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The state of colorization in 2015? Tools? Tips?
I have a client who would like to colorize some old black and white ads for his store. I fully expected to find a far too expensive piece of software that would do it, and let him know how much it was, and he could decide whether it was worth it. However, I’ve been surprised to see that unless I’m missing something, there really isn’t an off-the-shelf product out there, at any price point. So.. I know in the past you could try to tediously do this in AE. I was curious whether the tools (trackers/mocha, etc.) or plugins have made the process any easier. Can anyone here chime in who may have tried this with AE? Thanks!
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One of the original companies (Legend 3D) that pioneered the digital colorization process uses mocha quite a lot for 2D-3D conversion. The challenge is very similar in that you have to “mask or isolate” everything on screen.
Certainly mocha AE or mocha Pro assists in this process – and will save a lot of time. But still every object on screen needs to be tracked and masked.
Ross Shain
Imagineer Systems
http://www.imagineersystems.com
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