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Cine Film Transfer

Ai-Driven Film Remastering

8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm, 16mm cine film transfer in HD or 4K
1-1999 feet = £85 per 200 feet HD
2000 + feet = £75 per 200 feet HD

8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm, 16mm, 35mm cine film transfer in HD or 4K
1-1999 feet = £85 SALE £63.75 per 200 feet HD
2000 + feet = £75 SALE £56.25 per 200 feet HD

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Cine Film to Digital

Welcome! We specialize in professional cine film transfer, preserving precious memories for families, archives, and museums across the UK and internationally.

With our high-end cine film transfer service, we expertly scan various formats, including 8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm, and 16mm. Curious about specific film formats? Visit our Film Format page to learn more. Our passion for film drives us to take part in the restoration process, bringing your cherished moments back to life with exceptional quality.

Since 2000, our family-run business has been located in the heart of Devon, staffed by dedicated film enthusiasts. We take joy in transforming disorganized and tangled film collections into beautifully restored, high-quality movies that will be treasured for generations to come.

Ai Film Restoration

Constantly striving to maintain our reputation for high quality, we use Ai cutting-edge technology that makes our results superior to everything else you’ve seen. We invite you to view our examples and try to find anyone delivering results even close to ours. You can even request the non-Ai version too for complete future-proofing. We now offer Ai Film Colourisation services for turning B&W cine film into colour. Free pickup & delivery, cloud hosting, skilled film editor to digitally remaster your footage, and a service second to none. Just read our reviews…

Cine Film to USB stick

We no longer transfer cine film to DVD; instead, we offer a modern cine film transfer solution by converting your film to a Digital USB Stick. Each reel is saved as an individual file, named or numbered just the way you want.

But there’s more! We also upload your cherished films to the Alive Cloud, making it easy to share these treasured memories with friends, family, and colleagues around the world. Learn more about our output options on our Cine Film Output Format page.

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Phoenix 5K Film Scanner

Brand new for March 2023, our 5K full frame scanner takes individual photographs of each cell of your film. You can have your film scanned in 2K, which is High Definition, or 4K Ultra High Definition. Ai technology is then used to clean up, restore colours and create an artefact-free perfect 24fps movie. See our dedicated 4K page.

Discover the magic of reliving your memories with our cine film transfer services, where professionalism meets a friendly touch.

Cine Film Transfer Raw Scan Cine Film Transfer Ai Remastered

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Service Features​

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Free collection and delivery

We’re happy to arrange for your postman, or our courier to collect and deliver your films from your work or home address. Delivery is always free, and collection is free for orders over £100.

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Delivered in HD or 4K UHD

DVD is standard definition (SD), which should never be used for film scanning as the quality is simply too low. We use HD, which has 5 x the mega-pixels of SD, or Ultra HD, which has over 20 x the mega-pixels of SD. Phew!

Why scan film in HD/4K?
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All films are cleaned

Before we scan your cine film, we always give it a thorough machine clean first. Cine film typically has a fair amount of dust and hairs floating on the emulsion, so it’s important to remove this loose debris.

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Colour correction

Cine film will always benefit from expert colour correction to fix colours that have altered and faded over time. Extensive scene-by-scene remastering work is always included as standard for the best possible results.

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Ai Film Restoration

We now use Ai to restore Cine Film. This time-aware enhancement system can help sharpen film while recovering accurate detail, remove harsh noise while recovering authentic detail in your film, soften the look of dust and scratches, stabilise the film and much more.

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Delivered in True Cinema 24fps

99% of the time, film is shot at either 24fps, 18fps or 16fps. We deliver everything back to you at 24fps even if it was shot at 16fps. We are using Ai machine learning to “predict” the best intermediate frame between existing ones, which gives indistinguishable results.

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Free 14 Day Ai Movie Hosting

All films we transfer for you are uploaded to our password-protected Alive Cloud; our Ai analyzes and indexes your film library, letting you search for speech, text, people, vehicles, sounds and more.

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Dual USB

Supplied on USB stick

Your films will be supplied in MPEG-4 format on a Dual USB Stick. Plug into your TV to enjoy on the big screen. Then pop it into your computer/iPad to re-order, rename, and edit. Add your titles, music etc., to create amazing films.

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Examples of work

The clips we’ve used are from genuine customer films to accurately represent typical 8mm home movies. You will notice scratches, dust, warped film, water damage etc. We don’t cherry-pick the best films for our demos – we try to use very ‘normal’ home movies to show you what you can expect from a transfer with Alive Studios.

These demos also includes atmospheric sound added by Alive Studios. Sometimes, you can see the sprocket holes from the film. We do not include these in customers’ transfers. This is for an artistic look.

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Alive Cloud

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Alive Cloud is the place to take full advantage of your cine films

Discover Alive Cloud – the ultimate platform for watching and interacting with your home movies.
Like your own personalised Netflix, it’s effortless to manage and share your cherished memories with family worldwide. Name, describe, and reorder your videos, and easily create chapter markers for quick navigation.

