Iain Petrie | Ep. 4. Torchy the Battery Boy 1959 in colour. "The Building Of Frutown". Much improved quality! @IKP1000 | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Episode 4 of the weird and wonderful Torchy the Battery Boy . There were 52 episodes in 2 series from 1959 to 1961. All episodes were in black and white of course but I'm working my way through colourising them using Deoldify and with some further enhancements in PowerDirector 10.
The originals are rather dark, but with this episode, I used the Brighten and Increase Contract tool in PowerDirector 10 before colourising in Deoldify (setting 28). Then I put the slightly pale finished video back into PowerDirector, and increased contrast and brightness again, as well as increasing Colour Saturation. The result is by far the best I've achieved so far, though it does take may hours of computer time.
Episode 4 of the weird and wonderful Torchy the Battery Boy . There were 52 episodes in 2 series from 1959 to 1961. All episodes were in black and white of course but I'm working my way through colourising them using Deoldify and with some further enhancements in PowerDirector 10.
The originals are rather dark, but with this episode, I used the Brighten and Increase Contract tool in PowerDirector 10 before colourising in Deoldify (setting 28). Then I put the slightly pale finished video back into PowerDirector, and increased contrast and brightness again, as well as increasing Colour Saturation. The result is by far the best I've achieved so far, though it does take may hours of computer time.
