Part 2, How to change black and white photographs to color using Paint Shop Pro

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How to change black and white photographs to color, part 2.

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STEP 8

We will now color the skin sections of the Photograph.

Add a New Layer. Name the New Layer "skin".

Select the Freehand Lasso Tool and draw around the skin section just as you have done to the Hair layer. Zooming in on the image will help with detail.

You now need to deselect the Eyes and The Necklace.

Just keep the Ctrl key held down, and with the lasso tool go around one eye, then right click on the eye. Now hold the Ctrl key down again and do the other eye.  Then the necklace and the mouth.

STEP 9

Flood Fill the skin selection with color.

Red = 255
Green = 203
Blue = 153

Deselect the image and follow step 7 again (Change mode to Color, Blend layer opacity) and merge the color into the image.

To Finish the Image.

Keep adding a new layer, drawing around the selected area, flood filling with color, changing the layers mode to color and blending the layer.

When coloring the eyes, follow the Changing Eye Color Tutorial.

Different photos will need different colors, so play around with colors and the layers opacity blend until you get your desired effect.