Hand-coloring a photograph can be a difficult process using traditional paints and traditional film photos.
With Photoshop, hand-coloring an old black-and-white image is much easier. You can use any black-andwhite
photo, called a grayscale image, and paint areas using any colors that you choose.
Before:-
1 Click Image.
2 Click Mode.
3 Click RGB Color.The color mode changes, but the image on the screen does not.
4 Click the New Layer button in the Layers panel.
5 Click here and select Soft Light.
6 Click the Quick Selection tool.
7 Click Sample All Layers in the Options bar ( changes to ).
8 Click in an area to make a selection.
Note: You can optionally use any of the other selection tools to complete the selection.
9 Click the foreground color in the Tools panel.The Color Picker appears.
10 Click and drag the Color slider to select a color range.
11 Click in the Color Preview box to select a color.
12 Click OK to close the dialog box.
13 Press B to select the Brush tool.
14 Click here to open the Brush picker.
15 Click the soft-edged brush.
16 Press the left or right bracket keys to adjust the brush size.& Paint over the selected
areas to apply the color.
17 Click Opacity and drag to the left
to adjust the color for the layer.( Repeat steps 4 to 17 until the
entire image is painted.
The black-and-white photo now appears in color.
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With Photoshop, hand-coloring an old black-and-white image is much easier. You can use any black-andwhite
photo, called a grayscale image, and paint areas using any colors that you choose.
Before:-
1 Click Image.
2 Click Mode.
3 Click RGB Color.The color mode changes, but the image on the screen does not.
4 Click the New Layer button in the Layers panel.
5 Click here and select Soft Light.
6 Click the Quick Selection tool.
7 Click Sample All Layers in the Options bar ( changes to ).
8 Click in an area to make a selection.
Note: You can optionally use any of the other selection tools to complete the selection.
9 Click the foreground color in the Tools panel.The Color Picker appears.
10 Click and drag the Color slider to select a color range.
11 Click in the Color Preview box to select a color.
12 Click OK to close the dialog box.
13 Press B to select the Brush tool.
14 Click here to open the Brush picker.
15 Click the soft-edged brush.
16 Press the left or right bracket keys to adjust the brush size.& Paint over the selected
areas to apply the color.
17 Click Opacity and drag to the left
to adjust the color for the layer.( Repeat steps 4 to 17 until the
entire image is painted.
The black-and-white photo now appears in color.
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