DIY Editing of Your Material - Take Complete Control!
Due to the huge increase in customers looking to take greater control over their material, we are often asked for an additional edit friendly version.

To assist those customers aiming to go down this road, we have produced a free guide to editing which our customers have found both useful and time saving!

In most cases, and especially in the case a cine film transfer, people are keen to perform simple tasks such as the re-ordering of their material and the removal of unwanted elements. If you request for an edit friendly version to be supplied, you'll be able to perform these tasks and many more besides once you've enjoyed the benefits of our telecine services. We can even supply your with our very own edit decision lists which are forms designed to make your life easier at the editing stage. See below for a list of the common edit friendly file formats that we offer.

Mini DV (Best Quality & Most Economical Format for Editing - Max One Hr per Mini DV)
Considered by many to be an ideally suited format, in addition to your cine to dvd transfer, an additional Mini DV copy provides an economical but highest quality solution which is simple to import into your PC after the cine to dvd transfer. You'll just need access to an everyday Mini DV camcorder from which you can output your film to an AVI file. For those after a quality finish, the golden rule to edit in best quality format initially and then distil to a more compressed format such as mpeg2 to make your dvd thereafter.

AVI File (PC - Easy to Use for Editing - Price Per DVD, Max 15 mins Each) As above but this obviates the need for employing a Mini DV camcorder to capture the files. Here you simply load the videos files onto your PC via our discs. Alternatively, for an additional cost, we can make your life even simpler by providing your files on an external hard drive.

MPEG2 Files (PC/Mac - Price Per DVD, Max 15 mins Each) In the hiarachy of video files, these are more compressed than avi files and hence smaller in size. They also obviate the need for employing a camcorder to capture the files. Here you simply load the videos files onto your PC via our discs. Alternatively, for an additional cost, we can make your life even simpler by providing your files on an external hard drive.

DV Files (MAC - Easy to Use for Editing - Price Per DVD, Max 15 mins Each)
As per AVI files above and also this obviates the need for employing a Mini DV camcorder to capture the files. Here you simply load the videos files onto your PC via our discs. Alternatively, for an additional cost, we can make your life even simpler by providing your files on an external hard drive.

Editing Queries:

Studio: 9, Goldstone Way, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 7PA.
Phone (0044) (0)1273 236630
E-mail for post super 8 to dvd and cine to dvd transfers: info@supaphoto.com
Office Hours: 8.30am to 6pm Monday to Saturday.