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Daniel D. Teoli Jr.
Film Handler

Posts: 55
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Aug 2017

posted August 28, 2017 04:42 PM

I decided to see what sort of BW could be made from a faded color movie. I downloaded a sample of a faded movie I found online of a 16mm film that was projected on a wall. Seems that a faded color movie can be turned into a decent BW film.

https://danieldteolijrarchivalcollection.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/turning-faded-color-movies-into-glorious-black-and-white/

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Bryan Chernick
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Bothell, WA, USA
Registered: Mar 2010

posted August 31, 2017 02:16 PM

So the next step is to figure out how to chemically alter the actual film to make it black and white.

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Winbert Hutahaean
Film God

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From: Nouméa, New Caledonia
Registered: Jun 2003

posted August 31, 2017 02:59 PM

I don't quite get your article Daniel. As far as I know all movie maker software can turn any type of color to B/W and later we render it to make it a full B/W film.

So what is the surprise here?

Cheers,

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Winbert

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Brian Fretwell
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: London, UK
Registered: Jun 2014

posted September 01, 2017 02:05 AM

I would think the surprise is how good the B&W image is, compared with the tonal range of the faded colour one.

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