Turn Black and White to Colored

Don’t you just love black and white photos? Photos that lie with their colors, photos that lack life and photos that have been the product of old times. For their simplicity, they look boring to the eyes. If you think you need to retouch your B & W photos, then you need to get a load on this Photoshop tutorial. Make it look more alive and with nothing but your eye for color, your photos will look better.

Open an image in Photoshop, whatever size and format. Make sure that the tonal range and clarity are well adjusted. Go to Image – Adjustments – Brightness/Contrast. Next covert the image to RGB color through Image – Mode – RGB Color. Add a new layer on top of the image, by going to the layers palette. Afterwhich, change the blending mode to color. Select the Brush tool and adjust the opacity to 100%. Using the new color layer in the layers palette and with a suitable color that you have selected, paint it on the image. Adjust your Brush tool if necessary. To add darker tones, use a solid black tip for the brush and white tip for lighter tones. You need to focus on your work, so spend a little time on the finest details.

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