology. Every super 8mm frame of your film is individually scanned directly with an HD camera using a CMOS sensor and 3 million pixels! The gate on the Sniper-HD is enlarged to give us access to 100% of the film frame. Using a super bright and cool LED light source, we are able to provide rich vibrant colors with zero hot spot and no chance of burning your film. High Defintion mp4 files can be edited from your compueter using software such as iMovie, Final Cut, or Adobe Premiere.
Frame by frame scanning means your transfers are 100% flicker free, crystal clear and razor sharp from corner to corner. Our equipment uses a sprocketless drive to assure no film damage to your priceless memories. These are just some of the advantages of our Standard and Enhanced film transfer methods, however, we still offer an economical film transfer which is done in realtime utilizing an ariel capture method.
In addition to frame-by-frame film scanning, our Enhanced film transfer includes scene by scene color correction as well as brightness and contrast improvement. Since almost all film will shift in color over time, your film will benefit from the use of our sophisticated digital tools such as our digital vector scope. A technician will analyze your film (which is now digital) and balance the colors scene by scene. For example, if you had an indoor scene that ended where an outdoor scene began, we would color correct them independently. Moreover, we can enhance the clarity of your film by adjusting the brightness and contrast to improve exposure problems where the film may be too dark or too bright; as a result, your memories will look better than ever and be there for generations to come!
