Chapter Eleven. Advanced VFX Techniques II: Beauty and Restoration VFX

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VFX is such a cool field because we regularly do “the impossible.” We can change the way things actually appeared in an original image, create perfection out of imperfection, and even turn back the hands of time. This chapter shows you how to do all of the above.

Just about anyone who’s seen an old black-and-white image has wondered, “What did the actual colors look like in this picture?” And no, the world wasn’t in black and white before color photography. This obvious question has led many motion picture companies to colorize famous old black-and-white movies. Colorization ...

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