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Posted by Steven J. Weller on 01/26/07 22:27
On Jan 25, 12:19 am, Zello Yello <Qua...@the.Sun> wrote:
> How Are Old Black-and-White Movies Colorized today?
>
> And Especially before there were computers...
A lot of good info - here's one more tidbit. There are two dye
processes for coloring B&W film (movies or stills) - tinting and
toning. Tinting involves an ordinary dte that colors the clear (white)
part of the image, toning replaces the silver (black) part of the image
with color. Used individually, they can provide some interesting
effects. Used together, like (say) a blue tone and a red tint, and you
can get a B&W image of a sunset over the ocean that looks almost like
it was shot in color. You can also get some really weird psychedlic
looks.
I once saw a short film that was shot in color for the daylight scenes
but where B&W was used for the night scenes. The B&W was toned with a
very cold blue, and the look was really surprisingly good. All of the
night stuff had been shot day for night but rather than underexposing
by a stop, it was exposed normally (but with all of the other DfN rules
followed) and then the whole thing got a blue tint.
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Steven
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