14-03-2021, 12:14 PM
Yes, there are several sides to the colouring of B & W photographs e.g. some people want them to look like contemporary pictures, all of which have tonal graduations and a "look" of the time; others want them as if taken today. About ten hours of detailed handwork on a simple picture gives a result appearing 95% authentic, but my conversions are based on an automatic system that takes away 80% of the struggle. This is followed by around 30 to 60 minutes worth of detailing by hand to improve colour balance and hide some of the AI-induced "artifacts". The result, happily, is usually more like a colour shot from the late 1930s than something taken today (colour film as we know it today being introduced by Kodak and Agfa in 1936/37).