Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic element comprising at least one emulsion layer comprising coupler and silver halide grains, adjacent to said at least one emulsion layer a color enhancer layer comprising the same coupler as in said at least one coupler layer and adjacent to said color enhancer layer a Dox scavenging layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material having plural light-sensitive layers on a reflective support, in which the reflective support is composed of a base and two or more waterproof resin coat layers each having a different white pigment content in such a way that the resin coat layers are sandwiched between the base and the light-sensitive layers, the cyan coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer contains a particular pyrroloazole cyan dye-forming coupler, and the pH of the coated film of the material is from 4.0 to 6.5. The material is low-priced and has a good coloring property, excellent color reproducibility and high sharpness. As the material has sufficient pressure resistance, it has few stress marks even after stored. Also disclosed is a method for forming a color image, using the photographic material.

Abstract: A silver halide light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least four silver halide emulsion layers having different color sensitivity, wherein three layers of the silver halide emulsion layers each contains a specific coupler and the other silver halide emulsion layer contains coupler(s) capable of correcting colors so as to provide a substantially black color having a transmission density of 2.5 or more when all couplers on the support are reacted. A color filter comprising blue, green, red and black parts prepared by subjecting the above-described silver halide light-sensitive material to pattern exposure, color development, bleach-fixing and water washing.

Abstract: A silver halide color light-sensitive material comprising a reflective support having provided thereon a yellow-forming light-sensitive layer, a magenta-forming light-sensitive layer, and a cyan-forming light-sensitive layer, wherein said magenta-forming layer contains a pyrazolo[1,5-b][1,2,4]triazole magenta coupler having a substituted phenyl at the 2-position and a bulky substituent at the 6-position, and said light-sensitive material has a reflection density of not less than 0.3. The light-sensitive material has excellent sharpness and reduced dependence on processing.

Abstract: A color reversal element having a red sensitive layer containing a cyan dye forming coupler, a green sensitive layer containing a magenta dye forming coupler, and a blue sensitive layer containing a yellow dye forming coupler, the red, green and blue sensitive layers each having a speed .gtoreq.120 as measured at a density of 0.3, a Dmax of .gtoreq.3.30 and a .increment.logE .ltoreq.1.85 measured from a density of 0.20 to 3.20, the Dmax and .increment.logE being measured following exposure and processing of the element. Daylight and tungsten balanced versions of the film are also provided. A method for processing such films and exposing them in electronic film writers is also provided. Film of the present invention allows a wide range of density values in an original film to be more faithfully reproduced and enable more faithful reproduction of colors recorded in the original scanned film.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, in which the silver halide color photographic material comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the compounds represented by one of formulas (A-I) to (A-V); and 60% or more of the total projected area of silver halide grains contained in at least one of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers is occupied by tabular grains having an aspect ratio of 2 or more, and the tabular grains have a dislocation line number of 10 or more per one grain.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reversal color photographic print material.Said reversal material comprises a support with, in order, a substantially light-insensitive fine grain emulsion layer which does not take part in the image formation, a red-sensitive emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan-forming compler, a green-sensitive emulsion having associated therewith a magenta-forming coupler, a blue-sensitive emulsion having associated therewith a yellow-forming coupler.This arrangement allows to adjust the shape of the characteristic curve of red, green, blue-sensitive emulsion layers.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material having excellent color absorption characteristics and good yellow density is achieved by using a support having thereon at least one yellow coloring light-sensitive layer, at least one magenta coloring light-sensitive layer, and at least one cyan coloring light-sensitive layer, wherein the magenta coloring light-sensitive layer contains at least one dye-forming coupler represented by the following formula (M-I), at least one high boiling point organic solvent having a dielectric constant of 6.0 or less and a refractive index of 1.50 or less, and at least one benzotriazole ultraviolet absorber: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a branched or aromatic group represented by the formulas (Q-1), (Q-2) or (Q-3); R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represents a substituent; n represents an integer of form 0 to 4, and when n is 2 or more, the plurality of R.sub.

