Self-matting composite photography

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MAKING A COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH COMPRISING A FOREGROUND PICTURE COMPONENT ON A DIFFERENT AND SEPARTELY RECORDED BACKGROUND PICTURE COMPONENT, SAID METHOD INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING STEPS: EXPOSING A COLOR RECORDING LIGHT SENSITIVE EMULSION TO THE FOREGROUND COMPONENT BEFORE A BACKING WHILE ILLUMINATING SAID FOREGROUND COMPONENT WITH VISIBLE RADIATION OF A FIRST PREDETERMINED RANGE OF WAVE LENGTHS AND THE BACKING WITH A SECOND WAVE LENGTH RANGE LYING OUTSIDE OF AND BEARING A MINUS RELATION TO SAID FIRST WAVE LENGTH RANGE, SAID COLOR RECORDING EMULSION BEING RESPONSIVE TO BOTH SAID WAVE LENGTH RANGES, PREPARING FROM THE EXPOSED COLOR RECORDING EMULSION A CORRESPONDING POSITIVE COLOR TRNASPARENCY CARRYING A POSITIVE COLOR IMAGE OF SAID FOREGROUND COMPONENT CORRESPONDING IN COLOR TO TE SAID FIRST WAVE LENGTH RANGE, SAID POSITIVE COLOR IMAGE BEING SURROUNDED BY A GROUND OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM COLOR CORRESPONDING TO SAID SECOND WAVE LENGTH RANGE, SAID POSITIVE COLOR FOREGROUND IMATE BEING RELATIVELY TRANSPARENT TO RADIATION OF SAID FIRST WAVE LENGTH RANGE AND RELATIVELY OPAQUE TO RADIATION OF SAID SECOND WAVE LENGTH RANGE, AND SAID SURROUNDING GROUND BEING RELATIVELY OPAQUE TO RADIATION OF SAID FIRST WAVE LENGTH RANGE AND RELATIVELY TRANSPARENT TO RADIATION OF SAID SECOND WAVE LENGTH RANGE, PRINTING AN IMAGE OF SAID FOREGROUND COMPONENT DIRECTELY FROM SAID COLOR POSITIVE TRANSPARENCY ONTO A LIGHT SENSITIVE PRINTING EMULSION WITH PRINTNING RADIATION SUBSTANTIALLY OF THE FIRST WAVE LENGTH RANGE PROVIDING A POSITIVE PICTURE OF THE BACKGROUND COMPONENT, PRINTING AN IMAGE OF SAID BACKGROUND PICTURE COMPONENT ONTO SAID PRINTING EMULSION DIRECTLY THROUGH SAID POSITIVE COLOR TRANSPARENCY WITH PRINTING RADIATION OF A WAVE LENGTH RANGE TO WHICHG THE GROUND OF SAID POSITIVE COLOR TRANSPARENCY IS RELATIVELY TRANSPARENT AND ITS COLOR FOREGROUND IMAGE IS RELATIVELY OPAQUE, SAID PRINTING EMULSION BEING RESPONSIVE TO BOTH SAID PRINTING RADIATIONS, THE SURROUNDING GROUND OF HTE POSITIVE COLOR TRANSPARENCY ACTING AS A MAT TO PREVENT EXPOSURE OF THE PORTION OF THE PRINTING EMULSION THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE GROUND OF THE COLOR TRANSPARENCY DURING THE FIRST MENTIONED PRINTING, AND THE COLOR FOREGROUND IMAGE OF THE COLOR TRANSPARENCY DIRECTLY ACTING AS A MAT TO PREVENT EXPOSURE OF THE PORTION OF THE PRINTING EMULSION THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE COLOR FOREGROUND IMAGE DURING THE SECOND MENTIONED PRINTING, AND, AFTER BOTH SAID PRINTINGS, DEVELOPING SAID PRINTING EMULSION.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MAKING A COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPH COMPRISING A FOREGROUND PICTURE COMPONENT ON A DIFFERENT AND SEPARTELY RECORDED BACKGROUND PICTURE COMPONENT, SAID METHOD INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING STEPS: EXPOSING A COLOR RECORDING LIGHT SENSITIVE EMULSION TO THE FOREGROUND COMPONENT BEFORE A BACKING WHILE ILLUMINATING SAID FOREGROUND COMPONENT WITH VISIBLE RADIATION OF A FIRST PREDETERMINED RANGE OF WAVE LENGTHS AND THE BACKING WITH A SECOND WAVE LENGTH RANGE LYING OUTSIDE OF AND BEARING A MINUS RELATION TO SAID FIRST WAVE LENGTH RANGE, SAID COLOR RECORDING EMULSION BEING RESPONSIVE TO BOTH SAID WAVE LENGTH RANGES, PREPARING FROM THE EXPOSED COLOR RECORDING EMULSION A CORRESPONDING POSITIVE COLOR TRNASPARENCY CARRYING A POSITIVE COLOR IMAGE OF SAID FOREGROUND COMPONENT CORRESPONDING IN COLOR TO TE SAID FIRST WAVE LENGTH RANGE, SAID POSITIVE COLOR IMAGE BEING SURROUNDED BY A GROUND OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM COLOR CORRESPONDING TO SAID SECOND WAVE LENGTH RANGE, SAID POSITIVE COLOR FOREGROUND IMATE BEING RELATIVELY TRANSPARENT TO RADIATION OF SAID FIRST WAVE LENGTH RANGE AND RELATIVELY OPAQUE TO RADIATION OF SAID SECOND WAVE LENGTH RANGE, AND SAID SURROUNDING GROUND BEING RELATIVELY OPAQUE TO RADIATION OF SAID FIRST WAVE LENGTH RANGE AND RELATIVELY TRANSPARENT TO RADIATION OF SAID SECOND WAVE LENGTH RANGE, PRINTING AN IMAGE OF SAID FOREGROUND COMPONENT DIRECTELY FROM SAID COLOR POSITIVE TRANSPARENCY ONTO A LIGHT SENSITIVE PRINTING EMULSION WITH PRINTNING RADIATION SUBSTANTIALLY OF THE FIRST WAVE LENGTH RANGE PROVIDING A POSITIVE PICTURE OF THE BACKGROUND COMPONENT, PRINTING AN IMAGE OF SAID BACKGROUND PICTURE COMPONENT ONTO SAID PRINTING EMULSION DIRECTLY THROUGH SAID POSITIVE COLOR TRANSPARENCY WITH PRINTING RADIATION OF A WAVE LENGTH RANGE TO WHICHG THE GROUND OF SAID POSITIVE COLOR TRANSPARENCY IS RELATIVELY TRANSPARENT AND ITS COLOR FOREGROUND IMAGE IS RELATIVELY OPAQUE, SAID PRINTING EMULSION BEING RESPONSIVE TO BOTH SAID PRINTING RADIATIONS, THE SURROUNDING GROUND OF HTE POSITIVE COLOR TRANSPARENCY ACTING AS A MAT TO PREVENT EXPOSURE OF THE PORTION OF THE PRINTING EMULSION THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE GROUND OF THE COLOR TRANSPARENCY DURING THE FIRST MENTIONED PRINTING, AND THE COLOR FOREGROUND IMAGE OF THE COLOR TRANSPARENCY DIRECTLY ACTING AS A MAT TO PREVENT EXPOSURE OF THE PORTION OF THE PRINTING EMULSION THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE COLOR FOREGROUND IMAGE DURING THE SECOND MENTIONED PRINTING, AND, AFTER BOTH SAID PRINTINGS, DEVELOPING SAID PRINTING EMULSION.