Taking requests on colorization

[Zuzah]

I am using all the same blending modes. But I also for the second one had a layer with a reddish color, and then painted in with a lighter brush the areas I wanted to shade. I also used dodge and burn I believe.

BTW I will PM you the link to the original

Dodge and burn? wat

 

[Joshua Horn]

Dodge - lighten
Burn - darken

Lets you quickly lighten or darken the original image. Helpful for shading.

 

[Aaron]

Ok. I spent a little more time on this guy. Whatcha think now?

blur, dodge, and burn are definitely great tools for this. Also a brush with a softness of 0!

I kind of like this version too!

 

[M E Wolf]

Clothing looks really good on the latest Matthew Brady Aaron

Seems like we're getting more colorists on this forum (which is a good thing) as there are tons of photos yet to be done.

M. E. Wolf

 

[M E Wolf]

Haha, thanks. Here's one of the others I have been working on. Its Captain Jesse Barnes of the 4th NC. I like how the face turned out, I added some color highlights in.

Nicccccccccccccccccccce!

M.E. Wolf

 

[wilber6150]

Dodge - lighten
Burn - darken

Lets you quickly lighten or darken the original image. Helpful for shading.

I would also suggest studying adjustment layers and fill layers for your images. It makes things so much easier if you have to make changes..

 

[Sneathen]

Wanna take this on?

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[Zuzah]

Wanna take this on?

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Sure

 

[Sneathen]

Not bad, good ol' Rutherford B. Hayes

 

[tmh10]

Found an interesting picture. LOC picture from Cold Harbor, VA of a photographers tent and wagon.

 

[wilber6150]

That looks like a Reb uniform that the man is wearing whos tending the horse

 

[tmh10]

That looks like a Reb uniform that the man is wearing whos tending the horse

I saw that. Found it on the library of congress pictures web site but the caption did not give many other details. Here is a link to where I got it.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwtake.html

 

[M E Wolf]

That will be a 'switch'...the photographer photo being colorized...

Keep up the great work gentlemen! NathanB1 needs more photos for her class...

May want to add some color to some photographs with women in there--

M. E. Wolf

 

[Zuzah]

170th N.Y.

Unrelated to soldiers in the Civil War, Union Supporter who held his position in southern politics during and after the civil war - Horace Maynard.

 

[bobs0651]

170th N.Y.

Unrelated to soldiers in the Civil War, Union Supporter who held his position in southern politics during and after the civil war - Horace Maynard.

any idea where that pic of the 170th NY was taken Zuzah?

 

[M E Wolf]

Excellent work Zuzah!

M. E. Wolf

 

[Zuzah]

any idea where that pic of the 170th NY was taken Zuzah?

I found it in another thread - http://civilwartalk.com/threads/civil-war-veteran-faces-an-image-of-his-past.72629/ - simply says it's a Union Reserve Corps. Not much else I can give you buddy.

 

[M E Wolf]

You know you guys coloring these photographs are making me extremely interested in photography and filling in old photographs like this too...........

Should start a 'how to' for beginners that are clueless what to have, what to do, etc. Such as what computers you have, programs bought, etc.

M. E. Wolf

 

[oldpete63]

You know you guys coloring these photographs are making me extremely interested in photography and filling in old photographs like this too...........

Should start a 'how to' for beginners that are clueless what to have, what to do, etc. Such as what computers you have, programs bought, etc.

M. E. Wolf

I have Adobe Photoshop Elements - puffed up my chest - bought it - and broke out into a cold sweat after installing it - all I can do is brighten and darken photos - that's why these guys amaze me - the work that's involved and the decisions on coloring and detail - me, with the program =

 

[wilber6150]

Coloring is a peice of cake, Pete you seem well versed in computer searches.. So I would suggest studying layers, in its simpliest form, You just create a layer, choose a color you want to use then color the parts in the picture.. If you want to choose another color for something else choose a different layer.. Think of layers as transparencies laid over the original picture, you can change a transparency without effecting the original. Then the different layer blending modes allow you to change how each layer affects the rest of the picture.. Thats it in its basic form, after you get the hang of that, there so much more you can do ..