Check out DaVinci Resolve from Blackmagic Design. It is free for the base version. The premium version (which is not expensive) has tools for 3D motion tracking but you probably won't need those. BMD are a truly great organisation and on a mission to make video tools and hardware affordable for everyone.
Resolve can certainly do colour correction and exposure fixes. It is similar in some ways to a video editor like Final Cut but also has features like the Apple Motion app and Adobe After Effects. I didn't realise how powerful the restoration tools are until I searched just now. There's an interesting video about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktu4WfjYoV0 The best 8mm scans I have seen were by Filmfabriek (https://filmfabriek.nl) who make a really affordable (by comparison) scanner. Not absolutely cheap at around 10K Euros (or thereabouts) but much cheaper than all the others. Film should be scanned at the correct frame rate, using progressive mode. An 8mm frame is very small though and since you cannot scan finer than the film grain there are resolution limits. Film & video are not the same thing. The frame rates for film are different to video and you might have to deal with something called 'Pull Down' which inserts extra frames of film to get the frame rate back to what the video needs. The range of possible colours (the gamut) is also different and there are colours that film can capture that video cannot display and vice versa. I don't think have reached the bottom of the rabbit hole yet ;-) On Friday, 6 December 2024 at 15:56:48 UTC Martin wrote: > Can I ask for advice and opinion on the best software to enhance old video > clips, such as those taken from VHS or 8mm video clips? > > Thanks > > Martin > > Martin Bruton > > On Fri, 6 Dec 2024 at 11:13, Cliff Wootton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good to see a discussion on this topic and its all sound advice. I'd like >> to add some input but it's a a bit lengthy and complex so I thought I'd ask >> first. Do you want to do a deep dive into the rabbit hole? >> >> On Thursday, 5 December 2024 at 22:27:54 UTC Steve Davies wrote: >> >>> Thanks Sam, that’s encouraging to hear. >>> Steve. >>> >>> >>> On 5 Dec 2024, at 22:20, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> 162MB is about right for a 720p video using h.265 at mid to low quality >>> (depending on the duration of course) >>> >>> I've just compressed a 5min 1080p clip of one of my gigs using h.265 and >>> it’s come out at 280MB, the quality’s excellent (can’t say the same for the >>> material) >>> *_* >>> >>> Regards >>> Sam Mullen >>> >>> +44 (0)7747778022 <//+447747778022> >>> [email protected] >>> www.macambulance.com >>> [image: MacAmbulance] MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC >>> Support and Web Development >>> >>> MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, >>> registration number 8466597 >>> >>> This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may >>> contain privileged or confidential information. >>> >>> If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and >>> delete the email immediately. >>> >>> On 5 Dec 2024, at 22:09, 'Steve Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Sam, >>> >>> The source was an old DVD at 720p, so I used 720 rather than 1080 >>> >>> Steve. >>> >>> On 5 Dec 2024, at 22:04, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Did you encode it as 1080p or 2160p? What was the source video >>> resolution? >>> *_* >>> >>> Regards >>> Sam Mullen >>> >>> +44 (0)7747778022 <//+447747778022> >>> [email protected] >>> www.macambulance.com >>> [image: MacAmbulance] MacAmbulance Ltd. 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