To answer your question though, an out of line roller will make those same scratches. That's got to be a pretty badly aligned roller to do that though, so it should take no more than 2 seconds to find it.

The only other thing would be a projector loop scratch, but generally those are toward the middle of the picture and not on the edge.

Moving to FHF.

I thought loop scratches would be vertical, or the dots that rise up the screen.

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I have never seen or damaged a film with scratches by using the straight shot method, and I say "Poop on all those extra un-needed rollers!"

Yes, you might be limited to building up or tearing down on the center platter, but if you plan ahead, there should be no problem. On build up night, I always keep the center platter open for building up or tearing down.

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I've found it more common to cause those scratches during make-up, because most muts have that last roller adjustable to any heighth, and that's the one that has a tendency of working its way down if its not watched.

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That's usually what I associate the problem with, but I just wanted to see if there were other causes before I needlesly blame someone for it. Also, I never noticed these scratches when walking the booth, but they were quite noticeable today when I watched this particular movie. So either they were there but I did not see the before, or they are new, which would mean the cause was not building up incorrectly.

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