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Photo by Henri Cartier Bresson Digital Colorization by Abby Chang
Chinese History Colorized by the Digital Media Class
This year, the Digital Media Class digitally colorized b / w historical photos in China taken by famous French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson between 1948-1958. They used a free open source program called GIMP to complete the task.
To accurately reproduce colors from that time, the students researched costumes, fabrics, and materials from this era. Next, they sampled their chosen images to digitally paint their black and white photos. They had to paint every pixel in their photos painstakingly, and they even had to paint light and shadow coloration that matched the environment in which their photo was taken.
This project was completed in three classes with
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extra time put in for homework. On average, each student took between 8-12 hours on their project.
This kind of work requires advanced editing skills along with keen attention to detail. I was very impressed with the final projects that looked on par with professional colorized images I’ ve seen in published works.”
-Mr. Robert Van West, Digital Media