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Old 15th November 2020, 22:24   #17  |  Link
johnmeyer
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For Super 8 and 8mm, you don't need to save at such high resolution. To convince yourself, try saving at 656x480 (square pixel) or 720x480 (0.9091 PAR) and compare 15-20 seconds of that with your higher resolution result. Zoom in and see if you can resolve details in one that you cannot resolve in the other. Remember, you are trying to resolve details and therefore should ignore the additional pixelization you will get at a lower resolution.

Fred has posted about this as well, and his recommendation has always been the same: you don't need HD resolutions when scanning 8mm or Super 8.

The lower resolutions will result in 4-10 times faster performance with these scripts. I generally get about 8-14 fps (depending on options enabled) on my 13-year-old Intel i7 computer running Windows XP.
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