Hi Jihoon,
As mentioned, you can only obtain SD quality (72dpi) from the screen,
following which you have to up-res (re-sample) image to bring to
print-quality. There are a few techniques/tricks to doing this, but all
require some Photoshop tweaks/knowledge.
John Davis
From: FrameWorks
I'm not sure who is selling the S8 black leader these days, but I think
your idea of fogging the film might be better than using leader. I used
black leader as an element of a film once, and it caused a lot of problems
during projection because the leader is much thicker than film, so the
splices
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Dear frameworkers,
Anyone who can advise me how to obtain high-resolution (600dpi) screen
grabs from DVDs? I'm in preparation for my book manuscript and want to
include some frame grabs as its accompanied illustrations.
Perhaps someone who has obtained frame grab images for his/her publication
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Dear frameworkers,
I'm editing a super 8 film and looking for about 20 mins worth of black
leader. My best idea so far is to look for a large lot of outdated film,
fog it, and process it by hand as a negative. My question is whether anyone
knows of a supplier that might have such a thing on hand
Dear Jihoon Kim,
안녕하세요
DVDs are not high-resolution. You can only get
standard definition compressed screen grabs.
Moreover as a film distributor I advise you to
seek authorization and high quality stills from
the filmmakers or rights holders.
Good luck!
Pip Chodorov
(FrameWorks founder and
