Transfer 8 mm film to DVD on your Mac.
Though popular for many years, 8 mm film recorded years ago is now tedious to view and likely to be degrading in quality. To view and preserve 8 mm images, it is increasingly necessary to convert them to a digital format such as DVD. Though some of the charm of watching the old movies on their original format is lost, converting 8 mm film to DVD will protect the images and can be done easily at home with the help of your Mac computer.
Instructions
8 mm-to-Video Conversion
1. Set up your 8mm film projector on a flat, sturdy surface, and load the 8 mm film onto it.
2. Turn on your projector to allow it to project its frame of light, but do not run the film.
3. Set up your projection screen, and align the projected frame with the screen. Move the projector in and out to affect the size of the image. The closer the projector is to the screen, the smaller and clearer the image will be. Decide the size and quality combination you desire, then move on.
4. Set up a tripod next to the projector, and mount your video camera on it.
5. Peer through the viewfinder, and align its frame with the frame of the projected image.
6. Press record on the video camera to start the recording process, then turn the projector on to begin the 8 mm film projection.
7. Stop the projector upon the completion of the film, then halt the video recording.
Video-to-DVD Conversion
8. Plug your FireWire cable into your Mac FireWire port, then connect the other end to your video camera.
9. Turn on your video camera, and set its video playback setting.
10. Go to the application bar at the bottom or your Mac display, and click on your video editing program icon. There are numerous video-editing software options available, but to convert your video to DVD, you will not need a high level of software. If your video camera came with basic video-editing software, that should suffice.
11. Open your editing software, and click on the listing for your video camera. Click the capture button, and begin your video playback to record the video feed onto your hard drive.
12. Click and drag the captured video clips onto the timeline at the bottom of the screen. The timeline chronology runs from left to right, so if there are numerous clips, align them accordingly.
13. Place a recordable DVD into your DVD burner, and export your 8 mm footage to the DVD.
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