WetFrame

We specialize in WetFrame processing to reduce and even eliminate the visual effects of film scratches, surface debris and film base crystallization!

"The improvements in film ..readability.. are obvious, impressive and exciting."

.....Steve Yankee, Video Business Adviser

New Process Reduces, Even Eliminates Visual Effects of Scratches on Movie Film

Video producer Steven Martin has announced the development of a new, cost-effective "wet frame" film restoring process that dramatically reduces the visual effects of scratches and other damage to motion picture film. According to Martin, the new process, dubbed WetFrame, leaves film cleaner than when it first leaves the developing lab. In addition, it visually eliminates "film crystallization" -- that dirty snowflake-like appearance. "WetFrame should be of particular interest to filmmakers, historical organizations, libraries and video transfer labs," notes Martin, "anyone that is planning to transfer irreplaceable motion picture films to digital media, such as DVDs".

Steve Yankee, founder of the Video Business Advisor and a long-time supplier of film transfers comments "I looked at the before-and-after film clips supplied by Steven Martin, and I'm amazed at the difference. The improvements in film 'readability' are obvious, impressive and exciting."

WetFrame is a proprietary, seven-component chemical application. It can be a time consuming process, sometimes requiring multiple applications, depending upon condition of the film being treated. It was developed primarily to remove the effects of film crystallization---gray snowflake-like deterioration to the clear film base. Crystallization apparently forms due to an improper developing process. "It is unstoppable," says Martin, "but our new process renders it invisible. It also removes the visual effects of many scratches and cleans off most dust and other types of debris from the film surface." WetFrame gives results much like wet-gate processing; an expensive film treatment typically used by major motion picture companies when transferring their films to DVD. Now, consumers can obtain similar results for far less cost.

Some additional benefits:

• WetFrame removes a fair amount of debris that is imbedded into the emulsion--up until now, a fairly difficult task.
• Some forms of fungus are cleaned off significantly restoring the original brightness of the picture.
• Chemical residue from lab processing gets removed.
• Streaks from previous cleanings are rendered optically invisible.
• The process is safe for magnetic and optical sound films.
• There is a very slight increase in contrast and color saturation which actually improves the overall color tone of the film.

• The treatment lasts longer (months) than Wet-Gate which lasts only a fraction of a second.

See For Yourself!

The following is a 30 second clip of before and after the process. It is highly compressed for the internet so it doesn't contain quite the detail, but interesting anyway. It is viewable as a Flash Video. About 1/2 minute.

Crystallization no longer shows, no lines and most of the debris is gone!
Notice the significantly improved color tone, especially at the end.