How To Colorize B/W Photographs In Photoshop

Why would anyone want to colorize a black and white photograph ? Because it's fun and it is also relaxing .Maybe it's cold outside or it's raining and there is nothing else to do. Yes, you can have others to have it done for you, but I know you might want to do it yourself.
I will also show how to make photographs look like drawings. Don't worry it is very easy.

Open a black and white photo that you want to colorize, set your brush settings to color. What this does is let you paint the picture without painting over it, if not lower the opacity to a level that does.

You will notice below I have also have a color picture but why ? It is because in photoshop I can use the color picker (eye dropper) on the tip on my nose to match my skin tone. See video below the picture.You may want to watch it  full screen.

Some of the time the hair color may not come out right, so use your swatches and  opacity settings . Enjoy, think of colorizing photographs as a pages from a coloring book.

In this case I use the color blue choosen from the swatches.It takes practice.I am actually wearing a two color shirt.

Changing any photograph into a drawing:

Open any photo in photoshop. Go to Filter  (in the menu) then stylize and  find edges  ....

....then go to  Enhance   (in the menu) , adjust color   then remove color. Now you have another picture to color. Read on below the picture.

Now if you want a chalk drawing on blackboard look:

Go to Image (in the menu),  adjustments then finally invert.

Then save your painted picture using "save as" give it a name then press enter.

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Best Friends Forever

In my old age I sometimes remember things that had long past and all the fun I had in the 1960's mostly listening to the radio and buying and playing records, reading comic code authority approved comic books, and even socializing.The only main problem I really had was doing my homework but not in the summer time.

On a rare cool August evening in 1963 my parents were planning a barbecue at Glen Echo Park located in Columbus,Ohio.We also invited  our  neighbor Linda , her family, as well as our good friends  the German identical twins Allison and Heidi.

Linda, since she is a member of a  Catholic  church   lead us into grace { not favoring one religion over the other here } While we were eating, Linda started to look at me  with hands folded as if she was still in prayer and spoke to me:  "Stanley, I know you have strong feelings for  Allison and Heidi  . Now is the time to tell them how you feel !" I had no idea how Linda knew that but okay.

Allison and Heidi have had heard what  Linda had just said, walked  towards me said to me : "kommen" and we started to walk holding hands while Linda gave me this advice:  "Stanley, close  the door to your mind and open your heart, let your heart do all the talking"

(After walking a short distance) "What's your heart trying to tell us. Stanley?" asked the twins. "We have an idea ,but we want it to be heard from you and your heart.. 
                        Tell us, Stanley, Tell us !"  

With a little choke in my voice , my head tilted down with  a small tear rolling down my cheek  I told them that I love them very much.I told them also that I have no idea, why I feel the way I do.

Knowing I was about to cry Allison and Heidi place their hands on my shoulders to console me: "Stanley, it is all right,you're not the only boy that feels that way about us. We know many more, but we do  love you  and  always will."  

"You're one of the few boys we can actually trust.In fact we consider you as our best male friend; But it would be better for all of us if we  just remain friends."

"We  will be leaving for west Germany very soon and we don't like to see you hurt . Let's consider our good times we had together and maybe going to have, including this day's  barbecue as our dates.

I knew they where telling the truth because they responded right away without any delays. 

Twins: "Now, let us go back to the barbecue. We will allow you to sit between us" with hands held and me now being thristy for a soda  to clear my throat we headed back to the barbecue party.

A few days later Allison and Heidi arrived at my house and asked my parents " hier ist Stanley ?". My mom yelled upstairs: "Stanley? Heidi and Allison are here, they want to talk to you !"

What the twins wanted is to give me something to remember them by, in case I would be unable to see them again.

(After getting my parent's permission) The twins and I carved our names on a tree then carved  a heart around our names, beside that heart another heart that has been kissed and carved just by Allison and Heidi themselves including the sentence: 
"Beste Freunde für immer"

This is definitely love
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                    See music video below sung by Beatrice Egli  
            Now And Here For Always title translated from German   
                                                                                                                                                     See also:  
               Allison And Heidi Roller Skating German Twins