<p>From the youtube video description you linked:</p>

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  <p>The in-house developed and customized cutting edge software tools 
  provide better image quality and colors very close to the original.</p>
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2017-08-04T19:20:15.910Z
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AJ Henderson
<p>When colorizing film, filmmaker's will use a variety of commercial and custom developed tools. That mix of tools is often treated as proprietary information and is not widely discussed. For example, the team responsible for recently colorizing historical footage for the Smithsonian Channel did <a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/resources/0006/colorizing-history/281366" rel="nofollow noreferrer">"not rely on a single commercial product, but rather a combination of software from Adobe PhotoShop, DaVinci Resolve and more."</a></p>

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Michael Liebman
<p>Recently watched this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtdP5KBTN6I" rel="nofollow noreferrer">video</a> showing colour restoration of a Black &amp; White film. Which software did they use for this purpose? Any guess?</p>

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# Software used for Film Colourization

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-04)

Recently watched this [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtdP5KBTN6I) showing colour restoration of a Black & White film. Which software did they use for this purpose? Any guess?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-04. Score: 3

From the youtube video description you linked:

> The in-house developed and customized cutting edge software tools
> provide better image quality and colors very close to the original.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-08-04. Score: 2

When colorizing film, filmmaker's will use a variety of commercial and custom developed tools. That mix of tools is often treated as proprietary information and is not widely discussed. For example, the team responsible for recently colorizing historical footage for the Smithsonian Channel did ["not rely on a single commercial product, but rather a combination of software from Adobe PhotoShop, DaVinci Resolve and more."](http://www.tvtechnology.com/resources/0006/colorizing-history/281366)


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