_sorted_ Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) Colourised a couple of black and white photos. Affinity files attached for side view before and after and another that I was pretty happy with. The two side views do not work well and I believe it to be combination of issues beginning with my lack of knowledge and ending with the source information been scanned forty year old pictures. As you can see the middle area of car is poor and back area is striped. Any ideas to solve appreciated. NB: Know I need to refine edges on all three examples. Just needed to get best result overall first. Also have added a picture of car showing correct body colour at Brands Hatch. Rapport_Forte_-_Side_view_BW_(1)_(1000_x_501)_-_Colorized.afphoto Rapport Forte_1980-Colorized.afphoto Rapport_Forte_-_Side_view_-_Colorized.afphoto Edited August 16, 2020 by _sorted_ Additional information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkt Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 You might get a better result converting your black and white image to Lab, and then painting the brown body color of the car onto the a and b channels directly (they will be shades of gray in the a and b channels, but will combine to make the brown color in the composite). You can make a color patch in the document with the correct brown color and then, when you view the a channel for example, sample the patch with the dropper tool to get the correct grayscale tone that is present in the brown color and paint into the body area of the car. To make the job easier, create a mask on the brown body paint layer that isolates the painting to just the body work, then you do not have to be too careful with your painting. You can even just fill the a and b channels of the layer with the correct gray tone and then apply the mask. The idea is that the detail in the black and white image is pushed into the L channel, and the color is then applied to the a and b channels to get the composite look you want. Kirk Alfred and _sorted_ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_sorted_ Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Hi Kirk, As stated, am no expert, but am very happy with results using your method. Thank you for helping. Stuart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palatino Posted August 18, 2020 Share Posted August 18, 2020 Reduce the color saturation in the highlights: _sorted_ 1 Quote Thanks to DeepL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_sorted_ Posted August 18, 2020 Author Share Posted August 18, 2020 Thanks for tip. Worked well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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