International Federation of Film Archives
dedicated to the preservation of and access to
the world's film heritage since 1938
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Organized/presented by: Adelheid Heftberger (host, Head of the CDC), Reto Kromer (presenter).Limited to 10 participants.Target group: Beginners welcome! Anyone interested in automatising workflows with ffmpeg within a film archive. A course for advanced users of ffmpeg is planned in 2023.Content: Practical examples will include converting, concatenating and integrating logos, watermarks and time codes. Prerequisite is the installation of ffmpeg and working in the command line.
Please use the form below to register for the Commissions' Thursday Workshops this autumn. No fee will be charged, but places will be limited, for reasons of participant comfort and interactivity between participants and speakers. Should there be more applicants and places available, a selection will have to be made by the organizers on the basis of the information contained in the form, so please fill it in as rigorously as possible. Note that submitting this completed form does not guarantee your participation in these workshops.
The deadline for submitting the online form is 31 October. Selected candidates will be notified by email by 7 November. They may have to submit some homework before the Workshop.
Please upload a photo of yourself (if possible in a square format), which will be added to the list of participants that will be distributed to all trainers and participants ahead of the event.
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