Plus, enjoy watching on your TV, computer, iPad, or phone. But what truly sets us apart is our cutting-edge Ai-driven search engine. No more endless scrolling – find specific moments with just a click. Join us and experience your home movies like never before with Alive Cloud.

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Customer Reviews

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Mr Godfrey
Mr Godfrey
★★★★★
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The Team at Alive Studios were brilliant. The films they re-mastered into digital were amazing. There was so much more detail and definition than I had ever seen before. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Alive Studios to others who want the best results for their films
Mr Sandford
Mr Sandford
★★★★★
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Totally satisfied with my order. A 45 year old Super 8 reel converted perfectly onto a HD USB stick , stunning colour and detail. More than 100% pleased with the finished article. Thank so so much for a brilliant service from start to finish.
Mr Fleetham
Mr Fleetham
★★★★★
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Perfect service from first contact to return of original films and digitsed versions on memory stick. A family business fully invested in the personal value of the reels you send and the preservation task you entrust them with. Will be using again and recommending.
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Ordering is so easy!

Online
  1. Build your order using the ‘Order and quote’ button below.
  2. Print off the order form.
  3. Wrap your films securely and place them in a box/Jiffy bag with your order form.
  4. Send at the post office, or use our FREE courier collection service.

  5. Or order by Phone

Order by Phone

Speak to one of our friendly team at the studio who will do everything for you.
Lines are open 9.00 am to 5:30 pm weekdays, and most Saturdays Tel: 01626 683139 (or freephone 0800 0830561)

FREE Collection Service

We are happy to arrange to collect your tapes from your work or home address. We use Royal Mail for small boxes and DHL for larger orders. The collection is completely free if spending over £100 or just £10 if spending under £100.

FREE Delivery Service

Delivery back to you is completely FREE on ALL orders, whether large or small. We even provide you with a precise timed delivery window, so you don’t have to wait in all day.

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Use the handy “save for later” feature to return anytime.

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Serving over 26,000 customers

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FREE Collection

We are happy to arrange to collect your tapes from your work or home address. We use Royal Mail for small boxes and DHL for larger orders. The collection is completely free if spending over £100 or just £10 if spending under £100.

FREE Delivery

Delivery back to you is completely FREE on ALL orders, whether large or small. We even provide you with a precise timed delivery window, so you don’t have to wait in all day.

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Why scan film in 2K/4K?

It may look like a tiny cell, but even 8mm cine film holds a surprising amount of data, equivalent to HD. To scan your film to DVD in standard resolution (SD), essentially disregards a vast amount of info resulting in loss of fine detail and colour.

In 2012, we went HD-only. The 1990s SD/DVD technology is simply not good enough anymore. We have these fantastic HD/UHD files in front of us, so to scale them down and reduce the quality for DVD is a step backwards.

In 2016, we discontinued discs. No more Cine Film to DVD. Our USB memory sticks play on computers and TVs. Rename, re-arrange and edit the files. This truly is the way forward.

New for 2023, our Phoenix 5K full frame scanner takes individual photos of each cell of your film. Choose 2K (High Definition), or 4K (Ultra High Definition). AI technology is then used to clean up, restore colours and create an artefact-free perfect 24fps movie.
Visit our dedicated 4K page

Cine Film Cleaning

Before we scan your cine film, we always give it a thorough machine clean first. Cine film typically has a fair amount of dust and hairs floating on the emulsion, so it’s important t remove this loose debris. Cleaning also helps to remove built-up grime and staining, so we get a brighter, fresher scan.

This particular example is of an 8mm cine film that had suffered from damp exposure leaving a layer of mould. Several cleans later and we’ve managed to almost eliminate the damage and salvage the film. We use an anti-fungal wash which helps to slow down any further degradation.

This work is carried out as standard with all orders at Alive Studios.

Colour Correction

Cine film will always benefit from expert colour correction to fix colours that have altered and faded over time. Extensive the scene-by-scene remastering work is always included as standard for the best possible results.

Different makes of film deteriorate differently. The most common problem is that the films turn a shade of red or green, and the colours fade.

AI Film Restoration

We now use AI to restore Cine Film. This time-aware enhancement system can help sharpen film while recovering accurate detail, remove harsh noise while recovering authentic detail in your film, soften the look of dust and scratches, stabilise the film and much more.

This work is carried out as standard with all orders at Alive Studios.

True Cinema 24fps

99% of the time, film is shot at either 24fps, 18fps or 16fps. We deliver everything back to you at 24fps even if it was shot at 16fps. We are using AI machine learning to “predict” the best intermediate frame between existing ones, which gives indistinguishable results.

This work is carried out as standard with all orders at Alive Studios.

Alive Cloud
ALIVE CLOUD

Alive Studios AI Movie hosting is free for 14 days.
 Log in via your computer, or download the free APP to your phone or tablet so you can take your memories with you wherever you go. Automatic AI indexing of your videos, Search for words, car, dog, person and more.

Log in online to make changes to the titles of your movies, create multiple user logins for all your friends and family so they can share the experience too. from £24/year

Supplied on USB stick

Your films will be supplied in MPEG-4 format on a USB Stick. Plug into your TV to enjoy on the big screen. Then pop it into your computer to re-order, rename, and edit. Add your titles, music etc., to create amazing films.

