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Title: Colourisation
Post by: garycrombie on Monday 24 June 24 22:35 BST (UK)
Looking for some guidance or a starting place on how to colourise black and white photographs. I have used the application within ancestry however feel that my photographs need to be finally tuned in certain places as the colour of flowers for example remain a neutral colour. Apologies that it is a broad request but any signposting would be gratefully appreciated.
Title: Re: Colourisation
Post by: jim1 on Wednesday 26 June 24 11:21 BST (UK)
You could try one of the free apps such as Gimp.
https://www.gimp.org/
Title: Re: Colourisation
Post by: garycrombie on Wednesday 26 June 24 12:09 BST (UK)
Thanks Jim I will have a look at it this evening. Greatly appreciated.
Title: Re: Colourisation
Post by: Treetotal on Wednesday 03 July 24 11:16 BST (UK)
Or...you could post it on here for a variety of styles for you to choose from.
Carol
Title: Re: Colourisation
Post by: garycrombie on Tuesday 09 July 24 10:23 BST (UK)
Just wanted to give a public thanks to Andypandy for his assistance with colourising photographs for me. These kind gestures mean so much and have been gratefully appreciated by my family and brought a great sense of comfort to my uncle. Thank you
Title: Re: Colourisation
Post by: Handypandy on Wednesday 10 July 24 08:28 BST (UK)
Thanks Gary for the acknowledgement, however I would just like to clarify that it was not my intention  to bypass the incredible work that is done here on Roots. I had originally offered to privately give Gary some guidance on the process (as I have done for quite a few others on other forums). After a brief discussion, it transpired that, to his credit, his sole motivation was to add colour to just two wedding pics for his uncle and not to pursue it as a hobby. Given the amount of commitment that would have been required for the both of us, I suggested that I may as well just do them for him.  :)