Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide photographic material is described, comprising the steps of:(a) developing a silver halide photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one hydrophilic colloidal layer, including at least one light-sensitive emulsion layer containing tabular silver halide grains having an aspect ratio of at least about 4, the total number of hydrophilic colloidal layers having a degree of swelling of about 250% or less; and(b) after developing a predetermined amount of said silver halide photographic material, adding a single replenisher of the developer comprising a 3-pyrazolidone developing agent represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.o represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.

Abstract: The present inventions relate to a processing method for processing, with a developing time of not more than 180 seconds, a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support, provided thereon, with at least one silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one emulsion layer containing silver iodo-bromide with not less than 0.5 mole% of silver iodine, in particular to an active processing method wherein, a light-sensitive material B not only containing silver iodo-bromide with an iodine content of not less than 0.5 mole% but also a magenta coupler and providing a maximum magenta density, after exposed, and being capable of only satisfying the maximum magenta dye density M of M<2.0 if exposed under specific conditions and then subjected to color developing of a duration of three minutes 15 seconds at 38.degree. C. with a specific developer solution, is capable of offering a maximum magenta density satisfying M.gtoreq.2.

Abstract: Salts of 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinones which are useful photographic silver halide developing agents.

Abstract: A method of forming color photographic images where a silver halide color photographic material containing a coupler which forms a dye by reaction with the oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent and containing an acid-processed gelatin in an amount of 25% by weight or more of the amount of the total gelatin coated is color developed, desilvered and then rinsed in water and/or stabilized. The total of the processing time of said desilvering, rinsing-in-water and stabilization steps is controlled to be 3 minutes or less, and/or the amount of replenisher added to the rinsing-in-water bath and stabilization bath is controlled to be from 0.5 to 50 times of the amount of the processing solution which is brought into the rinsing-in-water bath and stabilization bath from the desilvering bath together with the material which is being processed.

Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer and containing a magenta dye forming coupler represented by formula (I) shown below and a compound represented by formula (II) shown below in the same layer is described, wherein the silver halide color photographic material is subjected to color development using a replenisher for a color developing solution, whose concentration of bromide is not more than 3.times.10.sup.-3 mol per liter and the amount of the replenisher for a color developing solution is not more than 900 ml per m.sup.2 of the silver halide color photographic material, wherein ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an aromatic group, an aliphatic group or a heterocyclic group; R.sub.2 represents a substituent; Za, Zb, Zc and Zd, which may be the same or different, each represents an unsubstituted methine group, a substituted methine group or --N.dbd.; and formula (II) is represented by(R'--COO.sup.

Abstract: A process for processing a DIR coupler-containing silver halide color photographic material for photographing use in a continuous manner with replenishment of a developer is disclosed in which said DIR coupler is a coupler which has in a coupling site a group that functions as a development inhibitor or a development inhibitor precursor upon being eliminated from the coupling active site by color development processing and that will be decomposed to a compound exerting substantially no influences on photographic properties after flowing into a color developing solution, said development inhibitor having a half-value period of 4 hours or shorter than that at a pH of 10.0, and in which the developing solution is replenished in an amount of 700 ml or less per m.sup.2 of developed light-sensitive materials.

Abstract: A quick desilvering process of silver halide color photographic materials is provided, wherein the total amount of coated silver is 5.2 g/m.sup.2 or less, an average iodide content in the whole light-sensitive silver halide grains is 5.5 mol % or less; and a 2-equivalent magenta polymer coupler is included as a magenta coupler, and bleach-fixing treatment, or bleaching treatment at a pH of 5.5 or less, or desilvering treatment in the presence of a specific desilvering accelerator is carried out. Silver halide color photographic materials which permit the quick desilvering are also provided. These contain a specific desilvering accelerator.

Abstract: A color photographic material and a method of forming a color photographic image which utilizes a 5-pyrazolone magenta coupler shown by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R represents an acylamino group, an anilino group or a ureido group; R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an aralkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a carboxy group, an aryl group or a heterocyclic group (which groups may be substituted) and R.sub. and R.sub.2 may combine to form a 2-indazolyl group, provided that R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time; and Ar represents a phenyl group which may be substituted with one or more halogen atoms, alkyl groups, alkoxy groups or cyano groups.

Abstract: A two-equivalent magenta coupler in which the coupling position is substituted with a sulfonamido group, and capable of forming a magenta color image on coupling with an oxidation product of an aromatic primary amine developing agent, and a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material having at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support and containing the two-equivalent magenta coupler.