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PHOENIX 5K

New for 2023, our Phoenix 5K full frame scanner gives us our most significant camera system update ever, offering next-level image quality in a 16-megapixels frame scan. Our scanner takes individual photographs of each cell of your film from 8mm all the way up to 35mm film. You can have your film scanned in 2K, High Definition, or 4K Ultra High Definition. AI technology is then used to remove dust, remove harsh noise while recovering real detail, restore colours and create an artefact-free perfect 24fps movie.

Terms and conditions.

General
Alive Studios is a trading name of The Good Life Studios Ltd.

Leader tape
We edit out as much unused film as possible including the leadertape at the start of each reel. Whilst we cannot remove everything without charging for a full edit, we do endeavour to remove as much unused film as possible.

How long does it take?
This is a tricky question. We receive orders from a single video/reel to a room-full, so we’d need to know what you’re sending to give a lead-time. We find we are in high demand and always have seveal weeks of work already scheduled in, so if your order is needed in a hurry, just phone and tell us what you need :)

Damage, Loss, Post & Insurance
Orders are accepted on the basis that the liability of Alive Studios for any lost or damaged material shall be limited to the replacement with an equivalent amount of new blank stock. This is due to the unavailability of General Insurance cover for work of undefined value. When returning material to you we will use the post office services or a courier for larger items. We respectfully remind customers to retain a safety copy or take out Specialist Insurance Cover where appropriate.

Film Format
Our DVDs are region-free and play in PAL. DVD’s are normally DVD-R, but we may use DVD+R or Dual-layer discs where required.

Framing and TV Cropping
In standard definition, some film types do not fit modern TV formats, so we may re-size to fit for the best viewing pleasure. You should also note that some TV set apply their own cropping to a picture as well. By agreeing to these terms, you accept this information.

Damaged Film
Whilst we don’t generally charge extra for poor/damaged/dirty film, we reserve the right to do so if we feel it is required, but will always agree it with you before starting work.
Where splices break, we repair them without charge. If a film is temperamental and doesn’t want to go through we will always try it in several machines to make sure it’s had it’s best shot at a transfer. Where sprocket holes are punctured or torn, we will still transfer the film, often with no visible problems. However, some sprocket damage prevents a steady image from being obtained, in which case we transfer the whole film, then edit out any sections which ‘jump’ or drag because of the damage. This way we keep as much film as possible, and with careful editing you don’t even notice any is missing.
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Dust and Hairs
We employ a very good dry-cleaning system which catches most of the dust and hairs commonly found on cine film. It is inevitable however that there will still be dust and hairs present, as it’s impossible to remove them completely with a dry-clean system. It is also common for the dust/hairs to be imbedded into the emulsion making them impossible to ‘blow’ away, so you should expect a small amount to be visible in any transfer. The demos on our website give you a very realistic example of what you can expect.

Content of film
By signing our terms you are stating that you own or have permission to copy the material provided, and indemnify Alive Studios against any action including copyright infringement. If we feel the material to be of an indecent or illegal nature we reserve the right to refuse to continue and no refund will be offered.

Mistakes/Backups
We aim to keep your film footage on our editing suite for 30 days after completion to allow us to correct mistakes, after which time all footage is deleted. You must report any problem with your order within 14 days of receipt. We will retain a backup file of your DVD/Blu-ray for 60 days after completion to allow you to order extra copies. After 60 days, you would need to return your original disc if you wanted us to duplicate it for you. Due to the instability of data storage devices, this backup service is not guaranteed, and whilst every effort is made to retain your files for these periods, we cannot be held responsible for hard-drive failure resulting in us not being able to access your job. For very important projects, we suggest you order a digital copy on a hard-drive for your own security.

Delivery/Collections
We return orders via signed delivery with royal mail, or courier. This courier demands that items delivered damaged are reported within 24 hours of receipt, so it’s essential that you contact us immediately if your parcel is damaged.

Cancellation Policy
You can cancel your order by email any time up until we begin physical work on your job.
If no work has been started, we will refund you in full (less any costs we have incurred in taking your order shown below).

Cancellation fees
If we arranged a free courier collection, you will need to pay for this at £8.50.
If we processed a card payment, we will have incurred a handling fee which will be deducted from your refund. If we have to return your material to you, we will deduct £8.50 for the courier fee.
We will deduct £2.50 admin fee in handling the paperwork involved with a cancellation.

Refunds
Orders paid for by card will be refunded to the card.
Orders paid by cheque or bank transfer will be refunded by bank transfer.

Faults/Returns
You must notify us of any damage to your parcel or missing items within 24 hours of receipt.
You must notify us of any errors or faults with your transfer within 14 days of receipt.

Order Cancellation
In the unlikely event that you cancel your order, we reserve the right to charge a fee to cover admin/postage/bank fees we may incur.
Credit card payments are refunded subject to 1.197% charge.

Misc
We reserve the right to demonstrate our abilities by showing examples of work undertaken for our clients on our website, brochure, DVD and other advertising or promotional activities.

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