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@noncon- Nice pics. I too am curious as to how you did it.
nonconformist
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I'll make a tutorial if you like. I'm using the GIMP currently.
nonconformist
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First, you must find a black and white photo. It should be fairly clear and of good quality. That is, it should be more or less clear, with not too many dark or light spots, and be of quite high resolution.
For this, I will use this photo from WWII.
The main idea of this is trial and error. You will find that some colours will be too bright, too dark, or some photos are jsut plain unusable. Don't be afraid to use the undo button.
This will be the target photo (thanks to PrivateHudson)
Then, you need to find "source photos".
Try to have a broad range of colours for this. You need generally skin tones, and other colours you will need in the process.
Let's have this as my source picture.
(Having a source picture related to the subject is useful, as it leaves the right range of tones. Here is a scene from Saving Private Ryan).
Next, use the "colour picker" option. Try to have the largest average possible (As circled on the picture). You will find that you will often need a tione darker than you want.
Then, once you have the colour you want, you can start on the colourisation.
Use the "brush" tool, and on the options, select "colourise". This will allow you to obtain the effect.
Now paint over the area to be coloured in that colour, and it should atomatically adjust to the grey, black and white hues.
The best bit is, you don't even have to be neat. Over shoot into the black? No problem, the black wwon't be copied over.
Overshoot into another colour? No problem, just paint it over later.
I'll have the finished product up in a jiffy, so keep tuned in, folks!
For this, I will use this photo from WWII.
The main idea of this is trial and error. You will find that some colours will be too bright, too dark, or some photos are jsut plain unusable. Don't be afraid to use the undo button.
This will be the target photo (thanks to PrivateHudson)
Then, you need to find "source photos".
Try to have a broad range of colours for this. You need generally skin tones, and other colours you will need in the process.
Let's have this as my source picture.
(Having a source picture related to the subject is useful, as it leaves the right range of tones. Here is a scene from Saving Private Ryan).
Next, use the "colour picker" option. Try to have the largest average possible (As circled on the picture). You will find that you will often need a tione darker than you want.
Then, once you have the colour you want, you can start on the colourisation.
Use the "brush" tool, and on the options, select "colourise". This will allow you to obtain the effect.
Now paint over the area to be coloured in that colour, and it should atomatically adjust to the grey, black and white hues.
The best bit is, you don't even have to be neat. Over shoot into the black? No problem, the black wwon't be copied over.
Overshoot into another colour? No problem, just paint it over later.
I'll have the finished product up in a jiffy, so keep tuned in, folks!
nonconformist
Miserable
And here is the finished version. Bear in mind that this did take only about 10 minutes to do, so it is not of the highst quality.
Once oyu get that knackl of choosing your photos and colours, the rest op the brushing is a doddle, and it gives really nice effects.
Once oyu get that knackl of choosing your photos and colours, the rest op the brushing is a doddle, and it gives really nice effects.
ybbor
Will not change his avata
any way to do that on PS?
nonconformist
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Not that I know of. You could Google it.
Lozzy_Ozzy
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ybbor said:
My photography teacher mentioned it once (when we edit on Pc's we use Photoshop 7), so i'm pretty sure you can do it.
Reno
The Studio Ghibli Fanatic
All of the attempts on mine are great, thanks to everyone. 
Now i'll have a hard time choosing from them.
Now i'll have a hard time choosing from them.
MeteorPunch
#WINNING
Many of the avatars I've tried to use will simply not work because they are over 4 kb. My current one I got to go from 4.2 kb to 4.0 kb by adding more black to it, but many of my other attempted avatars are 5-6 kb...how can I reduce them?
Reno
The Studio Ghibli Fanatic
It's quite easy to degrese the size of the image with Infranview.
MeteorPunch
#WINNING
Reno said:It's quite easy to degrese the size of the image with Infranview.
But I want it as big as possible!
Reno
The Studio Ghibli Fanatic
MeteorPunch said:But I want it as big as possible!
What i meant by Size of the image is the File Size NOT the pixel size.
Lozzy_Ozzy
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Where can I can this Infranview, is it better at what it does than Photoshop 7 and is it free?
Reno
The Studio Ghibli Fanatic
Just check the first page or google it, it's free and very good image editor/resizer.
MeteorPunch
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@Reno. heheh. Didn't realize you made the filesize smaller. 
Thanks Reno and Raen!
Thanks Reno and Raen!
Lozzy_Ozzy
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Yay! Got it (when I looked on download.com before I asked it didn't show it so i thought it might be from shops only or something, but now i've found a link.
Cheers
Ozzy
Cheers
Ozzy
Reno
The Studio Ghibli Fanatic
Lozzy_Ozzy said:Yay! Got it (when I looked on download.com before I asked it didn't show it so i thought it might be from shops only or something, but now i've found a link.
Cheers
Ozzy
If any trouble show up just remember, that there are tutorials to use on the first page of this thread and you can always ask here if something comes up.
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