Videotape Preservation and Transfer Service

Time is running out to save your camcorder tapes, photos, slides and negatives. Let us convert and transfer your camcorder tapes and videotapes to DVD or to digital files. We currently work with tape formats Video8, 8mm, Hi8, Digital8, VHS, VHS-C, MiniDV as well as MiniDVD discs. Do you already have a DVD of your family memories and need more copies? No problem--we can make DVD copies for you, or can even rip the video footage from the DVD and make digital files. All digital files can be sent to you over the internet, placed on hard drive or USB flash drive for your convenience. Video editing also available, as well as photo scanning, negative scanning and slide scanning. We specialize in mixed media project including your photos, video and music. Because videotape colors can fade over time, don't wait any longer--have us do custom video to dvd transfer of your important videotapes and camcorder tapes before it's too late. Custom media projects available on request. Our professional video to dvd transfer service will provide you with excellent results.

Your Memories Remembered

Pinnacle Studio 20 Ultimate

Pinnacle Studio 20 was just released and we purchased Pinnacle Studio 20 Ultimate to use with our video to dvd transfer service projects and video editing service projects. It's a very powerful program that allows us to import all types of our customers' videotapes, camcorder tapes, digital photos, digital video, and digital files in order to edit their family video footage, wedding video footage, business video footage, etc. Once our video editing service edits customers' video footage, we can then transfer the resulting video files to custom dvds, hard drives, flash drives, etc.

Included in this new version is motion tracking which allows our video editors to track moving objects onscreen and allows text, logos and graphics to follow the motion of the chosen object. It's very easy to use and we were quite impressed with the results.

Our favorite feature in the new version is the track transparency. It allows our video editing service to adjust the opacity of clips so we can overlay them and see multiple clips at the same time. It has a very professional look and is probably the feature that we will use most going forward.

Both the motion tracking and the track transparency features make Pinnacle Studio 20 Ultimate a great upgrade for video to dvd transfer service projects and video editing service projects.

Your Memories Remembered - desktop/laptop users

Your Memories Remembered - mobile users

Scripting a Video DVD Project

One of the best ways to create a perfect DVD keepsake using video footage, photos and text is to write a video script. For our customers, most will send us a variety of photographs (regular or digital--each numbered), family videotapes, and a written script. The script helps our video editors to give customers the exact DVD in the order that they want. After we scan any physical photographs, we follow the customer script.

A sample video dvd script looks like the following sample:

1. Place a title "Smith Family Memories"
2. Fade in to photo #27
3. Use the first 5 minutes of tape #3
4. Fade in to a title "Emily's Birth 1967"
5. Use the first 12 minutes of tape #1
Etc. etc.