Film elements are scanned using high-end equipment (such as Lasergraphics or RetroScan scanners).
Located on the historic Warner Bros. Ranch lot—on the actual site where the original Termite Terrace once stood—the new Jones-Freleng Preservation Center is a climate-controlled, state-of-the-art vault. For decades, the original negatives for hundreds of shorts were stored in disparate salt mines and commercial storage units. The HQ Project has consolidated over 1,100 original shorts (from Sinkin’ in the Bathtub (1930) to Another Froggy Evening (1995)) into one location. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies HQ Project
The collection is immense, with the 2022 version exceeding 411 GB to accommodate uncompressed video and high-fidelity audio. Film elements are scanned using high-end equipment (such