Friday 1 February 2013

Colouring and retouching old photographs



Using this old image of Mum and Dad, I coloured it on PhotoShop using quick selection tool to select individual sections, New adjustment layer set to Hue/Saturation to use the sliders that will add colour to the area and the eraser tool set to a low opacity to blend in any areas needed.  









I also removed scratches from the surface of the photograph using the clone tool to give a more clear image.

Before retouching to remove the scratches I made this version to demonstrate how vibrant you can get the colour from Black and White using the layers adjustments and also how easy it is to change a section to another colour.