We read a thread on Chuck Green’s Facebook page and becamse so interested in this controversy, we snooped around on the web to see any of the thosands of Photoshop Tutorials took a side. Should we colorize historic black and white images? Well they all seemed to be gung-ho to colorize, with little or no mention of ethics. Even the Civil War web site is full steam ahead . . . and it just about drives you mad . . .
* Colorizing the Migrant Woman using GIMP
* Extensive Black/White Colorization Tutorial
* Colorization Tutorial – How to colorize B/W or vintage photographs
* 60 Second Elements: Splashes of Color in Black and White Photos
* Highlight Color Effect in Lightroom – 5 Easy Steps
* Colorizing Black-And-White Photos
* Reddit Colorization
… and MORE
We read a thread on Chuck Green’s Facebook page and becamse so interested in this controversy, we snooped around on the web to see any of the thosands of Photoshop Tutorials took a side. Should we colorize historic black and white images? Well they all seemed to be gung-ho to colorize, with little or no mention of ethics. Even the Civil War web site is full steam ahead . . . and it just about drives you mad . . .
* Colorizing the Migrant Woman using GIMP
* Extensive Black/White Colorization Tutorial
* Colorization Tutorial – How to colorize B/W or vintage photographs
* 60 Second Elements: Splashes of Color in Black and White Photos
* Highlight Color Effect in Lightroom – 5 Easy Steps
* Colorizing Black-And-White Photos
* Reddit Colorization
… and MORE
Colorizing the Migrant Woman using GIMP
Believe it or not, the challenge of recoloring Lange’s photo is tackled in a GIMP tutorial called “Use the Gimp to create color photos from black and white photos” which actually uses “The Migrant Mother” image discussed in Chuck Green’s Facebook thread.
— no artist credit was provided, but you can try your hand at retouching at the
Full story : Tutorial Geek See a screen shot
Extensive Black/White Colorization Tutorial
Believe it or not, this is on the CivilWarTalk forum that features questions and discussions about the American Civil War! These guys don’t seem to have a problem with colorization of photos.
Black/White Colorization Tutorial in a discussion about ‘Colorized Period Photographs’ by someone called Zuzah Full story : Civil War Talk See a screen shot
Colorization Tutorial – How to colorize B/W or vintage photographs
Zuzah Gaming leads this tutorial on video, which is the essence of the previous tutorial above. Full story : Zuzah Gaming Colorization Tutorial See a screen shot
NEXT : Reddit Collection and Photoshop Elements tutorial Madness
Learning how to Colorize Black & White Photos
This turned up in a search, and looks like a typical Reddit page collected from all over the web.
There are a variety of tutorials listed here, including video tutorials colorizing all kinds of subjects like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, American Girl, Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, Tennessee Schoolgirl, Eugene F. Kranz, John F. Kennedy, Charles Darwin, and others Full story : reddit.com/r/Colorization See a screen shot
60 Second Elements: Splashes of Color in Black and White Photos
Adding splashes of color while leaving the rest of your photo in black and white is a popular technique. Bob Gager, Group Product Manager for Adobe Photoshop Elements, explains how to accomplish the effect in this tutorial. (We were flattered they copied our name!) Full story : 60 Second Elements See a screen shot
Colorizing Black-And-White Photos
Using Photoshop to create a classic hand-painted effect, author William Sawalich writes :
If you’re an ancient Gen-X-er like me you probably remember when billionaire media mogul Ted Turner began colorizing classic black-and-white films from Hollywood’s golden era. Even if you agree with critics who claimed this colorization amounted to “cultural vandalism,” there’s no doubt the technique is interesting and has its merits—especially for photographers. Full story : Digital Photo Magazine See a screen shot
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