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Re:YouTubers are upscaling the past to 4K, but historians wa... by kderbyma on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:48PM (#24653168)
true - but we could just recolour it if needed
Re:YouTubers are upscaling the past to 4K, but historians wa... by untog on Thursday October 01, 2020 @01:59PM (#24654115)
I think the point is that you simply don’t know in a lot of these videos. They’re random bystanders, not known figures with photographic evidence. So you’re not going to know what to recolour it to, or if it’s even wrong in the first place.
Re:YouTubers are upscaling the past to 4K, but historians wa... by Raphmedia on Thursday October 01, 2020 @01:31PM (#24653768)
Not all shades of skins are the same within one specific demographic.

Unless there's also a way to accurately extract the specific hue, you will never get anything accurate.

Anyone that ever wore foundation can tell you that human skin has tones, undertones, different reflective qualities, etc.

Just look at https://www.temptalia.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/summer-... or https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0009/0000/5932/files/Shade... or this https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_zp3U1XAAAk4Iz?format=jpg&name=...