Keywords: Leo Tolstoi v kabinetie.05.1908.ws.jpg CREATED/PUBLISHED 1908 May; CREATOR Prokudin-Gorskii Sergei Mikhailovich 1863-1944 photographer REPOSITORY Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington D C 20540 USA LOC-image prok 01970 1908 Creator Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky PD-Russia PD-1923 Photographs of Leo Tolstoy Photos of Yasnaya Polyana by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky Kosovorotka 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 http //lcweb2 loc gov/pp/prokhtml/proksubjindex1 html 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 |