Abstract: A color photographic material which contains in at least one blue sensitive layer containing a yellow coupler a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 means --(X).sub.m --R.sub.4,m means 0 or 1,X means --CO--, --CO--NR.sub.5 -- or --CO--O--,R.sub.4 means H, alkyl, aryl or alkenyl,R.sub.2 means H or alkyl,R.sub.3 means H or alkyl,R.sub.5 means H, alkyl, cycloalkyl or aryl,n means 1 to 20, providing that m is 1 in at least 10% of the R.sub.1 groups, is distinguished by improved color stability.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed, comrising a support provided thereon light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers including a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, and a non-image forming layer which is located farther from the support than the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers and adjacent to one of the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, wherein a silver halide emulsion contained in the layer adjacent to the non-image forming layer is spectrally sensitized by adding a water-insoluble sensitizing dye in the form of solid particles dispersed in an aqueous medium; and the non-image forming layer contains a substantially light-insensitive silver halide fine grain emulsion having an average grain size of not more than 0.05 .mu.m and an average iodide content of 0.5 to 3.0 mol %.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler, wherein at least one layer contains at least one compound selected from those represented by the following formula (A) and the silver halide grains to be in at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers have a mean grain size of 0.25 .mu.m or smaller, ##STR1## wherein Ra.sub.1 to Ra.sub.5, which may be the same or different, each represents (1) a hydrogen atom, (2) an alkyl group, (3) --X--Ra.sub.0, or (4) a group necessary for forming a chroman ring by two of Ra.sub.1 to Ra.sub.5 which are ortho-positioned and are bonded to each other; X represents --C(Ra.sub.6)(Ra.sub.7)--, --O--, or --S--; Ra.sub.6 and Ra.sub.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one blue-sensitive layer containing a yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive layer containing a magenta coupler and at least one red-sensitive layer containing a cyan coupler, wherein on each of the characteristic curves of yellow, magenta and cyan of the silver halide photographic material, 1) the maximum density is not less than 3.0 and the density obtained by subtracting the density of the support from the minimum density is not more than 0.1, 2) the average value of point gamma at various points in the exposure region corresponding to a density value of from not less than 0.5 to less than 1.5 is from not less than 0.85 to not more than 1.15 and the fluctuation width thereof is within .+-.15% of the average value of point gamma in the exposure region, and 3) the average value of point gamma at various points in the exposure region corresponding to a density value of from not less than 1.5 to that 0.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silver halide photographic photosensitive material which has a printability from color negatives and which can be used as a variable contrast printing paper. This silver halide photographic photosensitive material comprises a support and at least one silver halide emulsion layer provided on the support wherein when .gamma. (gamma) values of characteristic curves obtained by exposure through filters having a transmission maximum wavelength at about 430 nm, about 540 nm and about 700 nm are indicated by .gamma..sub.B, .gamma..sub.G and .gamma..sub.R, respectively, the following inequalities 0.3<.gamma..sub.G /.gamma..sub.B <0.7 and 0.3<.gamma..sub.G /.gamma..sub.R <1.0 are satisfied. Furthermore, an exposing method is also provided.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprises a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler is disclosed. The magenta coupler is represented by a coupler of a formula: ##STR1## In the formulae R represents a primary alkyl group having 5 or more carbon atoms; X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent which splits off upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent; Z represents a group of non-metal atoms necessary to form a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring; R.sub.21 represents an alkylene or alkenylene group having a primary carbon atom bound directly to Z; R.sub.22 represents an alkyl group.

Abstract: In order to provide a direct-positive material having low contrast and extended latitude that can be manufactured in a consistent and reproducable way a multilayer direct-positive photographic material is disclosed as well as the process to provide it, characterized by the steps of coating on one side of a support at least two layers of direct positive silver halide emulsions of the externally fogged type, at least one layer of which comprises a mixture of direct positive silver halide emulsions of the externally fogged type and at least one layer of which comprises one or more filter dyes; overcoating said emulsion layers with at least one protective layer; coating on the other side of the support at least one backing layer.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material comprising a support having coated thereon at least one blue-sensitive layer containing a yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive layer containing a magenta coupler and at least one red-sensitive layer containing a cyan coupler, wherein on each of the characteristic curves of yellow, magenta and cyan of the silver halide photographic material, 1) the maximum density is not less than 3.0 and the density obtained by subtracting the density of the support from the minimum density is not more than 0.1, 2) the average value of point gamma at various points in the exposure region corresponding to a density value of from not less than 0.5 to less than 1.5 is from not less than 0.85 to not more than 1.15 and the fluctuation width thereof is within .+-.15% of the average value of point gamma in the exposure region, and 3) the average value of point gamma at various points in the exposure region corresponding to a density value of from not less than 1.5 to that 0.

