One Minute Map Hack: Colorize Vintage Airphotos with One Click

Here's a devious cheater way to colorize vintage black and white aerial imagery using the hues of current color imagery smooshed into the vintage image using the Luminosity blend mode.
You can also use this hack to pansharpen Landsat images.
Check this blog post for some more background and a listing out of the steps: www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/prod...
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[@louis1372]

Sneaking in such an excellent remote sensing tip at the end of the video.🤩👍👍 Well done. I hadn't thought of this one before, so thanks for sharing.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

i have to hide the practical stuff at the end

[@raihanulislamplabon7851]

I wonder if this can be used in decommissioned satellite imagery like corona. Awesome content as always.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

so long as the grayscale imagery is georeferenced, then you can blend it into new color imagery.