The saving private ryan look

tristefoc · #1 10-29-2005, 09:40 PM

I;m sure you guys have caught saving private ryan at one point of time or other.

my question is this, is the muted, desaturated colour easily available for emulation via pprocessing?

http://www.rzm.com/pvt.ryan/movie/village.html

i know this isn't exactly a good example. but i was hoping if someone could point me along the right direction to achieve that sort of moody look

thanks!

Doug Nelson · #2 10-29-2005, 10:12 PM

The (non-digital) technique is known as "bleach bypass". There are any number of ways to replicate the look in Photoshop. Here is a freeware filter, and I'm sure there will be many other options mentioned.

tristefoc · #3 10-29-2005, 10:43 PM

EXACTLY what i'm looking for! wow this forum is damn fine, i must say. I did a search on the term bleach passing and apparently it is very very popular in hollywood!

thanks again!

arcadhia · #4 10-29-2005, 11:17 PM

The Best Forum I ever meet!

raniday · #5 10-30-2005, 05:34 AM

Interesting question, Triste. I hadn't thought about doing that effect. Thanks for the link, Doug! And yes, it's a great forum.