Abstract: Disclosed is a direct positive silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support and provided thereon, a blue-sensitive emulsion layer containing previously unfogged internal latent image-forming silver halide grains having a spectral sensitivity to blue-light, a green-sensitive emulsion layer containing previously unfogged internal latent image-forming silver halide grains having a spectral sensitivity to green-light, a red-sensitive emulsion layer containing previously unfogged internal latent image-forming silver halide grains having a spectral sensitivity to red-light and a hydrophilic colloidal layer, wherein said blue-sensitive emulsion layer is provided so as to be located farther than both said green-sensitive and said red-sensitive emulsion layers from the support; and at least one of said blue-sensitive emulsion layer, said-green sensitive emulsion layer and said red-sensitive emulsion layer or said hydrophilic colloidal layer contains an internal latent image forming si

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which has a specific photographic sensitivity of 320 or more, and which comprises a support layer and silver halide emulsion layers formed thereon. The material has a film thickness of 22 .mu.m or less, measured from the light-sensitive layer closest to the support layer up to the surface of the material facing away from the support layer. At least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains a spectral sensitizer represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## In the formula, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are alkyl groups, at least one of which at least one carbon atom bonds together with at least three atoms other than hydrogen atoms, X is an anion, p is 0 or 1, k is 0, 1 or 2, L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 are a methyne group or a substituted methyne group, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 are groups of atoms numerous enough to form a 5- or 6-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material comprises at least one red-sensitive layer, at least one green-sensitive layer and at least one blue-sensitive layer on a support, in which (1) the blue-sensitive layer contains a magenta colored or cyan colored yellow coupler and contains an emulsion of tabular grains having a mean aspect ratio of 3.0 or more, (2) the green-sensitive layer contains a cyan colored magenta coupler and contains an emulsion of tabular grains having a mean aspect ratio of 3.0 or more, or (3) the blue-sensitive layer and/or the green-sensitive layer contain(s) a magenta colored or cyan colored colorless coupler and contain(s) an emulsion of tabular grains having a mean aspect ratio of 3.0 or more. The material has excellent color reproducibility and gives a color image having good sharpness and storage stability.

Abstract: A silver halide material for colour photography, comprising a support, at least one blue-sensitive yellow-coupling silver halide emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive, magenta-coupling silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one red-sensitive, cyan-coupling silver halide emulsion layer applied to the support and conventional intermediate and protective layers, the emulsion in at least one of the silver halide layers comprising not less than 80 mol-% AgCl and not more than 0.5 mol-% AgI, and the last-mentioned silver halide emulsion is doped with at least one compound of a metal in the groups (a) and (b), where (a) comprises rhodium, iridium, osmium, ruthenium, rhenium and cadmium and (b) comprises gold and platinum. The material has very good development kinetics.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material capable of providing a dye image having excellent color reproduction performance, sharpness and image fastness is disclosed.

Abstract: A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material suited for preparing a color proofing image is provided, comprising a support and provided thereon a yellow image forming silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta image forming silver halide emulsion layer and a cyan image forming silver halide emulsion layer, wherein a silver halide emulsion with a spectral sensitivity having a part common to the respective spectral sensitivity regions pertaining to said yellow, magenta and cyan image forming silver halide emulsion layers is contained in at least one of the image forming silver halide emulsion layers; and the magenta image forming silver halide emulsion layer contains a compound represented by the following formula and a yellow dye forming coupler.

Abstract: The invention provides a photographic element and process of forming an image where the element is a multicolor photographic element comprising at least one light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to blue light and containing a yellow image dye-forming coupler, at least one light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to green light: and containing a magenta image dye-forming coupler, and at least one light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to red light and containing a cyan dye-forming coupler,wherein the yellow image dye-forming coupler has the formula I: ##STR1## wherein t-Bu is a tertiary butyl group, Ph is an unsubstituted phenyl ring or one containing up to 5 substituents, and Y is a heterocyclic ring, substituted or non, which is capable of leaving upon reaction if the coupler with oxidized developer; andwherein said at least one light sensitive photographic silver halide emulsion layer sensitive to blue light and containing

