Scene Savers

12/20/2024

Happy Holidays!

From our Scene Savers and family to yours!

We hope all our clients, partners, friends, and colleagues have a safe and happy holiday season!

12/13/2024

These are images of 35mm, 16mm, and 8mm film DPX files.

DPX is a SMPTE standard format that is popular with both Hollywood and film archives because of the way the file stores dense color information, allowing for future color grading without “baking in” color.

At Scene Savers 8mm/Super8, 16mm, and 35mm films are typically “over scanned” to include the film’s frame edge, optical track, and sometimes even sprocket holes. This ensures pixel or sound information is preserved in the DPX master.

To learn more about film preservation and the benefits of DPX files visit Scene Savers online: bit.ly/3L2zkJz

12/06/2024

We had a wonderful time attending this years annual Association of Moving Image Archivists Conference in Milwaukee!

A great opportunity to learn about all the fantastic developments in the industry as well as connect with colleagues and clients from all across the country!

To learn more about AMIA and their amazing work, visit them online: bit.ly/3FfITVL
To learn more about Scene Savers or get a quote, visit us online: bit.ly/3L2zkJz

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends, colleagues, and clients!!

Hope everyone enjoys a safe and happy Holidays!

11/22/2024

Digitizing your 8mm/16mm/35mm films is a great way to preserve your moving image archives.

Scene Savers can scan films up to 6.5K resolution allowing you to preserve, share, and license your materials so your history & story can be saved for decades to come.

To learn more about film digitization & preservation visit Scene Savers online: bit.ly/3L2zkJz

11/15/2024

Cleaning a tape is an important part of the digitization process for all oxide based video formats, including VHS or Betacam among others.

At Scene Savers we use RTI machine cleaners to quickly and efficiently help clean and prep a tape before transfer. These machines detect and count physical tape defects while removing any loose oxide, dust, dirt, or other contaminants.They then polish the tape without affecting the recorded signal, reducing dropouts and improving RF.

To learn more about videotape prep and transfer, or to get a quote reach out to Scene Savers online: bit.ly/3L2zkJz

11/08/2024

Scene Savers is your one-stop shop for all video digitization & preservation needs. From professional broadcast formats such as U-Matic tapes & 2" quadraplex, to standard consumer formats like VHS & Betamax, and everything in between!

To learn more about Scene Savers & video digitizatin, or to get a quote visit Scene Savers online: bit.ly/3L2zkJz

11/01/2024

This past weekend, Cincinnati Museum Center’s ‘Archives Mini Festival’ showcased video and film content digitized and preserved by Scene Savers!

In honor of American Archives month, the festival featured curated clips from CMC’s archive, depicting the local history of the Greater Cincinnati Area.

Content included: the Melody Showcase, the Midwestern Hayride, Soul Street, and even 1920s footage from Coney Island! For the first time in a decade, the public was able to view the footage, giving Cincinnatians a window into their past!

Special thanks to FOX19 and our friends at the Cincinnati Museum Center for the shoutout!

Watch the full interview: bit.ly/3YKsVwy
Visit the Cincinnati Museum Center online:bit.ly/4duyi86
To learn more about Scene Savers or legacy media digitization visit us online: bit.ly/3L2zkJz

10/25/2024

Scene Savers was proud to be a Sponsor for the 2024 DFW Archives Bazaar!

This wonderful event brings together archivists, museum curators, librarians, and history professionals from all across the Dallas/Fort Worth area to share, discuss, and learn about the preservation of historic collections.

To learn more about the DFW Archives Bazaar visit them online: bit.ly/3C0n65g
To learn more about A/V & legacy media digitization visit Scene Savers online:bit.ly/3L2zkJz

10/25/2024

We love partnering with our friends at the Cincinnati Museum Center!

We’re jumping back into our moving image collection for this week’s with this 1920s silent clip showcasing the newly developed and improved Coney Island.

Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpXzVKfVlWw to view the full clip on our YouTube channel.

In the clip, you see passengers on the Island Queen cruising down the river, embarking into Coney Island. The full clip also shows parking issues at the time and is an interesting insight into early transportation (and its issues) in the city!

As part of our celebration this month, we’re hosting a FREE Mini-Film Festival in the historic Newsreel Theater on Saturday, October 26 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Featured selections will include moving image clips from our Collections of the Melody Showcase, Midwestern Hayride, Soul Street and more. Many of the clips have not been viewed since their original showcase and most are being shared publicly for the first time in decades!

Video file - Coney_Island_1920s-1930s_SILENT

10/18/2024

All 35mm slides are prepped and inspected by hand, by one of Scene Savers technicians prior to digitization.

We can then utilize our database tool Librarius to tag photos, enrich the metadata, and provide proxy previews to our clients making their photo collections searchable, and allowing for easier licensing and monetization opportunities.

To learn more about Scene Savers or still image scanning, visit Scene Savers online: bit.ly/3L2zkJz

10/11/2024

Meet Dom Ropati!

Dom is the Department Manager for Scene Savers' news and broadcast partners. As Department Manager, Dom facilitates project management, staff oversight, and ex*****on of large-scale digitization projects for licensing opportunities. He has overseen the transfer and preservation of hundreds of thousands of videotapes and millions of feet of film.

Dom joined the PPS/Scene Savers team in 2015 and has succeeded in many roles over the last decade. Those roles have included market research, tape transfer, sales, and now project management.

Dom and his wife are avid travelers. They have visited 11 countries and 23 cities in the last two years, including most recently Jordan and Türkiye. Future travel plans are in the works!

To learn more about Scene Savers and legacy media digitization, or to get a quote visit us online: bit.ly/3L2zkJz

10/03/2024

Scene Savers had a wonderful time not only attending, but speaking at this year's annual FootageFest in Los Angeles!

It was great to rub shoulders with those in the licensing industry who share the historic content we digitize with the world through documentaries, films, podcasts, and other media.

We were honored to talk about our preservation efforts of the JFK assassination cover for The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza!

To learn more about Footage Fest visit them online: bit.ly/3ZOZ0lR
To learn more about The Sixth Floor Museum visit them online: bit.ly/44PFhEJ
To learn more about Scene Savers or get a quote, visit us online: bit.ly/3L2zkJz

09/27/2024

Videotape dehumidification (aka “baking”) has become an important part of the digitization process for oxide-based media suffering from hydrolysis.

For these assets such as 3/4" U-Matic tapes, 2" Quadraplex, EIAJ, and Betamax, baking helps facilitate a temporary renewal of the oxide coating to the tape’s plastic carrier.

This processes reduces “stick-shed syndrome”, mitigating head clogs and dropouts, and promoting improved tape playback.

To learn more about legacy media digitization, or to get a quote visit Scene Savers online: bit.ly/3L2zkJz

09/20/2024

From common consumer formats such as VHS, and Betamax, to professional formats such as 3/4" U-Matic tapes, 1" video, and 2" quadraplex, Scene Savers is your one stop shop to digitally preserve all your video based historical content.

To learn more about digital preservation, or to get a quote for videotape digitization visit Scene Savers online:bit.ly/3L2zkJz

09/13/2024

Celebrating the end of summer in style with our Scene Savers and The PPS Group family.

Let the games begin!