voitek Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Original black and white photo and source:https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/04/world-war-i-in-photos-soldiers-and-civilians/507329/ Jangbu, Zolive, stokerg and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 nice job Quote Affinity Designer 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Affinity Photo 2.2.2075 beta 2.3.1.2212Affinity Publisher 2.2.2075 & beta 2.3.1.2212 Windows 11 Pro Version 22H2 OS build 22621.1928 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GHz Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable) System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalfingerAndrew Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Great job!!!! How are these images done? Do you just paint colour over the image with the layer set to a blend mode? Quote Andrew Salfinger Made by Campfire - Graphic Designer W: www.madebycampfire.comE: hello@madebycampfire.comT: https://twitter.com/madebycampfire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voitek Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 On 3.02.2018 at 4:03 AM, shizumiaoki said: Great job!!!! How are these images done? Do you just paint colour over the image with the layer set to a blend mode? Mostly filling a layer with a color, setting a layer blend mode and painting the mask white in desired areas. It's not difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voitek Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 Original: Ros, DSNet and stokerg 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voitek Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 DSNet, GarryP, firstdefence and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DSNet Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 While I love the original black and white photos , your colourising technique brings them to life. I'm very impressed by the way the French soldiers leap out of history to become actual characters, and the blue uniforms,medals, leather holsters and belts, and helmets really tell a story. I'm inspired to take a new look at some of my family archives. I don't think I'll manage the flesh tones as well as you though. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 On 2/2/2018 at 11:27 PM, voitek said: Original black and white photo and source:https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2014/04/world-war-i-in-photos-soldiers-and-civilians/507329/ If I didn't know any better, I would say that this was still from an upcoming film, which has been processed to age it and then desaturated to resemble a historic photo. Great original, hard to imagine it was taken in 1916 and not 2016. You have an amazing talent. Genealogy sites need this magic. peter Quote MacBook pro, 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB, OS X 10.11.6 http://www.pinterest.com/peter2111 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ros Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Really good job. Quote http://jjros.dribbble.com https://www.instagram.com/rosvectors/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voitek Posted June 17, 2018 Author Share Posted June 17, 2018 Source stokerg and Wosven 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voitek Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 Source: https://allthatsinteresting.com/spanish-civil-war-photos#5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I've just found out that the BBC - in the UK - are transmitting the documentary film "They Shall Not Grow Old" by Peter Jackson (the "Lord of The Rings" one) this Saturday (2nd Feb 2019). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Shall_Not_Grow_Old His team took 100 hours of archive video from the Imperial War Museum and restored it to the correct speed, removed all kinds of problems and recoloured it, and it looks fantastic from the little I've seen. I'd say it was well worth an hour and a half of anyone's time if they're interested in this sort of thing. PaulEC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEC Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Apparently they also used lip readers to find out what the soldiers were saying! - I saw it when it was first shown on TV and can highly recommend it. (I only wish I'd seen it in 3D in the cinema!) Quote Acer XC-895 : Core i5-10400 Hexa-core 2.90 GHz : 32GB RAM : Intel UHD Graphics 630 : Windows 10 Home Affinity Publisher 2 : Affinity Photo 2 : Affinity Designer 2 : (latest release versions) on desktop and iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I missed it in November and I would have liked to see the 'making of' that was also shown. It would be really interesting to see how they restored just a few seconds of footage. What processes did they use? What analogue equipment was used? What computer hardware did they use? What software did they use? What were the harder bits to do? Was anything impossible and what was the 'Plan B' if that happened? Etc. Etc. We very rarely get to see experts do their thing on TV for any decent length of time. Watching someone who really knows what they're doing showing us what they do and why they do it the way they do it is often fascinating. (A series like "Handmade" but for technical work rather than 'arty stuff' would be nice.) Anyway, considering the kit, experience, skill and money the team must have had to hand I imagine the results are brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDPR-365024 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Slightly off topic: Peter Jackson's new project will be using similar restoration techniques as They Shall Not Grow Old GarryP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichS. Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Excellent work. I like doing this stuff too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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