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The difference with a colorizing, cleanup or restauration effort of a material object is that in that case the source material is not destroyed. In that regard
by dimtion 6y ago
The difference with a colorizing, cleanup or restauration effort of a material object is that in that case the source material is not destroyed.
In that regard, the only downside for historians is that it might become more difficult to find the source material if upgraded versions of it proliferate, but this is not like rewriting or erasing history like some have claimed.
- not2b 6y agoI think that as much as possible, links to the "upgraded versions" should include links to the original (the originals are public domain now in almost every case so this shouldn't be a problem). The only danger is if people don't have the originals for reference and think that details in the "enhanced" versions (that might be completely artificial) have more reality than they do; I don't think the historians have a gripe if promoting these colorized, upsampled versions is done in a way that also promotes the originals.