From: Mark Toscano (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Apr 12 2005 - 22:09:29 PDT
For what it's worth, Titra has said that they decided
to stop doing 16mm laser titling because their
equipment was starting to damage prints during the
titling. My understanding is that it's too costly or
funky or esoteric to fix or replace.
MT
--- Christine Khalafian <email suppressed> wrote:
> I got my 16mm laser subtitling done at LVT Paris.
> they are cheaper than the one
> in Germany. make sure you are aware of the font they
> use etc.
>
> try: www.lvt.fr
> contact: Claude Dupuy
> email suppressed
>
> Titra in the US is still capable of doing it...they
> just chose to cut out
> anything related to 16mm post-production like
> everyone else. it's miserable.
>
> christine Khalafian
>
>
> Quoting Mark Toscano <email suppressed>:
>
> > Howdy folks -
> >
> > Prompted by a call from Gibbs Chapman, I looked a
> bit
> > into the 16mm laser subtitling issue, and
> apparently
> > the one place that was still doing it in the U.S.,
> > Titra, is now NO LONGER DOING 16MM LASER
> SUBTITLES.
> > To some of you, including Gibbs, this is maybe old
> > news.
> >
> > We ran into this issue recently with a time
> sensitive
> > project, needing to subtitle a new print of a
> Marshall
> > Plan film from Germany, and ended up having to
> > transfer it to digital, do the subtitles in the
> > computer, and output it to digibeta for screening
> this
> > wednesday.
> >
> > Gibbs thought some place in Australia was still
> doing
> > it, and Titra told us they thought Titra-Paris
> might
> > still be doing it, but I haven't checked yet.
> >
> > Creating subtitles on an additional film printing
> roll
> > is certainly doable, but as someone else suggested
> > already, you may likely sacrifice picture quality
> in
> > your prints as a result... The entire C-roll for
> > Nelson's Bleu Shut is just the superimposed clock
> in
> > the upper-right corner, and the prints look fine,
> but
> > maybe today's stocks may not be as forgiving due
> to
> > increased sharpness...?
> >
> > Mark T
> >
> > --- ev petrol <email suppressed> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've a 25 min 16mm flick that needs subtitling -
> any
> > > advice on how to go about it? laser / abc
> rolling /
> > > optix ... anyone have good/bad experience to
> share?
> > >
> > > thanks! moira t
> > >
> > >
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