Apparatus and method for enhancement of optical images

Photocopying – Projection printing and copying cameras – With focusing or projection screen

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355 71, 355 80, 355 67, 355 77, G03B 2772

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ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus used therein for modifying and enhancing the color, tonal range, highlight and shadow detail of an optical image, photograph, or photographic transparency in which the image to be enhanced is formed as a collection of small areas, called fields; the intensity and filtration of each field is independently adjustable for the purpose of achieving the desired enhancement of the image. In one embodiment, a photographic transparency is positioned in the front of a uniformly diffused light source. A video camera receives the image, transmitting it to a video tape recorder (or other device capable of single frame storage) through a special effects generator that can provide intensity and contrast control of the image, either positive or negative. The single frame is then displayed on a cathode ray tube (CRT) which has a diffuser positioned between it and the source transparency. The resultant modified, enhanced image is then photographed.

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