That may happen for electronic editing, but when the prints are made, you still HAVE to start with the negative. It's one of the reasons that electronic editing hasn't really lowered total costs, since for most countries, the prints are still film. John Willkie -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Doug McDonald Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 8:46 AM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20040921 Twang's Tuesday Tribune (Mark's Monday Memo) > - The original camera negative is treated like gold, NOBODY > gets their hands on it. These days, I would have thought that the original negative would be run ... once ... through the very best in scanners, and all the rest done digitally. It isn't? At least for prestige movies. Doug McDonald ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.