Colorizing Photographs Tutorial

a lot of u ask me to write a tut of my work.. so here it is..

colored pic:

> open the original black n white pic
> use lasso tool to select the part of the pic which we want to fill with color
http://img146.exs.cx/img146/5746/step10ms.th.jpg
> copy to new layer
http://img214.exs.cx/img214/50/step20mf.jpg
> redo this action with another part (eg. collar, bground, eye, lips)
> use Hue/saturation to colorize each part
http://img208.exs.cx/img208/6582/step32rq.jpg
> until u have like this
http://img142.exs.cx/img142/5791/step42zm.jpg
> u can finalize/correct the color to make it more natural it by Burn/Dodge tool, bright n contrast

tape effect:
> make white box n set the fill opacity (39%)
http://img135.exs.cx/img135/5091/step212sj.jpg
http://img196.exs.cx/img196/8272/step211av.jpg
> set the stroke
http://img200.exs.cx/img200/5774/step225fj.jpg
> set the shadow
http://img84.exs.cx/img84/5739/step232qt.jpg
> n then it should be like this
http://img239.exs.cx/img239/9265/step246fu.jpg
> duplicate/copy to new layer
> select the top layer, select erase tool, choose brush type
http://img230.exs.cx/img230/8016/step261cy.jpg
> erase some area, n.. whoalaa.. you have a tape now!

follow this link if u can see the image http://img92.exs.cx/img92/2451/step270gk.jpg

u can see the complete work here:
http://forums.gfxvoid.com/index.php?showtopic=1015

Great tutorial! Will try it some time! :)

thx a lot.... i'm newbie n this is my first tut.. :D

Nice job! Very clear! Cool effect too! :D

thx.. thx.. thx... hope i can make another tut :D

For a first tutorial, this is great man! This is an effect that many people don't know how to do, and I feel is very helpful! Is it ok if I submit to a few sites?

Good Job Friend! Nice first tut! Keep up the good work!

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Originally posted by tacoX
For a first tutorial, this is great man! This is an effect that many people don't know how to do, and I feel is very helpful! Is it ok if I submit to a few sites?

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sure!... u can submit it to any site.. but dont forget to credit me :D

Cool i like it , i wondered how to make that tape effect :P

see my tut.. i wrote it how to make the tape..

thanks lot... for sucha a good techinques...it is really helpful for me

regards
binod lama

gedhubrag, this is something I will definitely use

I've been experimenting with colorizing B&W and not getting anywhere, so thank you very much!

This is pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.

The tape effect is awesome, thanks for the coloring tutorial, I have a few pictures that need touching up due to bad lighting from a "professional" photographer and this should help.

lol pwnage ^_^ awsome effects

nice tutorial man, I knew about colorizing pictures before myself, but you reminded me now about that, maybe I'll make something on that theme and put it on my devart acc... ;)

if i have time i'll try it
looks cool man

cool. Must try later !

I found another one but yours seems better, love the result. Sometimes, it's hard to get the skin tone to look realistic.