It might resemble early "wash" hand colorizations, and perhaps that's why you recommend it, but if you're trying to emulate true color, all the layers you'll need are going to be a nightmare. Wouldn't a single layer, painted directly with the desired colors, and placed over the original layer with Multiply mode, or else under the layer with the original layer in Color mode, be a lot simpler and provide a lot more color variability? You're locked into a fixed set of colors. I found it very difficult to work with, however, and prefer the single-layer-per-color technique.Ĭurious to know why the decision to use one layer per color. You can always merge down finished layers to reduce the number you are dealing with at one time, though others might prefer a more realistic look and use one layer. using the eraser to fix an error with a green section without accidentally erasing a portion of a blue area I have already finished). I also like being able to edit out mistakes made while "painting" with one color without affecting the other colors (i.e. Hi K, I like the old "wash" hand coloration look a lot. Hold down the mouse button, and "paint" the area of the photograph.Select white as the color, and scale the paintbrush size to a fairly large circumference.The opacity of the paintbrush is located at the bottom of the toolbox when the paintbrush tool is selected. Set the opacity to approximately 30% (this can vary according to individual taste: the more opaque, the darker the color will be). Select the PAINTBRUSH from the toolbox.This is the black box next to the first color layer. When working with layer masks, the color white will let the color show through, and the color black will erase the color.To do this, go to the toolbox and click on the small black-and-white color squares at the bottom of the window. Reset the color palette to the original black-and-white squares.the eye symbol appears next to each layer). Step 4: Use the Brush to Paint in Each Color A black square will appear next to each layer. Choose to fill with black/transparency for each layer mask from the drop-down window. Right click on each layer and select: ADD LAYER MASK.Complete privacy is guaranteed.Add a layer mask to each layer (fill with black/transparent). These belong solely to the customers who ordered them (via 'free' or 'paid' jobs). This online photo converter lets you copy and add the colors from a photo in color onto a photo you want to colorize. Remember that customer photographs ('before' and 'after') are NEVER used as examples or samples. Unlike the Colorize It service that automatically processes images, Colorize Photo Online Converter enables you to manually add color to your black and white photos. 'Colourisation' is a very popular photo editing request. The result is vibrant life-like images invoking their original natural look as though 'shot' in colour. We transform black & white photographs by adding colour. With our colourisation services, those people in the pictures, from over 100 years ago, seem a lot more real. Of course, some interpretation and imagination is used in the process, but our artists and retouchers work with as much historical accuracy as possible. We carefully colour the photos by the digital hand. We are experts at photo colourisation (or 'colorization' if you are American!) - we have coloured thosands of B&W photographs for families, historians and genealogists. There are millions of different colors present in today's photographs - only an expert can reproduce that range. Ever wanted to add color to your old, vintage, or historical photographs? Firstly, colouring a black and white photo is easy, but coloring it well is a different thing.