Old Films Deserve a Future.
Restore, enhance, colorize, and remaster historical film and video for modern cinema, television, OTT platforms, and archival preservation.
Damaged 35mm Celluloid Scan
GenAI 4K Restored Master
Comprehensive Celluloid Defect Remediation
Historical cinema negatives, positive projection prints, and intermediate internegatives stored across India and tropical climates frequently suffer from severe chemical breakdown (vinegar syndrome), physical abrasion from vintage sprockets, chemical stains, fungal mold, and vertical emulsion scratches.
Our Old Film Restoration pipeline bridges automated temporal optical flow models with seasoned film archivists. We repair catastrophic degradation, stabilize mechanical gate flutter, and synthesize missing frame regions without turning the image into a waxy, plastic smudge. Every frame maintains the authentic photographic texture of the original emulsion.
Core Restoration Capabilities
Deliverables & Formats
- Master Containers: Apple ProRes 4444 XQ, Avid DNxHR HQX, Uncompressed DPX / TIFF Sequences
- Target Resolutions: Full HD 1080p, DCI 2K, 4K UHD (3840x2160), DCI 4K (4096x2160), 8K Master
- Color Profiles: Rec.709, DCI-P3, Rec.2020 HDR10
- Indicative Pricing: ₹1,00,000 – ₹10,00,000+ per feature film based on condition
- Turnaround: 3 to 8 Weeks for feature-length cinema
Restoration Workflow
A rigorous six-stage journey transforming decaying celluloid into modern cinema masters.
Inspect
Full scan diagnosis assessing shrinkage, warp, scratches, and optical track noise.
Repair
Sub-pixel gate alignment, physical dirt eradication, and frame-level inpainting.
Enhance
Temporal super-resolution, micro-detail reconstruction, and organic grain balancing.
Colorize
Dye revitalization or historical B&W colorization with shot continuity grading.
Master
Encoding to Apple ProRes 4444, theatrical DCP, and streaming IMF containers.
QC
Frame-by-frame quality inspection certification by senior archival directors.