Ah yes sorry I was thinking of digital projectors! I suppose the further they 
are away from the projection screen the less the divergence in angles. There 
must be some software to process video filmed at an angle, is there not a 
warping function in iMovie?

Regards

Sam

                
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On 28 Jul 2014, at 09:12, David Ransom <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Sam,
> 
> Thanks for your reply. My projectors are quite old, two Eumigs (Standard 8 
> built like a tank, and Dual Super 8 and Standard 8) and an Elmo (Super 8 
> only). I don't think there is anything so sophisticated as a keystoning 
> setting sadly.
> 
> When I copied films in the past, both the projector and camera were at slight 
> angles.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> David
> 
> 
> On 28 July 2014 08:21, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi David
> 
> If you've got a decent projector, it should have a keystoning setting which 
> will distort the projection so you can project towards the card at an angle 
> but place the camera straight on.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Sam
> 
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> On 28 Jul 2014, at 08:18, David Ransom <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> I am about to begin copying a collection of old cine films (some dating back 
>> to the 1940s) using a method that I have been quite successful with in the 
>> past. This involves projecting the film onto a white card and producing an 
>> image about 12 cm wide. A video camera is then pointed at an angle at the 
>> projected image. So that it can be copied without obvious distortion (due to 
>> the angle), the projected image is cropped slightly.
>> 
>> I wondered if there is any software that can correct the distortion if I do 
>> not crop the projected image? This would need to be rather like the 
>> perspective filter in Photoshop, but with a movie file.
>> 
>> I'm doing it myself because all the services advertised seem to be either 
>> too expensive or not much different to my own system.
>> 
>> Does anyone on this list have any experience of a DIY method?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> David
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