Abstract: A color photographic element has a blue sensitive tabular grain silver halide emulsion layer the halide content of which is less than 80% chloride and which has a tabularity of at least 8. The foregoing emulsion is sensitized such that the wavelength of maximum sensitivity of the emulsion between 400-500 nm (".lambda..sub.Bmax "), the sensitivity at 485 nm ("S.sub.485 "), the sensitivity at 410 nm ("S.sub.410 "), and the sensitivity at .lambda..sub.Bmax (".lambda..sub.Bmax "), are defined by:430 nm.gtoreq..lambda..sub.Bmax .gtoreq.440 nm or 450 nm.gtoreq..lambda..sub.Bmax .gtoreq.480 nmandS.sub.485 .gtoreq.50% (S.sub.Bmax)S.sub.410 .gtoreq.60% (S.sub.Bmax)and the maximum sensitivity of the emulsion between 430-440 nm ("S.sub.(430-440)max "), and the maximum sensitivity between 450-480 nm ("S.sub.(450-480)max "), have the following relationship:90% (S.sub.(450-480)max).gtoreq.S.sub.(430-440)max .gtoreq.110%(S.sub.(450-480)max).

Abstract: There is disclosed a silver halide color photographic material having a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, which comprises a cyan dye-forming coupler represented by formula (Ia) and (a) a sensitizing dye containing a sulfonamide group, (b) negative-type internal latent image-type silver halide grains chemically sensitized to a defined depth from the surface, (c) grains each having a defined spectral sensitivity distribution and a DIR-hydroquinone, (d) a monodisperse silver halide emulsion, (e) non-photosensitive silver halide emulsion wherein the inside or the surface of grains is fogged, (f) a colloidal silver, or (g) a DIR-hydroquinone: ##STR1## wherein Za represents --NH-- or --CH(R.sub.3)--, Zb and Zc each represent --C(R.sub.4).dbd. or --N.dbd., R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 each represent an electron-attracting group wherein the Hammett substituent constant .sigma..sub.p value is 0.

Abstract: A photographic element comprising a support having located thereon a first layer which does not contain colloidal silver and a second layer, the first layer containing a release compound that comprises a development inhibitor moiety and a blocking group from which the development inhibitor moiety is non-imagewise released, and the second layer containing a development accelerator.

Abstract: Silver halide color photographic materials are described in which anti-fading agents and anti-staining agents are included in silver halide emulsion layers which contain pyrazoloazole-based couplers which have been established by coating on a reflective supports, the base material of which is covered with a composition in which a white pigment has been admixed with, and dispersed in, a resin of which polyester forms the principal component.

Abstract: Yellow azomethine dyes of particularly elevated stability are obtained from yellow couplers of the formula I by chromogenic development ##STR1## In formula I Q means a residue to complete a 4-pyrimidone ring;X means a residue which is eliminable on chromogenic development;R.sup.1 means alkyl with 1 to 6 C atoms;R.sup.2 means halogen, --CF.sub.3, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, acylamino, sulphonamido, sulphuramido, carbamoyl, alkoxycarbonyl, sulphonyl, sulphamoyl or a heterocyclic residue, wherein two adjacent residues R.sup.2 may complete a ring;n means an integer from 1 to 4.

Abstract: A color photographic material which contains in at least one blue-sensitive layer a yellow coupler and a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 means hydrogen or alkyl,R.sub.2 means hydrogen or alkyl,R.sub.3 means hydrogen or alkyl,1 means 1 to 20X ##STR2## or cycloalkene, R.sub.4 means hydrogen or alkyl,R.sub.5 means hydrogen or alkyl andn means 1 to 6,shows improved light-stability of the yellow dye obtained from said yellow coupler by exposure and processing.

Abstract: A silver halide color photograph light-sensitive material having an improved push-processing suitability. The material comprises a support having provided thereon at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer, and at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer. The layers adjacent to each of layer having a color sensitivity contain yellow colloidal silver.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material which includes, on a support, at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a magenta coupler, and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing a cyan coupler, and in which a weight-averaged wavelength (.lambda..sub.-R) of a spectral sensitivity distribution of magnitude of an interimage effect which the silver halide emulsion layers except for all of the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers have on the red-sensitive layers over a range of 500 to 600 nm is 500 nm<.lambda..sub.-R <560 nm, and a difference between weight-averaged wavelength (.lambda..sub.G) of a spectral sensitivity distribution of at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and .lambda..sub.-R is .lambda..sub.G -.lambda..sub.-R .ltoreq.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material comprising a support having thereon light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, and a nonlight-sensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer, wherein the color photographic material has a coating weight of silver of not more than 4.0 g per m.sup.2 of a photographic material and an ISO speed of 25 or more, and wherein a silver halide emulsion contained in at least one of the light-sensitive emulsion layers is spectrally sensitized by a process comprising (i) forming a dispersion of a substantially water-insoluble spectral sensitizing dye in the form of solid particles dispersed in an aqueous medium which is free from an organic solvent or a surfactant and (ii) incorporating the dispersion in the silver halide emulsion.

