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cantotre Colorizing Black & White Images
- Open a grayscale image that you want to colorize. You have to be in a color mode to colorize a grayscale image, so go under the image menu, under Mode, and choose RGB to put your image into a color mode.
- Using one of Photoshop's selection tools, select the first area that you would like to colorize. In this example, the Lasso tool is used to select an area.
- Go under the Image menu, under Adjustment, and choose Hue/Saturation, or press Command + U (Ctrl+ U). When the dialogue box appears, check the Colorize box. Now you can move the Hue slider to choose the color you want. If the color seems too intense, lower the Saturation slider.
- Continue this process of selecting areas, going to Hue/Saturation, checking the Colorize box, and moving the Hue slider to add color to your image.
TIP: This tutorial is also useful in changing existing colors. If you want to change the color of a person's shirt or eyes in an image, use the same steps as above and experiment.