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Episode: A digital mask could help speed up oil painting restoration
Description: A high-tech breakthrough could speed up the restoration of centuries-old paintings using a digital mask. Scientists say the method, tested on a 15th-century work, took hours instead of months, and leaves the original untouched.
The method, published in Nature on June 11, uses a digitally printed mask to repair damaged images. Researchers tested it on a 15th-century oil painting that had suffered heavy damage.
Instead of months of cleaning, analysis and touch-ups, this process took just three and a half hours.
It works by digitally reconstructing the missing parts of the painting. That digital image is then printed onto a color-accurate...