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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