Colorization Tutorial.
Okay so on a graphic forum that I'm on I got asked to make a tut on how I colorize black and white pictures. So I made and it and now I want to post here.
So learn how to go from This to
Made in:
Photoshop.
Made for:
All programs.
Rambling
Okay so I don't want to bore you guys to death with rambling.
So let me just say the BEST pictures to use for colorization's in my opinion,
are ones that have the person's skin shiny. Because everything just comes out better. So with that said lets get on to the tutorial.
Step One: The Skin
After you have your picture open make a new layer and set it to color and flood fill it with
#fecab2 and leave the opacity at 100%.
Than make another new layer, set to soft light and flood fill it with,
#fb9b71 and change the opacity to 20% though that may very with different pictures.
Okay make one last new layer set at soft light and flood fill it with,
#b4652c and change the opacity to 5% . But again that may very with other pictures.
Step Two: The Lips & Eyes
Time for coloring the whites of the eyes.
Make a new layer and set the layer to Color 50% opacity.
Now grab your self a brush. For this picture I chose the size 13px.
At 100% hardness.Now just color in the whites of the eyes.
Now normally the next thing I would do is color the irises.
But since you can't see them in the picture I choose.
I decided to skip the step.
Time for the eyeliner. We may not be able to see her irises but we can see here eyelids. So we'll add eyeliner.
Make a new layer and set it to Overlay 40%.
Now pick a color. Any color in theory would work just fine.
I chose the color black #000000 .
And the brush size I chose was 13 px Hardness 0%.
And the last step for the face is the lips.
One of the area's that I hate doing the most.
Make another new layer and set it Soft light 50%.
And the color that I chose for the lips was #f3644f .
Step Three: The Ring
Now again this all up to you when it comes to the ring.
Because lost of different colors would work for the coloring.
But seeing as how I'm lazy I'm just going to stick to the color black.
So I made a new layer and set the opacity to 20% and colored her ring.
Than I wanted the light spots on the ring to stand out more.
So I made another layer to Soft Light 100% and colored in the light spots and the diamonds.
The Last Step
And finally it time for the last step. Considering I don't have to go over hair or clothes colorizing. Okay so make one last new layer and flood fill it with
#1f0707 and set the layer to exclusion. And than Bam your done!.
My Result
So I would love to see some results so enjoy the tut!. :D
So learn how to go from This to
Made in:
Photoshop.
Made for:
All programs.
Rambling
Okay so I don't want to bore you guys to death with rambling.
So let me just say the BEST pictures to use for colorization's in my opinion,
are ones that have the person's skin shiny. Because everything just comes out better. So with that said lets get on to the tutorial.
Step One: The Skin
After you have your picture open make a new layer and set it to color and flood fill it with
#fecab2 and leave the opacity at 100%.
Than make another new layer, set to soft light and flood fill it with,
#fb9b71 and change the opacity to 20% though that may very with different pictures.
Okay make one last new layer set at soft light and flood fill it with,
#b4652c and change the opacity to 5% . But again that may very with other pictures.
Step Two: The Lips & Eyes
Time for coloring the whites of the eyes.
Make a new layer and set the layer to Color 50% opacity.
Now grab your self a brush. For this picture I chose the size 13px.
At 100% hardness.Now just color in the whites of the eyes.
Now normally the next thing I would do is color the irises.
But since you can't see them in the picture I choose.
I decided to skip the step.
Time for the eyeliner. We may not be able to see her irises but we can see here eyelids. So we'll add eyeliner.
Make a new layer and set it to Overlay 40%.
Now pick a color. Any color in theory would work just fine.
I chose the color black #000000 .
And the brush size I chose was 13 px Hardness 0%.
And the last step for the face is the lips.
One of the area's that I hate doing the most.
Make another new layer and set it Soft light 50%.
And the color that I chose for the lips was #f3644f .
Step Three: The Ring
Now again this all up to you when it comes to the ring.
Because lost of different colors would work for the coloring.
But seeing as how I'm lazy I'm just going to stick to the color black.
So I made a new layer and set the opacity to 20% and colored her ring.
Than I wanted the light spots on the ring to stand out more.
So I made another layer to Soft Light 100% and colored in the light spots and the diamonds.
The Last Step
And finally it time for the last step. Considering I don't have to go over hair or clothes colorizing. Okay so make one last new layer and flood fill it with
#1f0707 and set the layer to exclusion. And than Bam your done!.
My Result
So I would love to see some results so enjoy the tut!. :D