Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/10/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very interesting. Looks like Kodachrome to me. Worth experimenting a bit. TFS Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 5:05 AM Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I am at my father-in-law's so I get to play around with the latest > versions of PS and LR. I am still using CS6 and LR6. Not sure if > anyone noticed the new neural filters that have been added a while > back. One of them is colorize. With one click it will take a B&W and > turn it into color. I thought I'd give it a try. I just did the one > click thing and did not play around much with the adjustments, and I > accepted what it did without choosing if I was satisfied or not. I > think that if you say that maybe it will try again and maybe learn what > you like. Maybe a different experiment later. > > Since all his shots are color, I downloaded a few B&W shots from the > internet and gave it a try. The first one is a famous Ansel Adams shot > in Yosemite from Tunnel view. > > untitled-2-3 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2-3.jpg.html> > > untitled-2-4 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2-4.jpg.html> > > Not bad. This one I did lower the contrast. > > Next a Grand Canyon shot > > untitled-2 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2.jpg.html> > > untitled-2-2 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2-2.jpg.html> I > did play with this a small amount. > > So I said, what about people? Here is a market shot. > > untitled-2-5 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2-5.jpg.html> > > untitled-2-6 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2-6.jpg.html> > > My wife said how did it know she was in a blue coat? Of course, it did > not, but make some kind of choice. So, I though I would try something > else. > > I took a few of my father-in-law's photos and converted them to B&W and > then colorized them to see what PS chose to do and how close to reality > was it. Original color images are first followed by PS colorized versions > > My nephew had a gray outfit on and of course PS did not know it was gray > from the start. > > untitled-9808 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-9808.jpg.html> > > untitled-9808-Edit (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-9808-Edit.jpg.html > > > > Here we all are at Tunnel View in gray shirts. I wondered if they would > still be gray. They were but my sister-in-law's skirt was changed from > blue to some sort of red. > > untitled-0216 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-0216.jpg.html> > > untitled-0216-Edit (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-0216-Edit.jpg.html > > > > And finally what about a flamingo? Can PS get the feather colors correct? > > untitled-0288 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-0288.jpg.html> > > untitled-0288-Edit (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-0288-Edit.jpg.html > > > > So, you can draw your own conclusions. For me, I am amazed at what it > can do. Having done a bit of computer programming way back in the dark > ages, I am just blown away at the complex calculations that must be > going on. And if it is an original B&W with no reference for you to > compare, I think it did a pretty good job of making some plausible color > choices, and with some tweaking you might be able to make it look no so > much like faded Kodachrome but a new photo. > > Comments welcome > > Aram > > > -- > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? > James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information