Algosoft Tech, a leading supplier of automatic software solutions for the film and video industries, announces that the Korean Film Archive (KOFA) purchased VivaPro software recently and has begun using it for their restoration work. Algosoft Viva technology is very important to motion picture archives because up until now, digital restoration has only been practical […]
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VIVA Meets Big Film Archives
The Library of Congress has licensed Algosoft’s Viva All films deserve to be restored – not just famous ones. We believe, Viva technology is tailored for quality non-judgmental film/video restoration. Currently no other software is capable of doing digital film restoration work in an automated manner, at a quality anywhere near quality of Viva. Using […]
VIVA Removes Flicker from Metropolis
Paula Felix-Didiér, of the Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires, found a real treasure — a nearly complete print of one of the most sought-after missing films, Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece Metropolis. It was long assumed that Lang’s original cut was forever lost — but apparently one 35mm nitrate print made it to Argentina. This […]
One Button Restoration – Big Data Meets Media Archives
The new technology developed by Algosoft was presented at The Reel Thing 2015 by Mike Inchalik, Alexander Petukhov and Inna Kozlov. Abstract In our presentation we describe a new image processing technology developed for the digital restoration of deteriorated motion picture film and display our resulting images. After years of research, we have found a […]
VIVA at CANNES CLASSIC
Dobro Pozhalovat, Ili Postoronnim Vkhod Vospreshchen (Welcome or No Trespassing) by Elem Klimov (1964) after 2K scanning, sound and film restoration is presented at Cannes Classic Festival 2015. This famous film of Soviet Era was digitally restored with VIVA film restoration software by Krupny Plan. The challenging restoration of this classic film was well worth […]
Algosoft’s Solution for Polish Films
FixaFilm post production has licensed Algosoft’s VIVA to remove flicker from Polish feature films: “Ewa chce spać” 1958 “Jutro premiera” 1962 “Sztuka kochania” 1989 “Medium” 1985 There is a flicker removal demo on FixaFilm showcase (http://www.fixafilm.pl/en/restoration/).
VIVA Selected for Russian Classics
The well known in the restoration world Russian company “Close-Up” (“Крупный План”) turned to Algosoft for its restoration technology. Now Russia’s most classic films have been restoring with VIVA: Classic Russian Films 1 Caмогонщики/ Bootleggers (1961) 2 100г. для храбрости/100 Grams for Bravery (1976) 3 Пес Барбос и необычайный кросс/ Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross […]