Film Identification

When inspecting historical film material, it is often necessary to determine the relevance of the elements found in the absence of documentation.

According to film identification pioneer Harold Brown, "A historical film element can only be fully understood if the recorded image, duplication status, emulsion type, and photographic quality are considered as a whole. This information forms an inseparable unit of information."

Advanced deciphering of the information on the film edges seems like alchemy to most people as they have no idea how many hardly visible details need to be considered in the process. Worldwide, there are only a few experts and they know that this is a highly complex science in itself.

Meanwhile, users expect AI to solve many of the difficult tasks in our world. Cube-Tec's pioneering team has recently invested several years in AI research to make the wealth of useful information hidden outside the image area accessible to users in simple forms. The pre-released Film Identification Wizard (watch the clip), the Edge Printing Inspection/Decrypter (watch the clip) and the Intertitle/Credits OCR Frame Reader (watch the clip) give a first glimpse of what is bubbling away in the Cube-Tec research labs and what INSPECTIONscan users can expect soon.