Knowledge Base

Knowledge That Works Together With the Equipment

SMPTE Journal article translations, current GOST and OST standards for film materials, and an interactive defects handbook — a searchable catalog with filters by material type.

Materials

Handbooks & Catalog

Defects Handbook Based on OST 19-147-83

An illustrated gallery with paired photos under directional and diffuse lighting — an interactive counterpart to the industry standard.

SMPTE Journal · 1957

Automatic Film Inspection

Robert Grunwald, Richard R. Wallace

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SMPTE Journal · 1958

Prolonging the Life of Motion-Picture Release Prints

Eric C. Johnson

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SMPTE Journal · 1959

A Practical Projection Gaging Method

Maxwell A. Kerr

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SMPTE Journal · 1959

Application of a Liquid Layer on Negative Films

Raymond H. DeMoulin, Philip A. Ripson Jr, Stanley L. Scudder

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SMPTE Journal · 1970

Preservation of Motion-Picture Color Films

Peter Z. Adelstein, C. Loren Graham, Lloyd E. West

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SMPTE Journal · 1971

Image Unsteadiness in 16mm Film for Television

C.B.B. Wood, J.R. Sanders, D.T. Wright

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SMPTE Journal · 1977

Wet Printing of Motion-Picture Films

Walter Hrastnik

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SMPTE Journal · 1990

The Care and Handling of Hazardous Nitrate Film

Jess Daily — UCLA

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SMPTE Journal · 1994

Digital Film Scanning and Recording

Glenn Kennel

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SMPTE Journal · 1995

Cleaning Solutions for a Clean Environment

Tom Tisch

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SMPTE Journal · 1995

Re-engineering Negative Inspection and Cutting

E. H. Zwaneveld, D. Le Borgne, I. Dupuis, C. Perreault, R. Juteau, P. Bellerose, M. Morelli

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SMPTE Journal · 1996

A Realtime Pin-Registered TeleScaner

Edmund M. DiGiulio, James M. Bartell

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SMPTE Journal · 2001

Evolution of Resolution in Film Scanners

Peter Swinson

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SMPTE Journal · 2010

Advancements in Film Scanning Technologies

Michael Senge

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SMPTE Journal · 2011

Restoration of Damaged Korean Films

Chulhyun Kim, Vivek Maik, Sangjin Kim, Jaehwan Jeong, Joonki Paik

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Dissertation · 1999

One Long Image: A New Approach

Armin Michael Wittmann — Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

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Presentation

Improved Restoration Workflows Using Infrared Scanners

Dr. Gabriel Fielding (Eastman Kodak), John Dowdell III (Goldcrest Post)

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Thesis · 2002

Colour Movie Scratch Restoration

Jiří Filip — Czech Technical University in Prague

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SMPTE Paper · 2007

Film Scanning for Archives

SMPTE Paper #1569055026

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ГОСТ 7.65-92

Film, Photo and Microform Documents

General requirements for archival storage
Effective date: January 1, 1993 (document in Russian)

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Regulation · 1979

Basic Rules for State Archives Working with Film, Photo and Audio Documents

A.M. Pegov, First Deputy Head of the Main Archival Directorate under the USSR Council of Ministers
May 21, 1979 (document in Russian)

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