How to improve digitized video? I have recently digitized my old family Kodak Super 8 reels using a Wolverine Film2digital Movie Maker. The results are ok, but some are pretty fuzzy...

genocolo Loc: Vail and Gasparilla Island

I have recently digitized my old family Kodak Super 8 reels using a Wolverine Film2digital Movie Maker. The results are ok, but some are pretty fuzzy and the colors are not great. Any suggestions for improving the videos in pp? What programs do you recommend? Any other advice?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

ClarkG Loc: Southern Indiana USA

Sorry, but Don’t use Wolverine brand! I bought one of those and found that they made the Contrast way too high. Washed out the whites and blackened all the grays. They have NO adjustments you can make while scanning. I returned it because of unsatisfactory results.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

genocolo wrote:

I have recently digitized my old family Kodak Super 8 reels using a Wolverine Film2digital Movie Maker. The results are ok, but some are pretty fuzzy and the colors are not great. Any suggestions for improving the videos in pp? What programs do you recommend? Any other advice?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Don't use crap like the Wolverine!!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

genocolo wrote:

I have recently digitized my old family Kodak Super 8 reels using a Wolverine Film2digital Movie Maker. The results are ok, but some are pretty fuzzy and the colors are not great. Any suggestions for improving the videos in pp? What programs do you recommend? Any other advice?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

A video editing program can make improvements. My son uses PowerDirector.

ggab Loc: ?

genocolo wrote:

I have recently digitized my old family Kodak Super 8 reels using a Wolverine Film2digital Movie Maker. The results are ok, but some are pretty fuzzy and the colors are not great. Any suggestions for improving the videos in pp? What programs do you recommend? Any other advice?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

I use Wondershare Filmora9.

https://filmora.wondershare.com/video-editor/

CPR Loc: Nature Coast of Florida

I use Photoshop for video. You can apply most all of the filters to the video. It won't be perfect but certainly improved. I recovered a short video that was stealth recorded in a dark area at a birthday party and it was viewable. (Nothing bad - just son dancing with 90+ yo grandmother)

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

CPR wrote:

I use Photoshop for video. You can apply most all of the filters to the video. It won't be perfect but certainly improved. I recovered a short video that was stealth recorded in a dark area at a birthday party and it was viewable. (Nothing bad - just son dancing with 90+ yo grandmother)

I use Photoshop as well. Does a good job of stitching several videos together. Can make most adjustments available in Photoshop and add audio as well.

ggab Loc: ?

ClarkG wrote:

Sorry, but Don’t use Wolverine brand! I bought one of those and found that they made the Contrast way too high. Washed out the whites and blackened all the grays. They have NO adjustments you can make while scanning. I returned it because of unsatisfactory results.

What is a better solution?
I also have old super8 and 8mm movies I would like to digitize.
Thanks

genocolo Loc: Vail and Gasparilla Island

Wolverine at least let me digitize about fifty reels at an economical price compared to commercial service’s rather expensive price. Now I know what is on the reels and may take the more important ones to a commercial service to see if it does a better job.

art pear Loc: North Dakota

Lumetri in PP would be a good place to start.

Stardust Loc: Central Illinois

A> I have had better results projecting old movies on a flat, white wall (or my 5'x5' screen), drop contrast down a notch, mounting camera on tripod right over projector for same plane.
B> I use PowerDirector v17 for all my video work and it has tons of tools to correct video sharpness, contrast, color, saturation, speed, etc. If you can get yours hands on an older version you can upgrade fairly cheaply.