This thread is for colourists working one frame at a time. It is time consuming, but good photo realism can be created quickly using advanced photo editing software such as Adobe Photoshop which allows some dexterity.
Rotoscoping is still at its infancy, but by using an array of bezier b-spline masks and several colourising layers affecting the image portion a different way up to three colours can be superinposed over the area and the luma value can do the hard work.
...now on which layer did I have actor 4's tie?.......
Creating 'flash-style' comic-book footage to plug the gaps where footage is missing.
Using existing monochrome footage as source material to create fresh colour footage.
| A comprehensive colour mixing guide is available on Enchanted Learning's site. |
| Matthew Bennett's dissertation discussing the techniques of colourisation comparing onion skinning and rotoscoping techniques is now available. |
| US4606625: Method for colorizing black and white footage |
| Museum of Broadcast Communicataions - article on Colorization. |
| IMDB's entry on colourisation. |
| Museum of Broadcast Commuincations - Abstract: Ted Turner U.S. Media Mogul. |
| Wikipedia's article on film coloursation. |
| Howstuffworks: How do they color old black-and-white movies? |
| Queen Mary Vision Laboratory at Queen Mary Univeristy of London. |