Enhanced FLORODORA GIRL

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Enhanced FLORODORA GIRL

Post by drednm » Tue Sep 27, 2016 12:13 pm

Fooling around with the washed out color sequence in Marion Davies' The Florodora Girl (1930):

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Enhanced the greens and depth of color. Looks good to me.....
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Post by bobfells » Tue Sep 27, 2016 12:54 pm

drednm wrote:Fooling around with the washed out color sequence in Marion Davies' The Florodora Girl (1930):

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Enhanced the greens and depth of color. Looks good to me.....
Looks good to me too, Ed, but I would lighten it a tad.

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Post by drednm » Tue Sep 27, 2016 2:25 pm

looks better on big screen but yes could be lighter .... if I can keep the color
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Post by daveboz » Tue Sep 27, 2016 11:01 pm

Just fer laffs: Working from very low-res image already posted:
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Post by BixB » Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:21 am

Beautiful, Ed. Did you color correct the entire Technicolor sequence or just a frame?

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Post by drednm » Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:24 am

BixB wrote:Beautiful, Ed. Did you color correct the entire Technicolor sequence or just a frame?

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Whole thing. It always seemed a little washed out (as is often the case with early 2-strip color) but it runs a little dark. But ... I like it better than the washed out version. I can tinker with it more, just for my own amusement since it's a copyrighted film.
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Post by bobfells » Wed Sep 28, 2016 1:10 pm

Ed,

Is the software program you are using only good for adjusting colors in a film already in color? That's what I did with FOLLOW THRU. I wonder if there is software to add color to b/w films?

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Re: Enhanced FLORODORA GIRL

Post by drednm » Wed Sep 28, 2016 1:50 pm

I used a "filter" in Wondershare video editor. Same one I used for The Bride's Play. It's more of a tone than a tint since it mainatains blacks and whites. I applied same filter to Florodora and it added tones and enhanced color without an overall tint. I didn't go back to it since I'm on another project, but I think it can be adjusted.... I thought it was interesting applied to color.... even washed out color.
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