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Originally Posted by PatrickMcCart

I'd like to announce my new company, Fable Movies. We're more than happy to present alternate versions of films in glorious black and white. Our grayscale artists have made every effort to match the equivalent shades of black and white to match all the colors of the rainbow. We have also conformed all projects we are working on to the classic 1.33:1 standard aspect ratio. We're sure that the filmmakers would have made their films the way we're making them look, not to mention being proud of our work!

Some of our projects in the pipeline:

The Wizard of Oz

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5841/ozfmfy7.jpg

Classic.
Our enhanced edition features Dorothy, Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion as they follow the Ash Grey Brick Road to the Silver City.

Slate Gray Velvet

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/8716/bvfmpx0.jpg

Thanks to our innovative color deprocessing system and expertise in reframing, avant-garde film fans can appreciate David Lynch's 1980s classic in a new way. Here, fans can get a better look at the drapery and Dean Stockwell's suave jacket arm, while leaving his actual face out for dramatic effect.

Lawrence of Arabia

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/574/loafley3.jpg

I've always felt that David Lean's Oscar-winning film would be more interesting without all those blues and tans cluttering up the image. Not to mention that ridiculously wide frame that simply doesn't fit on televisions well. For that great shot in the desert at the well, we can finally allow Lawrence's guide to get more deserved screen time. And those camels, too.

Classic!

Ok...

What about a film publicity still, instead of a film frame?

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9...ncolor5ao7.jpg
http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9...7b7df91287.jpg

Dude, please stop and talk about DVDs.

I've not been here for *ages* and the first thing I look at is this thread. It's like an old friend. In another dimension. A truly bonkers dimension.

Max Steiner's score for She has just been completely re-recorded by William Stromberg and the Moscow Symphony Orchestra (http://www.screenarchives.com/title_...fm?ID=10006#):

http://www.screenarchives.com/gifs/large/10006.gif

Sample selections: http://www.screenarchives.com/flash_...06&pheight=184

3D convertion for motion film will be available zoom.

Would you like to watch Star Wars in 3D?

http://www.moviecritic.com.au/images...lar-poster.jpg (Use crossed eyes technic to see)

After polêmic of color convertion of old film, Legend Films will develop a software to allow 3D convertion of films. Even actual afims or films from 80's, which directors are most alive, could be converted to 3D. I bet James Cameron will convert the Terminator series.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...03849719&imw=Y

What sounds difficult to believe, is that actual computer algorithm technologies can be able to to that in a viable economic way.
3D convertion already exists for photograph, but it's very difficult and hark-working, since require not just the segmantation off all objects, but also change the sahpe according a different virtual camera angle. Sometimes require even to reconstruct bits and pieces of image objects. It's need complete 3D estimationm of objects in turn to be able to alter the sahape to a different angle.

I bet it will be very expansive, almost like the cost of FX for a modern hollywood film. Colorization, at least barry's technology, it's not expansive, since take less than 50.000 dolar for a two hours film
Hey, Baracine, now yoiu will ask Barry for a modern colorized version of the 1933 King Kong, and in 3D
Some patterns or textures, specially in close camera angles, are just too difficult. Imagine a transparent clothes near the camera. How to isolate a objetc that is transparent, from the background that we see through that????? Seens just too difficult to a porpose of motion picture.

George Lucas plans to convert all Star Wars films to 3D, but I don't know if the comapny will be Legend Films: http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2008/0...date-from.html
Well, you must remamber that I said once about colorization tecbhnology limitation to a 100% real look. One reasons I appointed was the lack of 3D estimation, since a object in a given environment would have color variations accoding the 3D shape. Most tools in colorization are based in 2d analizes, trying to use shadows and highlights to try to get a base of how apply the color in reasonable way. As results skin tones never was perfect, and situations with diferent light sources and fogs never looked perfect.

If Legend Films use this 3D technology (under development) to increase the veracity of colorization technology, I think colorization will became near perfect. But I suspect will increase the cost...
The remaining problems would be the filter used to photography in old B&W films, since sometimes they use red filters that turned the faces too bright, and as results in the color conversion, since co,orization don't alter the dark or bright tones, the colorized skin looked too bright. One funny example was the colorization of the Red Barrow airplane, for a documentary, since the old film footage was too bright for the airplane, and in the colorized resulted in a pink look, or "Pink Baron".