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Hi all,
recently during my scanning project I've come accross some old family slides
in the ectochrome format, they are larger than the 35mm type and they are
square rather than rectangular. They are also RED, meaning everything is in
the hue of red. When I scan these (using vuescan) and run them through
photoshop for tweaking I'm able to "restore" what looks like the original
color of the pictures themselves. My question's are regarding ectochrome
itself, was this a transitional color format introduced at the time (these
slides are from 1958-59) were they meant to provide a bit of red hue to
slides as opposed to a typical black & white of the time? Does anyone have
any info or links that gives a bit about the history (and reasons) for this
type of slide format? any information would be appreciated.
Thanks
Hi all,
recently during my scanning project I've come accross some old family slides
in the ectochrome format, they are larger than the 35mm type and they are
square rather than rectangular. They are also RED, meaning everything is in
the hue of red. When I scan these (using vuescan) and run them through
photoshop for tweaking I'm able to "restore" what looks like the original
color of the pictures themselves. My question's are regarding ectochrome
itself, was this a transitional color format introduced at the time (these
slides are from 1958-59) were they meant to provide a bit of red hue to
slides as opposed to a typical black & white of the time? Does anyone have
any info or links that gives a bit about the history (and reasons) for this
type of slide format? any information would be appreciated.
Thanks