Sijun Forums :: View topic - image re-touching by photoshop

soulnine · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2001 1:27 am

this is what i've done using the lasso tool, hue/saturation & colorize in photoshop. *the black/white picture were taken in the 60's.
still, theres a lot of weakness with the result... tell me what u think guys!

before

after

c · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2001 3:31 am

wow that's pretty crazy. i'm very impressed! however, i dont think forum is for this sorta thing? i don't know.

Sumaleth · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2001 4:10 am

Photo coloring isn't really digital art, but it's an interesting exercize.

You've colored the image but have you given the impression that it was a color photo? No. It just appears to be a B&W image with color washes added to various parts of the image, there's no realism in your coloring.

Skin tones are unconvincing and inconsistant (the old guy almost works). And you've used such vibrant colors yet not taken into consideration how those bright colors will reflect light. So anyone near Miss Yellow will get yellow light bouncing from here and adding to their color.

Look at real photographs and see how a blue shirt isn't the same pure blue all the way. Reality comes from the details.

Row.

ichiban · member Member # Joined: 20 Jul 2001 Posts: 58 Location: ny

well, i think it's appropriate. and pretty cool. probably took a while, i'm sure. you might want to try fading the background, where you have it going straight from blue to grey...try to have a soft transition. i think it would be near impossible to get perfect kodak color, but it does have a neat 70s technicolor feel to it.

eyewoo · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2001 4:50 am

I think your colors are too bright... They should be more muted... Also the blue background is tooooo much. It pops out in front of the people. Take it way down... perhaps a beige or gray and make it lighter than the floor.

My 2 cents...

fleabrain...

jr · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2001 6:36 am

soul do you paint with oils? the reason most of these bw photos when colored looks flat and off is the local color. there is a technique of painting on a black (actually terra verte too) and white called grisaille. painting with transparent colors. ingre was probably the most popular of these artists. repeating what sum said, the photo will look less like a coloring book (one color in one object) if you bounce come colors off the shirts.
try to take the color from the shirt and put it on the face, as long as the tones are similiar they will look believable.
btw, color those lips!
j.
i hope that helped.