The Pixel Farm Ltd | Camera Tracking & Film Restoration applications

Intro
In this article, we will briefly examine what a colour-managed workflow is, why you should use an OpenColorIO-managed workflow in PFClean and simplify some of the surrounding terminologies to help you navigate the process confidently.
What does colour managed mean?...

It’s everyone’s worst nightmare; you put the tape into the deck knowing you have one or two chances of capturing a fragile tape.
You cross your fingers hoping it’s going to look OK… it doesn’t! Don’t worry – all is not lost!
Even some of the worst tape faults can be fixed and below I identify some of the more common issues you will come across and provide some hints and tips as to tools to try inside PFClean’s Telerack and Workbench to help make your video artefacts disappear...

When restoring film footage digitally, it can be advantageous to understand the film’s physical qualities before being digitised. Film gauge is a quality that defines the film’s physical width and provides hints to the image quality, such as grain size...

Knowledge of camera movement, shot size, and angle is essential for all skilled matchmove artists. When directors, editors, and cameramen refer to particular types of camera shots, the terminology can sound like a foreign language if you’re unfamiliar...