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filmy wrote on 12/19/2005, 9:04 AM
Not that helps with a preset but the Aviator used a digital 2 & 3 strip process to replecate the technicolor look.

Not sure 100% of everything involved but they used After Effects and Photoshop. Black and white images were used and than overlayed with cyan, magenta and yellow filters. That was molded into a filter that could be applied in AE and that matched a setting used for the DI that was done over at Technicolor. In other words it isn't something that is as easy as a preset in Bullet.

Examples:

Original: Aviator - cam orginal

3 Stripe - Aviator final
Chienworks wrote on 12/19/2005, 9:16 AM
"Forbidden. You don't have permission to access /magazine/jan05/aviator/images/image15.jpg on this server."

Need to flip a permission bit somewhere?
techman05 wrote on 12/19/2005, 9:27 AM
Ok, I think I get what your saying, but isn't there a way, in Vegas 6, to make the blues bluer, the greens greener, and the reds redder?
Chienworks wrote on 12/19/2005, 9:55 AM
Try the HSL (Hue Saturation Lightness) filter and increase the saturation ... slightly.
JJKizak wrote on 12/19/2005, 10:01 AM
In my opinion I don't think you could "jammo-jammo" the intense saturation of the old three part technicolor process into today's TV standards. Although you might be able to come close. Some of the old musicals show up pretty well if your tv is cookin.

JJK
Spot|DSE wrote on 12/19/2005, 10:03 AM
You can come pretty close. David Jimerson has done an outstanding job with this.
A blend of multiple curves, wide secondary, and HSL will do some serious wonders.
Coursedesign wrote on 12/19/2005, 10:49 AM
If you are deeeeeply serious about this, see this VFXTalk post.

Note that you don't need to use the same tools used for the post on this film, it's mostly about expressions.

Just be glad you're not shooting three strip Technicolor today:

The camera used for "The Wizard of Oz" weighed 175 lbs. Of course you couldn't actually use it at that modest weight, as all those sprockets inside made sound recording impossible anywhere nearby. So a blimp had to be added, for a total working weight of 550 lbs...

And the DP was not allowed to get too close to the camera, that was for Technicolor company technicians only, in order to keep their technology secret...

Lots of light was needed, because the film sensitivity was a whopping 8 ASA (compared with 200-500 ASA for the most popular motion picture film stocks today).

To make projection prints, they had to make one "matrix" at a time from the edited final version, each matrix good for 10 projection prints before it was worn out...

Thanks, but no thanks. :O)

Having said that, I still think the movie theater experience of seeing three strip IB Technicolor surpasses that of the latest 2K at least. It has a three-dimensional quality that is subjectively "intoxicating." If you get a chance to see this in real life, go for it!

The American Cinematheque in Hollywood has 70mm IB Technicolor festivals every now and then, worth even a trip IMHO.

techman05 wrote on 12/20/2005, 7:46 AM
Alright, thanks guys.