Dry Gates

Damaged material and unusual frame heights are common challenges for archive scanning. With an aperture that is not only wider, but also taller than a standard 35 mm or 16 mm, the gate has enough headroom to allow frames to be stabilized during or after scanning. Severely damaged film can be scanned with ease, as can non-standard film formats with unusually tall frame sizes.

Wet Gate system

Although digital restoration is becoming increasingly prominent in the archive world, heavily scratched film still presents big obstacles and can be expensive to repair digitally. By using a special liquid to conceal dust and scratches, the ARRISCAN XT Wet Gate system offers a solution that is more organic than digital retouching and far more honest to the original material.

Optical Sound Digitization

The Image to Sound Tools is a unique system designed for ARRISCAN XT to decode and digitize the optical sound on films. The package of specialized software extracts the optical soundtrack, and converts it into digital audio. Scanning parameters are usually selected for the image properties, so the system is equipped with a suite of tools that improves sound quality from scans.