Colourisation Memory Mismatch

Colourisation Memory Mismatch in Adobe Photoshop — with a ready prompt for the moment it comes up. 1 real situation leads here.

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The moments that lead here

If one of these is your afternoon, you are in the right place.

We keep tempting colourisation because it's pretty, then the client says it doesn't feel 'true' to memory.

1 ready prompt

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Become — change the pattern

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We've colourised three archival photos this year and each time a client pushed back saying it felt…
We've colourised three archival photos this year and each time a client pushed back saying it felt made-up. Diagnose where our colourisation process loses authenticity, and recommend one research habit and one restraint rule I should adopt so future colour references honour the original photo and still support the campaign's palette.

Who does this, and with what

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