Photoshop help

[Unicorn ♥✿]

Hey guys,

So I have a pic on my computer that was originally B&W, was never colour. I wanna know how I can change this to COLOUR usine PS? I'm familier with PS so I just can't do this. I know ALL pics are taken in B&W and the camera coverts them. Halp?

xx

[escape_thereal_world]

This will not be an easy task. It's not like when you turn a color photo to B&W. You will be doing every color individually. You will need to outline lips, eyes, etc or whatever is in your picture separately and make them a new layer with a clipping mask.

Then you will need to go to "saturation", check colorize, and then mess with the colors. And then use the eraser tool on any areas you accidentally colored.

I found a quick tutorial video here, though it is only good if you are familiar with PS.

In the future, it would just be best to get a color photo, since you CAN turn color to b&w very easily.

[Unicorn ♥✿]

Yeah I messed up. LOL. I want to do some B&W photos with some stuff colour
(My bracelets, flowers in the background, etc)
But You have to do this from colour

[escape_thereal_world]

Yes, you do. You could just use the tutorial above and add the colors in from scratch. Also, what you are wanting to do is called Selective Coloring. Many many tutorials online for that too, for future reference.

[Unicorn ♥✿]

It has a name ? (Dumb) I just thought it looked pretty
I will try that tutorial, but it looks too advanced

THANKS

xx

[Guile]

I did these a few weeks back. If you need some help shoot me a message, or I could just do it for you, I can do a lot with photoshop.

You mean like this?





Or...

[Boobies]

You could always copy the picture (as a colour picture) then paste it as a new layer, turn the top layer black and white then erase the bits that you like coloured.
Of course that would only work starting from colour, if not then you'd have to colour it in.

[Unicorn ♥✿]

Yeah, I can do selective colour normally but I was stupid and didn't think about it this time until I decided to do it and OH I took B and W pics

From now on, ALL my pics are in colour until I edit them.

Jem
xx

[escape_thereal_world]

Hahaha I've done that too.

Though, there are special color pencils used to color B&W pics by hand. I loooove doing this.
Won an art contest with one
You can color the whole thing or do selective coloring.
Of course, make a copy of the picture before you color it. Just in case you want the original.