COLORIZING the Professional Way · Color Restoration in Photoshop of your Old, Black and White photos (Family or Famous Historical photographs [or images]) ... photos Old, Black and White photos 1)

(STEP- by- STEP Instructions along with Live SCREEN-SHOTS)

Editing Software used : Adobe Photoshop

To be able to see the world in Color is an amazing ability very few living beings are “ Blessed ” with and we humans are among the lucky few. Have you ever imagined a world with no Color in it..…??....If you have not, close your eyes and try doing it now because only then you will come to know why seeing the world in Color is a true “ Blessing ”.

Colors speaks to us a beautiful language of it’s own and brings in a whole new world of experience. So don’t you think it’s time to Colorize your memories (ie. old, black& white images) and breathe life into them….?? ……If Yes…, then come on in - let’s do it the Best way…... “ Memories are Black & White …NO MORE ”….!!!! ”

These are some of the topics we will go through here :

INTRODUCTION

1) Choosing the Best Source available :

2) Pumping Up the Dynamic Range of the Old Image

3) Cleaning the Scratches and Dust

4) Removal

5) Reference Color Images

6) Layers

7) Combo Layers

8) Colorizing Process

9) Colorization: Crucial Tips

10) FACE Painting the Natural Way – EXPLAINED

11) Increasing the Texture, Depth & Focus of the Colorized Image :

12) Useful Tips on the Way

13) The Transparency Lock technique :

14) Global Finetuning

15) Importance of choosing the right Resolution

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