A Lovely French Couple

The author of this tutorial is Martine Raymond.

He found it easy to add vivid color to this old family portrait with AKVIS Coloriage.

• Step 1. First the photo was scanned and opened in AliveColors:
  
  Family Portrait

  To colorize such a dark, monochromatic photograph in bright colors, some preliminary color correction is needed. Use any of the correction methods in the Image -> Adjustment menu.

  
  After Color Correction
• Step 2. Call the plug-in using Effects -> AKVIS -> Coloriage. Use the Pencil to specify the colors for all objects in the picture. Use the Keep Color Pencil over the eyes, so that color will not spread into them.
  
  Color Strokes
• Step 3. Press to start the colorization process and then to apply the result.
  
  Colorization Result

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