Colorizing B&W Photography with Adobe Photoshop

Colorization Project:

Students, this project will strengthen your skills in photoshop, especially with the Selection Tools, Layers and Blending Modes, which are some of the most commonly used tools.

Part 1: Download a black and white photo, or find a color photo and remove the color information with photoshop.

Part 2: In Photoshop there are several ways to colorize a photo. Here is the basic idea of the colorization process:

• Open your image in Photoshop and create a new blank Layer using the Layer Palette
• Set this new Layer's Blending Mode to "Darken"
• Take a Selection Tool, such as the Magic Wand Tool, Lasso Tool, or Magnetic Lasso Tool and select an area to colorize over your photo
• Fill this Selection with the color of your choice, the "Darken" Blending Mode will make this color mix with your original black and white photo
• Continue this process with a new layer for each new color until the entire photo has been colorized

Colorization Project results are due end of class on Thursday

- Mr.Wilson