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Improvements coming to our Film Restorations – New version of ’72 film coming tomorrow – Comparison photos!

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First, we want to thank everyone for the amazing response to our first restored WDW film (1972 Super8 WDW Home Movie restored in HD – Final Film Released!). Second, we need to say that we weren’t satisfied with the results… yes I know, that sounds crazy, but something just wasn’t right. The gamma was a bit too high and we felt we could tweak the scripts to make the picture even more amazing.. The still frames...Read More...

1972 WDW Film Restoration Status – Teaser Comparison Test Clip

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Busy weekend here at ImageWorks… But I did find time to render out a quick comparison. this is far from done, but you’ll be able to see some of the clean up we are working on. The film needs to be brightened up a bit; currenly we are focusing on stabilization and dirt/dust removal. Potentially we will have our first full length clip available early this week!Read More...

Film Restoration Demonstration – Disneyland 1956

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We figured you couldn’t wait until Thursday to see our 1975 footage of WDW; so to show you the power behind the software we are using, we restored a short clip from the “Barstow Disneyland Dream”. This film is part of the Center for Home Movies collection and only has a resolution of 480 lines. Our clips coming later this week will be over 1000! Enjoy! Note this is for demo purposes only and has been...Read More...

ImageWorks Update – WDW Home Movie Film restoration

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We’ve broken out our original article into an all new section of RetroDisneyWorld.com… The restoration of old home movie film and video is starting to gain interest. Here is where we stand and what we plan to do next. First 8mm movie transfers are complete – They are enroute back from the lab, scanned at HD 1080p. Final display resolution is yet to be determined, but it will be higher than anything you’ve seen before. The...Read More...

ImageWorks Film Restoration FAQ

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Can I send you video or previously transferred film for restoration? – If the subject matter is of Disney theme parks and pre-dates 1995, then we would be interested in seeing your footage for evaluation and possible restoration. Can I send you film for transfer? – Yes, please email us at podcast@retrowdw.com for more information Can any film/video be restored? – Yes and no. The old adage of “Garbage in…Garbage out” is very true here. Videos...Read More...

Current Projects

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Below are the current projects we are working on and their associated status   Type   Topic   Source   Status Super 8 w/sound 1981 – Walt Disney World Personal Pending transfer Super 8 1971 – Walt Disney World RDW User In Transfer         8mm video Horizons Complete Ride through w audio – Pristine Footage! Intercot.com Awaiting uncompressed video 8mm Disneyland footage from 1960s Various sources Video obtained; back burner to other projects...Read More...

Before & After

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Before and After Comparisons We could show you screen shots, but its better that you see the video enhancements in action, side by side with the original source: [youtube id=”K9aizzx43OI”Read More...

Restoration Process

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Our Restoration Process We are fanantics for quality. The reason these haven’t been transferred yet is that my dad purposely waited for the right technology to come around. Well the time has come and with a little help from my friendly computer I was able to amass a set of tools that can polish most home video/movies into something of beauty. So just what do we do? Once you’ve read through how we do it, take...Read More...

ImageWorks Film Restoration

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In closets, basements and attics around the world lie hide hidden gems…grainy, off color footage of days gone by, closed attractions and worlds some of us never got to see. RetroDisneyWorld presents its all new ImageWorks Film Restoration Lab – taking the films of yesteryear and restoring them for today’s viewing. While we will be working mainly on our own personal films and videos at first, we will expand out to offer this [free, for now]...Read More...