Swiss Effects GmbH
Swiss Effects provides services for video and motion picture film including special effects, scanning, printing, sound engineering and digital imaging. This comprehensive post production know-how will be extended by integrated services for archives, supporting them on their way to a digital and filmless future.
The core task of Swiss Effects as part of the interdisciplinary AFRESA development team are:
Design and implementation of the product specification, including the marketing and pricing strategy
Conceptual design of the AFRESA user interface
Co-design of the AFRESA reconstruction plug-ins
Application of the AFRESA software with regard to practical archival matters
Evaluation of film scanner hardware, to achieve a base for the evaluation of the newly designed AFRESA hardware
„The endeavor of Swiss Effects is to offer a complete and coherent service package for film archives containing the full variety of values from scanning, digital reconstruction up to the preparation of the film stocks for screening purposes and the digital archive“, Ruedi Schick, Swiss Effects Film GmbH
sondor Willy Hungerbuehler AG
Since its foundation in 1952 sondor has successfully established itself as an innovative manufacturer of professional equipment for studio, post-production and archival duties. Designed and manufactured exclusively in Zollikon (Switzerland), sondor products are in service with film facilities the world over. Starting out as a standard-setting dubbing equipment specialist, the company has progressively expanded its expertise into the field of film to video transfer technology. After its first telecine debuted in the early 1970's, sondor perfected the design of affordable film to video transfer machines, which is now represented by the ALTRA. Within the AFRESA Network, sondor ist designing a HD low-cost Telecine matching the demanding archival requirements and fully integrated with the AFRESA software environment. The new “Altra HD V12” Telecine offers reliable high performance film digitization combined with a minimum of mechanical and thermal stress for the source film material.