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Tutorial: AKVIS Coloriage

Colorize your memories

 

You can colorize this photo yourself using the half-finished materials that we give you. Download the archive containing the original image and the strokes file (*.strokes). Read the instruction here to see how AKVIS Coloriage works.

Watch a flash movie demonstrating the technique of colorization with AKVIS Coloriage. Click here! (flash-movie, 9.4 Mb)

    Original image Colorized image

This photo was taken at a time when color photos where not so widespread, while black and white photography was available to everyone.

However, black and white photos can not convey the atmosphere of that time: the color of the wallpaper where you drew your first picture, the colors of your favourite blanket, the teddy bear that you loved so much.

Now you can take your black and white photo and use your memory to add colors to your recollections.

  • Step 1. Open the photo in your photo editing software.
  • a black and white photo of a child
  • Step 2. Call the AKVIS Coloriage plug-in. For this purpose in Adobe Photoshop select the menu item Filter – AKVIS – Coloriage; in Jasc Paint Shop Pro select the menu item Effects – Plugins - AKVIS – Coloriage; in Corel PHOTO-PAINT - select the menu item Effects – AKVIS – Coloriage.
  • Step 3. Draw an outline within every object with the color you have chosen for it.
    Draw an outline within every object with the color you've chosen for it
  • Step 4. Press the button Colorize and you will see the colorized photo in the After tab.
    the colorized photo of a child
  • Step 5. Apply the result to the image by pressing the button Apply the colorization to the image.
    the colorized photo of a child
 
How It Works How It Works
   — Workspace — Workspace
   — How To Use The Program — How To Use The Program
   — Colorization Tips — Colorization Tips
   — Load strokes from file (*.strokes) — Load strokes from file (*.strokes)
Examples Examples
   — An Old Postcard — An Old Postcard
   — Changing Color of the Car Body — Changing Color of the Car Body
   — Colorizing a Black and White Photo — Colorizing a Black and White Photo
   — Selective desaturation — Selective desaturation
   — A romantic photo — A romantic photo
   — Color correction — Color correction
   — Colorizing a portrait — Colorizing a portrait
   — A technique of reiterative colorization — A technique of reiterative colorization
   — A present for the Mother's Day — A present for the Mother's Day
   — Canadian Settlers — Canadian Settlers
   — Add color to the photo of a child — Add color to the photo of a child
   — Interior design — Interior design
   — Colorize a family portrait — Colorize a family portrait
   — Change the color of clothes — Change the color of clothes
   — Colorize a group photo — Colorize a group photo
   — Creating a colorful background — Creating a colorful background
   — Colorize your memories — Colorize your memories
   — Paint your house — Paint your house
   — Raise spirits — Raise spirits
   — Partial coloring of B&W photos — Partial coloring of B&W photos
   — Expressive cat eyes — Expressive cat eyes
   — A portrait of a geisha — A portrait of a geisha
   — Colorize a bas-relief — Colorize a bas-relief
   — Photo colouring tricks — Photo colouring tricks
   — An old postcard with a Geisha — An old postcard with a Geisha
   — Touching up a colorized photo — Touching up a colorized photo
   — An anime girl — An anime girl
   — Colorize a photo for a collage — Colorize a photo for a collage
   — A Flower Show — A Flower Show
   — A pencil sketch: self-portrait — A pencil sketch: self-portrait
   — Creating a Christmas Postcard — Creating a Christmas Postcard
   — Love Story — Love Story
   — Desktop Wallpaper with a Pet — Desktop Wallpaper with a Pet
   — Colourize a Photo in Paint Shop Pro — Colourize a Photo in Paint Shop Pro
   — How to get a nice sepia photo — How to get a nice sepia photo
   — A Castle in Scotland — A Castle in Scotland
   — How to achieve a natural colorization — How to achieve a natural colorization
   — Christmas Card: B&W to Color — Christmas Card: B&W to Color
   — Movie Star Ayshwarya Ray — Movie Star Ayshwarya Ray
   — Coloring old black and white drawing — Coloring old black and white drawing
   — Flower meadow — Flower meadow
   — Children’s Photo — Children’s Photo
   — Beautiful Nataly (three plugins) — Beautiful Nataly (three plugins)
   — A Gift For The Wife — A Gift For The Wife
   — Medieval Engraving — Medieval Engraving

 

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