FAQ's

FAQ's
We keep it old-school, re-creating the glory days of cinema before digital projection was introduced
Can you print/process negative film?
No, our technology eliminates all stages involving expensive negative intermediates. No picture, sound or subtitle negatives are necessary and there is no need for colour matching. We print directly from a data source, straight onto positive film. Just supply us with your DCP, DPX, Pro-Res, or MPEG4. You can upload the content to our secure SFTP server or have it delivered to our premises. Please email cc@cpclondon.com for access details.
Can you print on 8mm, 16mm, 65mm/70mm?
No, we specialise in just 35mm film. For 8mm & 16mm services, we can refer you to our friends at on8mil.com for film scanning. We can then transfer your data to 35mm film.
What film stock do you print on?
We print on standard positive colour film stock, used by our major studio clients.
What are your turn-around times?
We can usually dispatch your prints up to 14 days after data has been received and checked successfully by our team, and payment received. Contact us if you require a faster turn-around.
Can you print Dolby surround-sound?
To enable us to strike a print with a Dolby Digital 5.1 track we need a Dolby printmaster. This is a file set in a proprietary Dolby format that is provided on a MOD disk or CF card, or delivered electronically. This file set is usually mastered in a Dolby certified studio and requires a Dolby consultant to be present during the re-recording session. A special device, which is called DMU (Dolby Mastering Unit), is used during this process.

Otherwise, if you can only provide 5.1 or 2.0 WAVs, we will print an analogue optical cyan track (Dolby SR). With this option, please note the following:

The optical soundtrack is an analogue medium, so the useable dynamic range for it is around 40 dB; reference dialogue level is –20 dbFS.
The maximum level that can be recorded without audible compression/distortion is at around –14…–12 dbFS (100% modulation).
The noise floor is at around –50 dbFS, but it depends on the alignment of the projector reader and its quality.
Dolby SR track usually carries two analogue channels (LtRt) encoded with Dolby SR. We convert 5.1 to LtRt and apply Dolby SR encoding in-house, but you can provide a pre-encoded track too.
Can you scan my film print?
We can scan prints back to digital to achieve the authentic 'film' look for your digital content. This is ideal for commercials, music videos, short films and more.
Can you print on Black & White film?
For now we can print black & white images on colour film stock. A great example of this would be our 35mm print of Mark Jenkin's BAFTA award-winning film 'BAIT'.

UPDATE FOR 2021: Our engineers are currently building a black & white film processor, which will allow us to print black & white images on true black & white film stock. Stay tuned for updates.
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We keep it old-school, re-creating the glory days of cinema before digital projection was introduced

No, we specialise in just 35mm film. For 8mm & 16mm services, we can refer you to our friends at on8mil.com for film scanning. We can then transfer your data to 35mm film.

We print on standard positive colour film stock, used by our major studio clients.

We can usually dispatch your prints up to 14 days after data has been received and checked successfully by our team, and payment received. Contact us if you require a faster turn-around.

Otherwise, if you can only provide 5.1 or 2.0 WAVs, we will print an analogue optical cyan track (Dolby SR). With this option, please note the following:

The optical soundtrack is an analogue medium, so the useable dynamic range for it is around 40 dB; reference dialogue level is –20 dbFS.

The maximum level that can be recorded without audible compression/distortion is at around –14…–12 dbFS (100% modulation).

The noise floor is at around –50 dbFS, but it depends on the alignment of the projector reader and its quality.

Dolby SR track usually carries two analogue channels (LtRt) encoded with Dolby SR. We convert 5.1 to LtRt and apply Dolby SR encoding in-house, but you can provide a pre-encoded track too.

We can scan prints back to digital to achieve the authentic 'film' look for your digital content. This is ideal for commercials, music videos, short films and more.

For now we can print black & white images on colour film stock. A great example of this would be our 35mm print of Mark Jenkin's BAFTA award-winning film 'BAIT'.

UPDATE FOR 2021: Our engineers are currently building a black & white film processor, which will allow us to print black & white images on true black & white film stock. Stay tuned for updates.

CONTACT US

Lets discuss your next project