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Hi, I am curious as to which tool do you find most useful for colorizing an original black and white picture.

 

I have used the paint brush (in colour mode) as well as the color replacement brush. By the way, is there any benefit of using one versus the other?

 

And I have also tried using the Recolor adjustment layer then inverting the layer and painting back in the areas I want to colorize. That is my favorite method so far. Do you know of other effective ways of doing the same thing? Any recommendations or suggestions? Thanks!

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38 minutes ago, MBd said:

this just does not make sense

 

you can tell in this video that he/she has no clue how to properly operate frequency separation 

 

What are "clumpses", anyway?? :P

 

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1 hour ago, Alfred said:

What are "clumpses", anyway?? :P

 

I think it is supposed to mean "clumps" or possibly "clumpiness." The voice in the narration is obviously computer generated, which makes it a bit creepy, as if the instructor (for want of a better term) is a machine, possibly a heavy-handed robot, judging by how hard it sounds like the keyboard is being stuck.

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Hello all,
Ok so this isn’t a link to another “How To…” tutorial about colourising old photos but I did find this short video very interesting on the subject as a whole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vubuBrcAwtY

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well I found it interesting because it is an alternative to a layered work. He works on a low frequency layer and it seems to be more realistic compared to a traditional method, fairly time saving. Picking up the colors from a color photo is a good suggestion, I tried myself with a picture of Theodore Roosevelt, picking up colors from Robin Williams in "Night at the museum". The result satisfied me and did it in a short time. 

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@MBd after all alecspra asked for an other method for doing the work an he was satisfied

 

as far as I can see he suggests to use the frequency separation to preserve the details and the traits of the face

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