![]() Keep repeating the process until you master it. You will, as for anything, get better with practice, so don’t be discouraged if at first it looks rubbish, patience and precision will pay off. As you are using layers and masks, nothing is irreversible so do experiment. Play with brush size and opacity constantly until you find the right level which makes it easy to work.ĭon’t feel you need to get the colour right immediately, just pick a near-enough colour (pink for lips, beige for skin…) so you can begin work, then later make adjustments as needed. ![]() I find that saturation kept low helps create a more natural feel, after all it is an old photo and we do not expect if it was in colour to have colours scream. Keep making fine adjustments using your discretion. Repeat this process for each element/layer (clothes, hair, lips, etc.) Play with hue/saturation as well as various adjustments to achieve the colour and result you feel satisfied with. Start wide with a broad hard brush and as you get closer and into more details, zoom in and reduce gradually the brush size and hardness/opacity. The process is essentially a few steps repeated for each layer or element in the photo (lips, heir, skin, eyes, clothes…)Ĭreate a new layer for example for the lips.Ĭolour over the lips using an approximate colour (can be adjusted later with the Hue/Saturation and Colour Balance adjustments) using a hard brush with opacity at 100%Ĭhange the blend mode of the layer to Multiply and reduce the opacity of the layer to a suitable level (you can still adjust it later)Ĭreate a mask for that layer and use the mask to clean the edges of that colouring. What I hope the video shows is really the need to take your time and go into detail. Laborious but perfectly possible so give it a go! ![]() In this tutorial I used my iPad Pro, I just prefer the precision the Apple Pencil affords me but I had previously successfully colourised the 1937 photo below of my grandfather using a mouse on my iMac. I’m self-taught so my way of doing things may not be the same as someone else, it may not be conventional, but that’s the beauty of creativity, we have a goal in sight and find a way to get to it, the exact way doesn’t matter as long as you reach your goal. ![]() I must be one of the earlier users as I have been familiar with Photoshop for 25 years (man that makes me feel old). It is not particularly difficult, once you follow my lead it just takes time, care and precision and it makes for the best photography gift as well as a great way to keep yourself busy indoors during Winter, lockdown and the Covid pandemic.Īll you really need is a computer and Adobe Photoshop, I have an Adobe cloud subscription which costs me 10 quid per month and although a little pricey, I make full use of it and it benefits my creativity. In the video tutorial below I show you how to colourise black and white photos using Adobe Photoshop on iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil in a few simple steps. I think I can speak for the majority of us when I say that somewhere… we all have an old black and white family photo we’d like to see in colour. ![]()
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