Photo Colorizing Process Gives Incredibly Lifelike Results
Photo Colorizing Process Gives Incredibly Lifelike Results
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Interesting but the details from the original image are lost or distoted. Examples 1) The mole is suppressed, 2) the freckle of the left hair line is lost, 3) the upper two forehead wrinkles are lost and the most blatant foul up is 4) the right hand shirt collar is flesh colored not white.
I agree. This is an excellent “restoration” if your goal was a vanity restoration, but much of the original detail is lost. For a historically important photograph, that lost information is unacceptable.