The USSR has a rather frightening history when it comes to photo manipulation. Over time they’ve decided to use their photo manipulation skills for good instead of, well disappearing people.
In 1987 Glasnost and Perestroika were in full effect. So the tools that would have been used to remove an “enemy of the people” like Leon Trotsky were being used to restore photos. It’s a long tedious process that involves drum scanners and computers with reel-to-reel memory. Remember this video next time you’re complaining about how difficult it is to remove red eye.
Ozoneocean
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 6:21 PMAnd I thought using Photoshop 4 on Power Macs in the mid 90s was bad D:
Actually, to tell the truth, the Russian steup looks way better!
Kris
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 7:07 PManyone notice PPK – Resurrection from the 2:10 mark?
eg: http://youtu.be/ipE9QFiWhzQ?t=1m51s
Ron Burgundy
Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 10:09 PMIt’s actually the theme to the 1979 film Siberiade and was composed by Eduard Artemyev.