I had a private question about this, so here's a quick guide on how to stabilise your film scans.

First go and grab Davinci Resolve and Blackmagic Fusion. Two terrific free products. You can load your clip in Fusion or use the Fusion tab in Resolve it's up to you, but I'll be using Fusion stand-alone.


Here is a video guide:



You can do it that way, but it is preferable to use the film perfs if available. For one thing the perfs always appear the same (except when damaged), whereas the image border might change or disappear throughout the film.

Here is an example with a generic 16mm source at 2K (2048x1556). Starting with the first frame we place two trackers at a curving point on the film perfs:



If this was 8mm we would simply place both trackers on the same perf one at the top and one at the bottom. As you see we have another curving point at the bottom of the top film perf where we could place a 3rd tracker, and in fact it wouldn't be a bad idea to do this. More trackers equals better result. Notice that the trackers are quite small - there's a reason for this. The image on the film appears very close to the edge, and I don't want the film image being considered as a part of the trackers so it is narrow enough that it won't happen. Also because this scan is already pretty steady the search area only needs to be quite small - but if you have a less steady scan you may need a wider search area.

As per the Youtube video we set up the Operation settings:



And then go back to the Trackers tab and click the "track forward from current frame" button:



And that's it. If your tracking points are good and the perfs aren't damaged etc your output should now be steady. If things go awry you may need to split the footage up into chunks and process different bits separately.

I have 1&2 on DVD and 1 on BD. But! ... both are UK version which lack the mono! (Actually I think the US DVD didn't have the mono either, only stereo?)

How can I make the same mistake twice?

Is anyone able to share the DD mono track from the US BD?

The original (Australian) mono track is missing on all the Mad Max (1979) blurays. (It's my understanding that both the MGM disc and the shout factory disc just have a downmix of the 5.1). Has anyone ever synced the mono from the laserdisc or the original dvd release?

As the title asks, I don't suppose anyone here is registered on Cinemageddon are they? I only just recently discovered it but unfortunately, I can't register there since the open registration occurred like seven years ago and has been strictly invites only since. If you are registered there, is it possible I could get an invite myself? Thanks in advance!

I'm new here, but I have many years recollecting classic and old films/tv shows until the 90's.

Was a coincidence to find this awesome site, and the staff who works here, congratulations and thanks so much to do all this.

I'm administrator of a Spanish community with more than 6 thousand resource,  so if I can help here, I'm with all you!

Using the mobile version, I noted that some images are squeezed horizontally - for examples, the screenshots on the UHD BD to BD thread.

Is it just me?

I'm looking for a decent Mac DVD Ripper. I've seen a bunch, but all seem to be 5min demo types.

I was looking at MacX DVD Ripper, but their purchase page shows an image of PayPal but when I went to fill in my details, they wanted credit card details and no PayPal option. It also says 24/7 support which I've emailed, but no reply to my PayPal question.

So, what Mac DVD rippers do you use?

Hey all,

Stumbled onto this site whilst researching open matte features. Was very pleased to see a blog post I wrote regarding comparisons between grading and aspect for Terminator 2 was being discussed. Fantastic to find technical people putting together stuff, restoring and archiving stuff.

Big fan of Terminator 2, Aliens, Lost Boys, Labyrinth, Flight Of The Navigator and Tron. I have a handful of import laserdiscs and on the hunt for the ultimate UAR version of Terminator 2 (which I've seen a 2 minute version of by spoRv and was very impressed!).

Thanks for having me. Hopefully I can contribute with some of my knowledge.

Hello Everyone,

I first heard about this site from the truly impressive color-correction of Curse of Frankenstein by The Aluminum Falcon. I am very passionate about film and film preservation and am glad to be a part of this forum.