Digitization for Film Archives — Assorted Complications

This brief publication (4 pages) mentions a variety of issues that may arise during film digitization projects. Topics include Scanning (tests, capture, expertise, metadata); Post-Scanning (playback issues, grading, qc); DPX files (header and channel issues, storage and size); Audio (workflow issues); and Output (access requirements).

This summary guideline is actually a sort of ‘alert’ list, alerting film archivists to potential problems and difficulties that occur and offering advice on how to deal with them. Its style is very to the point. It is most useful to those actually involved in the digitization process.