1960 Technicolor/Eastman Color

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1960 Technicolor/Eastman Color

Posted by Cyrus Smith on June 13, 2011 at 11:52 am

Hi everyone. I have to match some HD footage to look like it was shot on film in late 50s early 60s, pretty much like “MYSTERIOUS ISLAND” (1961), color by Eastman. I also did some Matte Shots and a little Harryhausen’s “superdynamation” homage; then saturated green and yellow throug Channel Mixer and added grain (large grain picture + wiggler, not AE Add Grain plug in).

Result is still unconvincing due to the colors/saturation/sharpness

What I need to achieve is pretty like this Shane Hurlbut’s spot, at 00:15

https://vimeo.com/24840519

Can anyone help? Thanks!

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Walter Soyka replied 15 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 4 Replies
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Cyrus Smith
June 13, 2011 at 12:13 pm

the video doesn’t get embedded, here the link

http : //vimeo.com/24840519

Shane Hurlbut’s spot for Pirelli

00:15, technicolor-looking style.
Walter Soyka
June 13, 2011 at 12:31 pm

You could try Chris Wright’s Technicolor-look project (scroll to the bottom to find the latest release):

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/949362

Walter Soyka
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Cyrus Smith
June 14, 2011 at 9:13 am

Thanks, but I can’t handle that project from Chris Wright (I had already tried it) in CS4 ’cause some plug-in is missing, and I don’t really get how to use it as a “plug-in” to grade my footage. What I was looking for is a step by step description of the method to achieve the result, similar to 00:15 in the video of the previous post. Thanks!
Walter Soyka
June 15, 2011 at 3:13 pm

You could try ft-technicolor:
https://aescripts.com/ft-technicolor/

Or perhaps Magic Bullet Looks has a 3-strip preset.

Otherwise, Chris does explain in that thread how he built the effect, and that you can replace Color Finesse with Curves. This is not a plugin, effect, or preset — it’s a project file that you can import into your current project, then drop your footage into.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events

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