How to fix perf damage?

[Wade]

I damaged S8 perfs on a roll--of Kodachrome no less. The result is a jittery telecine when I do it here at home. The only thing I can think of is using press-tape on the edge--but I doubt it would really work. I successfully stabilized the shots in AE where I wasn't panning or tilting. My old version of After Effects doesn't seem to let me stabilize with a pan, besides that the anchor point goes completely out of frame on most of the shots. If I think it is important enough I might get it telecined at a lab. Which type of telecine can handle footage with stretched perfs? First, is there a way to fix the perfs? If not then which telecine?

[ekoe]

You can use the Kodak press-tape splices, but cut off the section that would cover the image. The issue with this is that it may cause the focus to soften a bit where the splices are placed. If you experience soft focus at the repaired section, I'd recommend a separate pass with focus adjusted specifically for the repaired section and then intercut the repaired pass with the non-repaired pass. I hope that makes sense.

[johnhermes]

Another thing you can do is run the film in reverse, and then reverse the frames in your NLE when you are finished. I have done this many times. Since torn perforations are usually torn in a downward direction, if you run the film backwards, the claw will be pulling up against the good side of the perf.

Wind the film to the end and put it on the take-up arm of the projector. Thread the tail leader back through the projector to the supply reel. Run the film backwards. After transfer, reverse the frames with your NLE. My Sony Vegas program has a reverse filter, which probably most others do as well.

[ekoe]

^ Nice.

[Wade]

I finally got around to fixing this little project. I used a very old, now defunct, stabilization program called SteadyMove which was able to stabilize without scaling, pan and tilts, at the touch of a button. This was the last Kodachrome I shot.



https://vimeo.com/55756828

[Nicholas Kovats]

Nice little film, Wade. A day in the life....