Eastman-kodak Company

Lynda D Weber

John W Harder

J Ramon Vargas

Paul A Burns

Phillip D Knight

Paul B Merkel

Harold C Warren

There are described reversal photographic elements containing magenta dye-forming couplers that yield dye images that particularly lend themselves to retouching. The photographic element comprises a pyrazoloazole magenta dye forming coupler having a cleavable ballast group joined to the remainder of the molecule by one or two electrophilic cleavage groups which can be removed with a specialized processing composition after reversal processing.

Retouchable reversal silver halide photographic element with a

There are described a method for retouching photographic images, compositions adapted for such retouching, and photographic elements containing dye-forming couplers that yield dye images that particularly lend themselves to retouching by this method. The method comprises contacting a photographic element containing a dye image with a defined retouching composition to solubilize and remove selected areas or amounts of dye. The composition comprises an aqueous basic solution of a dinucleophile and a water-soluble organic co-solvent. The preferred photographic element for application of this retouching method comprises a dye image formed from a pyrazoloazole magenta dye forming coupler having a cleavable ballast group joined to the remainder of the molecule by one or two electrophilic cleavage groups. The retouching composition cleaves the ballast from the dye and solubilizes the dye, allowing it to be washed from the element.

Process for retouching photographic images containing a dye having a

Photographic elements and diffusion transfer assemblages employing a nondiffusible compound capable of releasing at least one diffusible cyan dye moiety, and having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: (a) J represents SO.sub.2 or CO,

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Lynda D Weber