Recent content by Barry_Sandrew

Yes - in fact I do... your loss. :-)

Too late - check out the latest release "It's A Wonderful Life: The Collector's Edition": I went directly to the colour version and came back to check the B&W version. I own the Republic edition, which was THX-certified and made from the original negative. This B&W version (the 60th...

Ted Turner had me do a colorized sample of Citizen Kane in the early 90's, I imagine it was more for the shock value than to evaluate wheter to do it. He was like that. That exercise convinced me that, not only are there are movies that should not be colorized but also movies that CAN NOT be...

Suffice it to say that all the B&W classics Legend Films colorizes sell 10 to 100 times the number sold in black and white. There most certainly is an audience that prefers the choice. One huge advantage to colorization that escapes most people is the fact that it subsidizes the restoration...

Fair enough Dave. I'm sometimes confronted with techies who doubt the achievement. it's certainly frustrating but I pass it off as beyond their level of understanding. If you look at a Legend Films production it should be obvious that one can not accomplish that level of detail and quality...

Hey Dave... Don't assume it's a "huge simplification" because it has been done. The patents are published. Yes, we have a people watching the masks tracking from frame to frame. If the computer makes an error or if an object like a hand comes from behind something it has to be identified by a...

Check out Legend Films, Inc. (http://www.legendfilms.com) if you want to see the latest colorization technology. The company just completed "It's A Wonderful Life" in high definition for Paramount Pictures and will be released on standard DVD November 9th, 2007. The Legend Films process...