Old slides, old films, VHS tapes - priceless family memories!

Those memories are now inaccessible. Do you have a working slide projector or film projector? A working VHS player that won't eat the tape? Neither do most people. The digital revolution has left many traditonal media technologies in the dust of the past.
We can convert your old photos, slides, films, and videos into current archival formats that can be shared with future generations!

Still Photos

We can digitize a wide variety of still photos in different formats, including:

35mm slides
35mm negatives
Photo prints of all sizes
Antique glass slides
Antique Daguerrotypes

We can also do professional digital restoration of severely damaged prints, AI enhancement of blurry or low-resolution prints, color correction of faded or red tinted photos, and advanced AI colorization of black & white prints.

Film & Video

Digital scanning of old motion picture film and professional transfer of analog and digital video formats, including

8mm & Super 8mm film
VHS & Super-VHS video
Consumer Beta video
BetaCam professional video
3/4" U-Matic professional video
Mini DV and DVcam video
Video8 and Hi-8 video

We can also handle archival quality, wet-gate transfer of old or damaged 16mm and 35mm motion picture film.

Audio Recordings

We can digitize and restore old audio recordings using state-of-the-art technology, including:

Reel-to-reel audio tape
Cassette tape
Vinyl disks
78 RPM records

Also digital restoration (including advanced noise reduction, equalization, etc) on existing digital audio files in CD quality. Professional audio conversion can be in high sample rate, 32-bit float format for highest quality.

We will care for your priceless family memories...
as if they were our own!

Please don't send your irreplaceable family memories off to some megamart that promises low prices and terrible service. We will care for your family heirlooms as if they were our own, and return them to you in better condition than we received them. 8mm and Super 8mmm films are carefully cleaned and spliced as needed; our digital scanner will not chew up aged and shrunk film as some projector sprockets will. If you are local, we will meet you personally to care for your photos, films, or tapes. If you are not in our area, contact us to ascertain the most secure way to get your materials to us - and back!

Professional digital conversion of your priceless heritage.

Our unique experience in archival preservation and digital restoration means that you will receive the highest quality digital versions of your heritage images, videos, or films. Our basic service includes careful inspection and cleaning of media, digitization, and delivery - either from the cloud, on USB memory stick, or on burned CD or DVD. From there, for important images, extensive expert restoration and enhancement services are available. Digital restoration of damaged prints, stabilization of shaky video or film, state-of-the-art AI enhancement of blurry or damaged pictures, AI-assisted colorization, even enhanced uprez of standard definition video to HD or 4K, are all available services. Contact us to discuss your needs!

Serving central North Carolina - and beyond!

For local service, we prefer to receive your priceless memories in person. However, for clients in other areas, we can also receive your videos, films, slides, or prints through a shipping service. Please contact us for recommended shipping methods.

Professional equipment, properly maintained.

Older home VCRs which have not been properly maintained are notorious for "eating" tapes - sometimes damaging them so badly they cannot be used. We use professional level equipment, serviced to a high standard. We maintain a collection of carefully maintained machines covering most major analog video, film, and audio formats - both professional and consumer.

Time Base Correction

Home VHS tapes often become "wavy" and develop tearing at the top, the result of slightly varying speed of the tape transport on playback. We use a profesional Digital Processing Systems ® time base corrector which digitally fixes the exact length of a each video scan line to reduce or eliminate the wavy vertical lines and tearing at the top. The TBC also regenerates a perfect sync signal for each frame, resulting in the cleanest digitization possible from your 25-35 year old tapes.

Advanced Color Correction

Film shot on the wrong settings? Faded prints, or red-tinted slides? While we can't do miracles, in many cases we can vastly improve the ravages of time. Colorization of black & white prints, uprez of low-resolution photos or video to high definition using the latest AI technology is also available. Archival artist hand restoration of damaged prints or paintings is also available.

Family Legacy Photo

PO Box 1042

Lewisville, NC 27023

USA

336-946-2080

Family Legacy Photo is a unit of Inspirata Films
Billing will be from Inspirata Films, LLC

Our prices are competitive with competing "big box" firms, but our service is much more personal and (we believe) higher quality. Each job is as unique as the life memories that are preserved, and we will provide the exact service you need that fits with your budget. Email us for more information!