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Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii
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Alternative names | Русский: Сергей Михайлович Прокудин-Горский
English: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
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Description | Russian-French photographer, chemist, inventor, publisher, pedagogue and teacher | ||
Date of birth/death |
18 August 1863 (in Julian calendar) ![]() |
27 September 1944 ![]() | |
Location of birth/death | Murom, Russian Empire | Paris | |
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Licensing
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The author died in 1944, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. |
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. |
A quick-and-dirty tutorial on converting Prokudin-Gorskii photographs with Adobe Photoshop
- Download an archival tiff image of one of the three-color slides [1]]. (These are huge files, around 70MB. Anticipate 45 minutes to an hour over DSL.)
- Open the file in Photoshop, copy the top image.
- Make a new file, and make sure it is RGB format
- Make the channels visible in the floating palette
- Paste the top image into the Blue channel
- Repeat the process; paste the center image into the Green channel, and the bottom image into the Red channel
- View the whole thing. The channels won't be aligned; they'll need to be nudged with the Move tool. Work with the center of the image; magnify 200-300% for best results.