Were they shot in 4k or something we just didn’t have TV’s that could see 4k back in the day?
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It’s always funny when a younger person is baffled by how good old films can look when scanned in HD. I guess they think that when we saw movies in the theater in the old days, they were all low-resolution VHS-style copies.
Older movies can be released in 4K resolution through a process called remastering. This involves taking the original film negatives or prints and scanning them at a very high resolution. The resulting digital files are then carefully restored and enhanced to improve the overall picture quality, color accuracy, and clarity. This process can also involve the removal of scratches, dust, and other imperfections. The final 4K release provides a significantly higher level of detail and visual quality compared to the original versions, making it suitable for modern high-definition displays.
35mm has a resolution of ~4-6k depending on its age (any future and you just enhance the grain structure). The best film element accessible would be the original camera/picture negative, utilizing digital scanners typically the negative would be scanned in 4k 16bit resolution and then digitally restored and color corrected. That’s how you can get older films to look as good as new.
It depends wildly on the element though, while a second generation element (an Interpositive or a fine grain master positive) is acceptable in 4k, typically anything below that (inter negative, dupe neg, or a print) just doesn’t gain much if anything from the increased resolution.
Source: I’ve worked in film remastering for 6-7 years doing this exact process
35mm has a resolution of ~4-6k depending on its age (any future and you just enhance the grain structure). The best film element accessible would be the original camera/picture negative, utilizing digital scanners typically the negative would be scanned in 4k 16bit resolution and then digitally restored and color corrected. That’s how you can get older films to look as good as new.
It depends wildly on the element though, while a second generation element (an Interpositive or a fine grain master positive) is acceptable in 4k, typically anything below that (inter negative, dupe neg, or a print) just doesn’t gain much if anything from the increased resolution.
Source: I’ve worked in film remastering for 6-7 years doing this exact process
Older movies were shot on 35mm or 70mm film. Film is analog, so we can scan it at any resolution that we like.
Older movies were shot on 35mm or 70mm film. Film is analog, so we can scan it at any resolution that we like.
They were shot on film. It’s analogue. They can render those frames at thousands of pixels. When you record something digitally, you’re only recording the pixels the camera supports. You can’t make more pixels, which is why “old” digital footage looks bad on better quality displays.
They were shot on film. It’s analogue. They can render those frames at thousands of pixels. When you record something digitally, you’re only recording the pixels the camera supports. You can’t make more pixels, which is why “old” digital footage looks bad on better quality displays.
Wow did not expect this to blow up like it did.. thanks for all the great answers 🙂
Wow did not expect this to blow up like it did.. thanks for all the great answers 🙂
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