pixupdate Posted October 23, 2017 Posted October 23, 2017 Hi, I'm searching for a good step-by-step-tutorial explaining how to colourize ancient b&w images. Unfortunatedly I found only photoshop tutorials but none for affinity photo? Do you have any suggestions? Thanks Georg Quote
drippy cat Posted October 23, 2017 Posted October 23, 2017 Hi pixupdate. If you get completely stuck I cover restoring and colourising old photos on my Affinity Photo: Little Box of Tricks course over at Udemy. Unfortunately it's a paid for course so maybe consider it only if no one comes up with a free alternative. ...I'm not exactly salesman of the year, am I? Cheers, Simon pixupdate, jer and Alfred 3 Quote
carl123 Posted October 23, 2017 Posted October 23, 2017 There are lots of tutorials for Affinity Photo These are just a few of them... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCfYrQNjBBw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDW_vn_kizY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-u-9yZtclc pixupdate 1 Quote To save time I am currently using an automated AI to reply to some posts on this forum. If any of "my" posts are wrong or appear to be total b*ll*cks they are the ones generated by the AI. If correct they were probably mine. I apologise for any mistakes made by my AI - I'm sure it will improve with time.
pixupdate Posted October 23, 2017 Author Posted October 23, 2017 Dear Carl, thank you so much! I do not know, why I didn't find them. I googled several times. Maybe I just had the wrong words. Thanks, Georg Quote
jer Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 On 10/23/2017 at 10:09 AM, drippy cat said: ...I'm not exactly salesman of the year, am I? Admirable, though! Quote ♥ WIN 10 AD & AP ♥ Lenovo Legion Y520 15.6" Laptop
pixupdate Posted October 24, 2017 Author Posted October 24, 2017 Here my first result. Any suggestions? Madame, jer and carl123 3 Quote
drippy cat Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 22 hours ago, jer said: Admirable, though! Oh stop it, you big fluffy bear of a man! Quote
jer Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 23 hours ago, pixupdate said: Here my first result. Any suggestions? @pixupdate Yours looks really good! As a potential collaborator for ideas for colorization, have you seen this thread? https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/42794-ap-colorization/ You and @EZeemering might want to share methods and ideas. pixupdate 1 Quote ♥ WIN 10 AD & AP ♥ Lenovo Legion Y520 15.6" Laptop
EZeemering Posted October 31, 2017 Posted October 31, 2017 @jer thx for the heads up. You can get away with the Photoshop tutorials, the basics are the same really. You just have to translate it into the new tooling of Affinity. But I must say I haven't seen a tutorial yet which mimics my techniques. So yeah, I might do a tutorial someday. pixupdate 1 Quote
pixupdate Posted November 3, 2017 Author Posted November 3, 2017 Hi @EZeemering, it is nice to hear, that you think about doing a tutorial someday. This would be so great! I have done some more photos since the first atempt you see above. It works quite well, but I still have problems with areas like the green and the dogs fur on this example.What could I do to make them look more realistic? Would you be so kind to share your workflow in colourizing areas like that? Thx, Georg Quote
EZeemering Posted November 7, 2017 Posted November 7, 2017 I use a gradient overlay as a base layer for the foliage. With a desaturated dark green for the dark areas and a bit more saturated green for the light areas. On top of that one or two extra layers for some variety. pixupdate 1 Quote
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