Retouch MP01GF01

Before and After

This retouch was intended only to reduce the cyan and magenta hues that dominated the video capture of a presentation of the filmstrip that MuseumPieces posted on YouTube 10/31/10.

No image repair was performed as the low resolution of the material didn't justify the time it would take. The scratches on frames 31-34 can be considered a bit of nostalgia toward the nature of the medium for now.

As no actual version of the filmstrip was available for reference, no serious attempt was made to shift the hue and saturation of the colors until they "looked right."  I did, however, bump up vibrance and contrast and added in some warmth throughout to compensate for any lost with the cyan and magenta operation.  I made the assumption that the lettering in frame 3 (sampled in this post) was white and used that as my gauge for balancing.

Steps I took on the retouch are briefed as follows.

COLOR

Selective Color Reduction

		cyan	magenta	yellow	black
	reds
	yellows
	greeens	-100%		-100%
	cyans	-100%		-100%
	blues		-80%
	magentas		-100%
	whites	-100%	-100%
	neutrals
	blacks				+20%

CONTRAST

Midtones Darker

Increase Contrast 3

COOLS AND WARMS BACK IN

Increase Vibrance +50 for cools

Warming Filter (85) at 25% density for warms

SHARPEN EDGES

Increase Sharpness - 40% with radius of 8 pixels, threshold 5

The same filters and settings were applied to each frame across the board. Photoshop 4.

For those interested in retouching on their own, the unretouched frames of my snapshot of MuseumPieces capture are here.