Black & White Photo Coloring...

shinden · 05-10-2006

Hey guys! I wonder how grayscaled images are colored ???:

i have old photos i wanted to color them i use the typical coloring (color multiplying) but sometimes i dont get the right colors especially the skin area

i dont know how to color it properly... do have tips about it?

thanks!

Samy · 05-10-2006

Select an area you want to colorize it,create a new layer and use color balance or other tools in Image>Adjustment menu

This image was in color mode,change into grayscale ,again colorized it

After

**Man1c M0g** · 05-10-2006

Well, thats one way to do it! Don't forget that you can select each different area of color with the lasso tool - this will allow you to more finely tune the colors and avoid green moustaches!

zapphnath · 05-10-2006

Probably one of the simpler methods that will still leave you with the ability to make further adjustments, as necessary, later, start with clicking the little half-black, half-white circle button at the bottom of the Layers palette and choosing Hue & Saturation. The dialog will open, at which point you check the box beside the word Colorise and find the color you're looking for by sliding the Hue (top) slider (skin colors fall somewhere around 25).
When you click OK, you'll see that a new layer has been added and that it has a mask (the second box in that layer). If you turn off that layer, you'll see that your original image has remained untouched.
Now, you'll want to get rid of the color in the areas it's not supposed to be and you'll use the mask for that. Click the second box, in the new layer, to make the mask active and use the Paintbrush tool to paint on the mask.
When dealing with masks, white allows the new layer to show and black hides the new layer - in this case, the color. Wherever you paint with black will make the image appear as black-n-white. The nice thing is, if you paint out an area you didn't want to, simply switch to white and paint it back in.
Also, the various levels of grey work on the mask, as well (50% grey hides this layer as if the Opacity had been turned down to 50%).
Make a new layer for each color and have fun.

shinden · 05-16-2006

Thanks guys... it works. but i had problems on shadows it looks lighter

zapphnath · 05-17-2006

If you followed my method, you should still have the masked Hue & Saturation adjustment layers for each color.
If not, well, you just learned one of the many lessons about Photoshop - that is, to Save Early and Save Often, and be sure to save a copy of the finished image, all in *.PSD, with all of it's layers intact.
If you do, then I guess you've heard the above statement before or you're smart enough to have figured that out, for yourself. Either way, you can always double-click on the adjustment layer thumnail for whichever color is bothering you and the Hue & Saturation dialog will appear, showing the same settings you left them at. You can further tweak the color and saturation or do some rudimentary contrast adjustments with the Lightness slider.
Better yet - you can add other adjustment layers anywhere you want to in the layers stack and groups new adjustments with specific color layers.
One thing I usually do is to make each color brighter/stronger than I want them to be, then add a final Hue & Saturation layer, at the top, and adjust the colors back down to something that doesn't resemble clown paint. In the dialog, if you click where it says Master, you can choose each color range and adjust them seperately. It helps if the person in the photo came out too yellow-ish - you can just lower the saturation on the yellows.

gunyu · 05-17-2006

i used this 4 simple technique
1. make sure you have RGB mode on your pics image>mode>RGB color
2. on layers,click new layers,change mode layer to color
3. with brush tool you can give the color to the pics
4. to explore the color,you can use adjustment layer,hue/saturation etc

you san saw my job in this attachment

NEOD101 · 05-18-2006

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Originally Posted by gunyu

you san saw my job in this attachment

Did you actually make it using that method?! That's insanely well-done!

**Man1c M0g** · 05-18-2006

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Originally Posted by NEOD101

Did you actually make it using that method?! That's insanely well-done!

I have to agree actually! If you could elaborate on each of the steps and write a tutorial sometime i'd be more than happy to pop it on the BioRUST main pages!

gunyu · 05-20-2006

I'd like it too,but how?to upload my tutorial?thx

**Man1c M0g** · 05-20-2006

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Originally Posted by gunyu

I'd like it too,but how?to upload my tutorial?thx

You can find all the info you need right here: http://forums.biorust.com/tutorial-s...uidelines.html

shinden · 05-20-2006

Thanks guys for the info's very informative....

i still working on my mother's picture (very old, sepia type color, and the worst of it... it has damaged edges) i plan to print her picture and give it to her in her b-day