Automated Super 8mm Film Restoration (Kanada) with Film9, Avisynth and Virtualdub

Short example of what is possible in film restauration with free software. Thanks to Film9 (kind of an Avisynth GUI) and Virtualdub2

Originally recorded 1984 on Kodak Super 8 mm film

Workflow:
1) Scan by medienrettung.de (24 fps)
2) Removal of duplicates (to restore the 18 fps Super 8 frame by frame)
3) First Processing with Film9 to remove grain and many scratches. At the same time Auto-Whitebalance and interpolate to 25 fps for smoothness
4) Color correction with Virtualdub2 (Color Mill Plugin). At the same time Stabilize with Deshaker Plugin (2-Pass)
5) Second run with Film9 for a slight additional touch of sharpness (lowest possible setting)
6) Cutting with shotcut

Next time I will do the interpolation to 25 fps in the second run with Film9 because it introduces issues with motion sabilisation that could have been avoided.

Видео Automated Super 8mm Film Restoration (Kanada) with Film9, Avisynth and Virtualdub канала MalcolmMcConnor