Sometimes you want to breathe new life into old black and white photographs or color some details of black and white photography. You don't need to be a professional to do this - just follow the simple instructions.
Necessary
In order to colorize a black and white photograph, you need a powerful graphics editor such as Adobe Photoshop
Instructions
Step 1
Start Photoshop and choose Open from the File menu. Select the file you need, and it will appear in the workspace of the program. Hold down the alt="Image" key on your keyboard and turn the mouse wheel to select the optimal image size for working with it.
Step 2
Press the Q key, and using the Brush tool, set the desired brush size that is optimal for painting the details of the photo you need. Now paint with a brush a part of the photo that will be a certain color - for example, the hair on a person's head. Accuracy is not important at this stage.
Step 3
Now, with the Eraser tool selected, enlarge the photo and erase all the places that you "touched" in the previous step. Here you need to be careful - the quality of the resulting photo will depend on how you handle this.
Step 4
Now press the Q key again and on the Select menu choose Inverse.
Step 5
After that you need to copy the layer. To do this, press simultaneously the keys Ctrl + C, and then Ctrl + V. You will receive the copied snippet. Correct his position.
Step 6
In the Layer menu, select New adjustment layer and check the Use Previews Layer to Create Clipping Mask line.
Step 7
Now you can experiment with adjusting the colors to get the desired color for the detail of the photo you are working on.
Step 8
In the same way, you can color the rest of the photo, and in the end, do not forget to save the resulting colorized photo.