Abstract: An improved image display material comprising a light sensitive tabular grain silver chloride emulsion spectrally sensitized to a peak wavelength of less than about 475 nm, and a method of use comprising the step of optically printing a color image onto the improved color photographic display material is provided. The material and method enable reduced printing times, improved color reproduction and lowered image granularity.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material contains at least one hydroxypyridine compound of formulae (A), (B) and (C) in at least one layer on the support: ##STR1## The material is capable of providing a color image having an improved fastness to light.

Abstract: A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material has red-, green-, and blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers, and the red-sensitive emulsion layer contains a cyan coupler and a yellow coupler with a relative coupling rate of 0.7 to 3.0 with respect to the cyan coupler. In addition, at least one layer may contain a specific DIR compound, the average silver iodide content of a silver halide emulsion contained in the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion may be higher than that of a silver halide emulsion contained in the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer, or at least one layer may contain a monodisperse silver halide grain emulsion with a grain diameter/grain thickness ratio of 2 to 8.

Abstract: Yellowing, dye fade and thermal pinking of a processed color photographic element is improved by incorporating into the photographic element a non-color forming, oil-soluble, monomeric or oligomeric organic compound having a glass transition temperature between 0.degree. and 150.degree. C. Preferred organic compounds include rosin derivatives, natural resins and oil-soluble sucrose esters, etc. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the above-noted properties are improved by incorporating into the photographic element an oil-soluble rosin derivative, such as abietic acid.

Abstract: A photographic product having an exposure function is described, which has therein a built-in color photographic material comprising a support having provided thereon at least one red-sensitive emulsion layer, at least one green-sensitive emulsion layer and at least one blue-sensitive emulsion layer and having a specific photographic sensitivity of 640 or more, wherein the built-in color photographic material is characterized by blue, green and red density function curves D (logE) in which in each curve a region defined by a gamma (<.gamma.>=dD/dlogE) of 0.4 or more is 2.8 or more as logE.

Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed comprised of a support and a sequence of superimposed blue, green and red recording silver halide emulsion layer units that produce images of the same hue upon imagewise exposure and photographic development. A first interlayer unit overlies the emulsion layer unit nearest the support and is capable of transmitting to it imagewise exposing radiation this emulsion layer unit is intended to record. A second interlayer unit underlies the emulsion layer unit farthest from the support and is capable of transmitting to the emulsion layer units lying nearer the support imagewise exposing radiation these emulsion layer units are intended to record. The imagewise exposed photographic element is photographically developed and fixed to produce a silver image in each of the emulsion layer units.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a red-sensitive layer, a green-sensitive layer and a blue-sensitive layer, wherein at least one of said sensitive layer contains light-sensitive silver halide grains having the dispersibility of not less than 85%.The silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material is improved in a high image quality and a pressure resistance.

Abstract: The invention provides a cyan color producing silver halide emulsion layer or a magenta color producing silver halide emulsion layer wherein said at least one layer has an exposure range of at least 0.6 log E from the point where the instantaneous contrast is 1.0 and wherein the instantaneous contrast of said layer increases as a function of increasing exposure over at least 70 percent of said exposure range.

Abstract: A photographic element is disclosed comprised of a sequence of superimposed blue, green and red recording silver halide emulsion layer units at least two of which produce images of the same hue upon processing. The photographic element is additionally comprised of, interposed between the two emulsion layer units, an interlayer unit for transmitting to the emulsion layer unit of the two units which is nearer the support, electromagnetic radiation that this emulsion layer unit is intended to record and capable, after processing, of reflecting electromagnetic radiation within at least one wavelength region.

Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic material which contains at least one pyrroloazole compound as cyan coupler and has a layer structure in which a cyan coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer is disposed in the position nearer to a support than at least either a magenta coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer or a yellow coupler-containing silver halide emulsion layer, whereby ensuring excellent color reproducibility and high fastness in color images.

Abstract: An image is formed in a color photosensitive material through scanning exposure by using at least one semiconductor laser excited solid laser including a semiconductor laser, a non-linear optical element and means for controlling the temperature thereof as a light source for producing a laser beam. The laser beam is modulated by an external modulator in accordance with the image to be formed. Among the combinations of photosensitive layers and laser beams, at least two laser beam light sources are such that a laser beam has a wavelength falling within .+-.20 nm from the maximum wavelength in the spectral sensitivity distribution of the corresponding photosensitive layer. Each photosensitive layer has a spectral sensitivity distribution with a peak width of up to 40 nm.

Abstract: A color light-sensitive material comprising at least three light-sensitive layers having different color-sensitivity from one another provided on a support. Each layer comprises a combination of at least a light-sensitive silver halide, a binder and a dye-providing compound. At least one layer thereof has a spectral sensitization peak in at least two wavelength regions, the peaks in the at least two wavelength regions being at least 50 nm away from each other and at least one spectral sensitization peak thereof exists in the wavelength region of 700 nm or above.

Abstract: The invention describes silver halide packet emulsion grains or crystals that are conventionally precipitated using gelatin of a given isoelectric pH, surrounded by a layer of gelatin-grafted-polymer particles wherein the grafted gelatin has a different isoelectric pH and the said gelatin-grafted-polymer particles are optionally chemically bonded to the gelatin surrounding the silver halide microcrystals. Such packet emulsions can form the basis for a mixed-packet color photographic system.

Abstract: This invention relates to color photographic elements and processes and especially to color photographic elements comprising two or more image forming layers sensitized to the same region of the electromagnetic spectrum where a more sensitive layer is positioned closer to an exposure source than a less sensitive layer and the less sensitive layer additionally comprises a spatially fixed absorber dye. The combination provides improved image sharpness without compromising photographic sensitivity.

Abstract: In a multilayered silver halide color light-sensitive sensitive material having a yellow dye forming silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta dye forming silver halide emulsion layer, and a cyan dye forming silver halide emulsion layer on a support, at least one type of an acylacetamide-based yellow coupler in which the acyl group in the acylacetamide is represented by formula (I) below and at least one type of a water-insoluble polymer are contained in the yellow dye forming layer, In formula (I), R.sub.1 represents a monovalent group, and Q represents a nonmetallic atom group required to form, together with C, a 3- to 5-membered hydrocarbon ring or a 3- to 5-membered heterocyclic ring having at least one hereto atom selected from N, S, O, and P in the ring, R.sub.

Abstract: A photographic element capable of forming a reversal image is disclosed having an emulsion layer containing a blend of spectrally sensitized tabular iodohalide grains and a second, slower fine grain population of a higher overall solubility silver salt content for increasing speed and contrast. A second dye is adsorbed to the surface of the second grain population to provide a further increase in threshold speed.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of extracting independent spectral image records from an imagewise exposed photographic element that contains superimposed silver halide exposure recording layer units each containing a latent image derived from a selected region of the spectrum. The photographic element contains N+1 superimposed silver halide exposure recording units. Photographic processing is conducted to produce a silver image in N+1 of the exposure recording units and a dye image distinguishable from other dye images in at least N exposure recording layer units. The photographic element is in one instance scanned in a spectral region of silver absorption and minimal image dye absorption to provide a first image density record, and the photographic element is also in N spectral regions wherein maximum density of a different image dye occurs to provide N additional image density records.

Abstract: A method is disclosed of obtaining from an imagewise exposed photographic element separate records of the imagewise exposure to each of the blue, green and red portions of the spectrum comprising photographically processing an imagewise exposed photographic element comprised of a sequence of superimposed blue, green and red recording silver halide emulsion layer units that produce images of the same hue upon processing. A first interlayer overlies the emulsion layer unit nearest the support for transmitting to it imagewise exposing radiation this emulsion layer unit is intended to record and for absorbing after photographic processing scanning radiation within at least one wavelength region. A second interlayer underlies the emulsion layer unit farthest from the support for transmitting to the underlying emulsion layer units exposing radiation they are intended to record and for absorbing after photographic processing scanning radiation within at least one wavelength region.