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The Texas Archive of the Moving Image (TAMI) and the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) both use Lasergraphics film scanners.

The LasergraphicsScanStation is used by the University of Manitoba to digitize film for preservation and access.

The 8K association reviews the latest developments in film scanning technology at IBC 2025, including Lasergraphics' 65mmDirector 13K and 65mmScanStation.

New service offers museum-grade digitization of vintage 8mm and 16mm film using the industry's gold-standard Lasergraphics scanner.

Using a LasergraphicsScanStation, April Rodriguez and Joe Larsen digitize material for the Minnesota Historical Society's collection at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul on June 2.

Sophie Mayer works as a Media Preservationist in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin using the LasergraphicsScanStation.

Warner Bros. announced at NAB 2025 that it has scanned 20 films in 8K resolution − including the classic My Fair Lady shot in 65mm − using its LasergraphicsDirector 13K scanner.

Digital Orchard Group and Kodak Film Lab London unveil a ground-breaking scanning upgrade to their LasergraphicsScanStation, enhancing capabilities across all 65mm formats, including 5-perf, 8-perf, and 15-perf IMAX.

IMAX discusses how it generates 8K scans using itsDirector 13K 65mm scanner to be ready for the impeding adoption of 8K in theaters and in-home televisions.

With over 350,000 movies, 170,000 TV shows, and a staggering 27 million feet of newsreel footage (or about 600 million feet of film in total), the UCLA Film & Television Archive is one of the largest collections of original moving images in the world and uses the LasergraphicsScanStation to preserve these films.

Underground Vaults & Storage uses LasergraphicsScanStations to scan and store tens of millions of hours of film.

A copy of “The Heart of Lincoln”, a 1915 film thought to be lost forever, was found by an intern sifting through donated reels and scanned with the LasergraphicsScanStation so modern audiences can again enjoy this newly discovered treasure.

The National Security Research Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory utilizes theDirector to preserve the most important scientific and legacy films to support the laboratory's mission of enhancing national security.

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Virtual tour of the NSRC digitization facilities and capabilities

Antonio Rasura, Director of Motion Picture Labs & Services at Kodak discusses the modern 65mm film manufacturing and workflow, including Kodak's use of the Lasergraphics 65mmScanStation in their film lab.

Ohikkoshi (Moving) was awarded Best Restored Film at the Venice Biennial International Film Festival. The 1993 film was scanned on a LasergraphicsScanStation at the Qooop Post Production Studio in Japan.

Narcisa Hirsch was a pioneering experimental filmmaker in Argentina who started working in the 1970s with delicate mediums such as Super8 and 16mm film. The Filmoteca Narcisa Hirsch, which was established to safeguard her films, is working with the USC Digital Repository to digitize and preserve Hirsch's films for a new generation of filmmakers to learn from. Hirsch's films were scanned using the LasergraphicsArchivist.

Created from the 35mm original camera negative, the 4K resolution version of the movie was recreated on a LasergraphicsDirector film scanner, with the soundtrack also being remastered.

Concerned that the legacy of cinema was vanishing because of the instability of film stocks, Martin Scorsese, joined by other leading filmmakers, started a foundation to preserve motion pictures for future generations, including restoring classics in danger of disappearing forever. Many of these films were recently re-scanned using Lasergraphics film scanners.

Periscope Film owners just released a mini-documentary about the rescue of a large collection of old 16 mm celluloid films from the landfill. Films are digitized at 4K resolution using a LasergraphicsScanStation archival quality film scanner, and then the restoration fun begins.

Since the introduction of 4K UHD Blu-Ray in 2016, studios have been giving their most celebrated titles renewed life by rescanning a film with enhanced 4K resolution, new High Dynamic Range (HDR) color grades, and even remastered audio. Casablanca was recently restored by Burbank's Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging using the LasergraphicsDirector film scanner.

Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored is on a mission to restore the films of Max Fleischer from original prints and negatives. The team and restoration expert Steve Stanchfield at Blackhawk Films, a film scanning facility in Southern California, explains the restoration process using Lasergraphics film scanners.

This new digital transfer was created in 4K 16-bit resolution on a Lasergraphics film scanner from the 35 mm original camera negative. While Warner Bros. has treated Malcolm X well over the years, Criterion's 4K transfer is pretty spectacular.

“Two of the key benefits with film are its resolution and its dynamic range. Once we have that in the digital realm, we can then manipulate it to achieve the best result, but first we need to be able to capture the image from film at the best possible quality and this is where we found theDirector from Lasergraphics excelled.”

The classic Victor Fleming-directed film The Wizard of Oz, which was released by MGM in 1939 and won two of its six Academy Award nominations, has been beautifully restored by Burbank’s Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging using the LasergraphicsDirector film scanner.