Expert: Huma Riaz - 4/19/2005

Question
Actually I have a black & white and I wnat to change it to  an original color photo not want to colorize. Please tell me How can I do this -------------------------
Followup To
Question -
Hello Huma.
I have a question for u.I have a black & white photo .I want to colorize it how can I do that also tell the best way to change the background of a photo so that its look like original.
Thank You.

Naveed
Answer -
A best way to colorize a photo is to choose Hue/Saturation menu. (Ctrl+U). Select the 'COLORIZE' check in menu and you will get the smooth tone all over your picture.

To change a background of a photo is easy if you know a little about tools.

1. Make selection of the area you want to change

2. Hide that area by using Layer mask (5th button on bottom of layer palette) if the opposite area hides, choose Ctrl+Alt+I from keyboard

2. Open the file you need to replace as background

3. Select, Copy it.

4. Paste it behind the picture you want as background,

5 nudge, scale it as requires, I hope you will find it easy



Feel free to ask anything further


Huma Riaz
Location: Karachi-Pakistan  

Answer
Assalam o Alaikum Naveed,

If you dont want to colorize, chose brush tool and choose 'Color' in brush options.

choose any color thta suits visually to the picture, and apply on another layer so that your file can remained intact for further touch-ups.

use all colors in same layer, it may also be good if you try out by placing the layer under the picture layer and make it 'darken'(layer options)


Feel free to ask anything further


Huma RIaz
Location: Karachi-Pakistan