Desmet method

The Desmet Method (also known as Desmetcolor) is a method for restoring the colours of early silent films, which had originally been subjected to the processes of either: * Film tinting – a process that suffuses the entire image a single colour * Toning – a process that colours only the dark parts of the image * A combination of the two It was developed by Noël Desmet, a film archivist and restorer working for the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique in Brussels, Belgium.

Desmet method

The Desmet Method (also known as Desmetcolor) is a method for restoring the colours of early silent films, which had originally been subjected to the processes of either: * Film tinting – a process that suffuses the entire image a single colour * Toning – a process that colours only the dark parts of the image * A combination of the two It was developed by Noël Desmet, a film archivist and restorer working for the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique in Brussels, Belgium.