Video Restoration
Restoring old and damaged video and film, repairing defects while keeping the original character.
- Price
- From $45.00 per finished minute
- Free trial
- A 30-second cut from your own footage, no card, no commitment.
Part of Video Fixing & Optimization. How the work runs and what it costs across the family are set out in the video editing & production guide.
What Video Restoration covers
14 services under this heading. Each is priced for the work it actually involves rather than averaged into one rate.
Film Restoration
Full restoration of film scans: stabilization, cleanup, color recovery and grain management.
Priced per project
Noise Reduction
Reducing noise in old footage carefully, so it looks cleaner without losing its original character.
Priced per project
Frame Stabilization
Removing gate weave and jitter from scanned film and shaky archival footage.
Priced per project
Color Correction and Grading
Restoring faded or shifted color in old footage, bringing it back toward how it originally looked.
Priced per project
Upscaling and Resolution Enhancement
Upscaling archival footage to HD or 4K, with AI tools used carefully so faces and text are not invented.
Priced per project
Dust and Scratch Removal
Removing dust, scratches and dirt from archive film scans, keeping the original grain.
Priced per project
Frame Rate Conversion
Converting archival footage to a modern frame rate without making motion look too fast or jerky.
Priced per project
Aspect Ratio Correction
Fixing footage shown at the wrong aspect ratio, so people and objects no longer look stretched or squashed.
Priced per project
Restoration of Damaged Frames
Rebuilding damaged, torn or missing frames, using neighboring frames as a reference.
Priced per project
Film Colorization
Adding color to restored black-and-white footage, based on research into the original colors where available.
Priced per project
Grain and Texture Matching
Matching grain and texture between restored and untouched shots, so repaired footage blends in.
Priced per project
Artifact Removal
Removing defects from aging tape and film, such as dropouts, tracking errors and head-switching noise.
Priced per project
Visual Enhancement and Correction
General improvement of old footage, including brightness, contrast, sharpness and color, for modern screens.
Priced per project
Deinterlacing
High-quality deinterlacing of archival tape transfers, preserving motion and detail from the original recording.
Priced per project
Rates and common questions for this work are on the Video Editing & Production page.
How we approach this work
Articles from the journal, written by the people who do this work. More on this subject →
Video Editing Workflow: The Decisions That Matter
Learn the video editing workflow stages that matter, from verified ingest and proxies to rough cut, picture lock, finishing and clean delivery.
Video Editing & ProductionA Practical Guide to Audio Loudness Standards for Video
A phased playbook for hitting audio loudness targets in video: LUFS, true peak, loudness range, and separate masters for broadcast, streaming and social.
Video Editing & ProductionColor Grading, Done Properly
Six common color grading myths, from LUT-first workflows to uncalibrated screens and unchecked SDR versions, and the practice that replaces each one.
Video Restoration vs the alternatives
Side-by-side on price, turnaround and what you actually get back. Written for the decision rather than for us.
Frame Rate Conversion vs Video Restoration
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — frame rate conversion compared with video restoration.
Social Media Formatting vs Video Restoration
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — social media formatting compared with video restoration.
Video Cleanup & Noise Reduction vs Video Restoration
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — video cleanup & noise reduction compared with video restoration.
Video Format Conversion vs Video Restoration
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — video format conversion compared with video restoration.
Video Resizing vs Video Restoration
Which you need, what each costs, and when a project wants both — video resizing compared with video restoration.
Often combined with Video Restoration
The work that usually sits either side of this one. One team handles all of it, under one brief.
Rendering Fixing & Optimization
Fixing slow, noisy or broken renders and optimizing scenes so they render faster without losing quality.
Priced per project
Podcast Production
You record. We do everything after that.
From $165.00 per episode
Audio Post for Video
Everything the soundtrack of a video needs after the picture is locked: dialogue cleanup, sound effects, music, the fina...
Priced per project
Content Production
Researched, cited, and written by a named person.
From $0.45 per word
Conversion Rate Optimization
Research first. Testing without a hypothesis is just guessing slowly.
From $2,200.00 per engagement
3D Material Shader Optimization
Making materials and shaders render faster and use less memory, without visible loss of quality.
Priced per project
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