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Does anyone know of a photo software that can add color to black and white photos?

I've seen photographers that can take a photo, make it black and white, and then take an item and make that part colored while the rest of the photo stays black and white. (example: black and white photo of a person with only their eyes colored.) I have some photos that I have taken with my digital camera that I think would look really great if I could do this. Does anyone know of what kindof software I could get to do this with my photos. I have Adobe photoshop and I thought that I might be able to do it with that, but I can't find a way on there to do it. Any help/advice that anyone could give me would be most appreciated!! Thanks in advance!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    With Photoshop (generic instructions)

    1. Open Image

    2. Duplicate Background Layer

    3. Select Layer 1

    4. Desaturate Layer 1

    5. Adjust Levels on Layer 1 (CTRL + L) for a nice B&W color

    6. Select soft brush for eraser tool

    7. Carefully erase the parts of Layer 1 that you want the background layer to show through.

    To Add color selection to a B&W image

    1. Open Image

    2. Create New Layer

    3. Set Layer Style to Color

    4. Select a soft brush on Paintbrush Tool

    5. Choose color you would like

    6. Carefully paint over the area you would like.

    **Also try setting the layer style to Hue / Saturation for another effect**

    Once you are done with either process, flatten the image then choose save as so you dont' over write original file

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    4 years ago

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    5 years ago

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    You asked for the best, well, Adobe PhotoShop is the best, and it's pricey, also you will need some tutoring. I suggest you try Adobe Elements 2. It edits a photo quite effectively and the price is not too bad. There are plenty of free ones out there but not anywhere near the quality of PhotoShop.

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    5 years ago

    adobe photoshop 3.0 This is a good photo editing program. Its also free.( I think )

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Welll if you are looking for software that specializes in add color to photogrpahs then it would have to be Blackmagic

    http://www.black-and-white-to-color.com/

    apparently this is the s/w ( or a version) that is used to colorize old black and white movies, but i have only used it for stills

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