Revisiting the History of Hong Kong through Colourised Images
About Us
OldHKinColour focuses on colourising and animating old Hong Kong photos by using artificial intelligence and post-editing methods, with a view to promoting public education in history.
Discover Historical Treasures at the HKU Libraries Travel back in time with OldHKinColour’s Digitally Remastered Photos
@HKU - 香港大學
The team at OldHKinColour specialises in using AI and digital-editing methods to restore black-and-white historic photos of Hong Kong. They look for three things in the selection process: what does the photo tell us about the customs of those times? Does it reveal the living conditions of different social classes? Does it give us a glimpse into the urban and rural landscape of the territory?
Old HK in Colour (彩られ蘇る香港今昔)第1回 前九広鉄路鐘楼 @Hong Kong LEI
今回から始まりますコラムは、インスタグラム「Old Hong Kong in Colour」上で、古い香港の写真の色付けとアニメーション化を、教育目的で施し、公開している団体からインスパイアされました。
March 31, 2022
「Old HK in Colour」為舊照賦色 打破黑白樊籬看昔日香港 @The Culturist
一群來自香港的研究人員,兩年前在Instagram開設帳戶「Old HK in Colour」,透過人工智能(AI)及後製技術,為香港舊照添上色彩和動態效果。
February 23, 2022
The Tech Behind @OldHKinColour - Bringing Life to Past Colonial Hong Kong @The Beat Asia
With ground-breaking technologies and research, popular Instagram account @OldHKinColour attempts to capture the fascinating street screens of a past Hong Kong once forgotten.
A group of academics is using its Instagram account, Old HK in Colour, to share an incredible collection of painstakingly enhanced and colourised photos from Hong Kong's past.
December 9, 2020
Black and White Hong Kong Transformed by ‘OldHKinColour’
@Visualising China, The University of Bristol
The Instagram page OldHKinColour features vintage images of Hong Kong which have been colourised, or colourised and animated, with a view to promoting public education. HPC invited the team running the project, which has used some of our images, to provide an introduction to their methods and objectives.
October 21, 2020
舊照添新色 A.I. 重現昔日香港
@Metropop
曾有人說過「六、七十年代以前的香港是另外一個世界。」隨著經濟急速發展,香港的城市面貌有著很大的改變,不少人想從舊照片中回顧昔日香港,可惜大部分都是黑白舊照,未必能反映當時最真實的一面。有見及此,網上有一班由八、九十後學術研究人員組成的團隊,在 Instagram (IG)開設帳戶 “Old HK in Colour” 分享以人工智能(A.I.)技術重塑色彩的香港舊照,並添加動態效果,讓大家可以透過色彩圖像認識香港歷史,並藉以推廣保育文化。
September 27, 2020
Old HK in Colour: Recolouring Photo Project That Brings the Past to Life
@Time Out Hong Kong
Recolouring old photos, and even moving films, brings out more details and makes the objects or subjects come alive. And that is one of the reasons that Old HK in Colour started their recolouring project with resulting pictures published on their Instagram account @oldhkincolour – currently amassing more than 13,000 followers, with new pictures posted daily.
July 30, 2020
Old HK in Colour: Recolouring Photo Project That Brings the Past to Life
@HomeKong
Colourization of old photographs is not new but has become increasingly more accessible with AI technology. Now giving us a glimpse of Hong Kong in the good ole’ days, complete with full colour is @OLDHKINCOLOUR.
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