AI tech brings color to old films from Beijing

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People dressed in traditional attire bowing to each other in greeting, traveling on rickshaws and praying at a temple … what life was like for Beijing residents a century ago was captured in rare black-and-white footage.

Using artificial intelligence technology, Hu Wengu, a 29-year-old artist and game developer, colorized and sharpened the monochromatic and blurred footage, giving modern folk an intriguing glimpse of life in the capital long ago.

 

Source: http://epaper.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202012/18/WS5fdbe888a31099a234352a16.html