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Now, here’s a daft sounding question. :o)
I’ve got an old photo from the 50’s that I need to restore. It’s a bit faded and has several orange-ish blotches, but this is basically a dust and scratches job.
The thing is, the photo has a slight discolouration. My instinctive reaction was, well, this was taken as a black and white shot, so any colour in there must be discolouration. But moving the saturation slider right down to zero makes the photo look a bit flat. There’s something not right, but I can’t quite put my finger on what it is.
So, my first question is, are black and white photos by definition all shades of grey, or do they actually have a hint of colour in them?
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I’ve got an old photo from the 50’s that I need to restore. It’s a bit faded and has several orange-ish blotches, but this is basically a dust and scratches job.
The thing is, the photo has a slight discolouration. My instinctive reaction was, well, this was taken as a black and white shot, so any colour in there must be discolouration. But moving the saturation slider right down to zero makes the photo look a bit flat. There’s something not right, but I can’t quite put my finger on what it is.
So, my first question is, are black and white photos by definition all shades of grey, or do they actually have a hint of colour in them?
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<a href="http://www.derekfountain.org/">Derek Fountain</a> on the web at http://www.derekfountain.org/
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