How to colorize a B&W photo?


  1. DLee12
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    How to colorize a B&W photo?


    Hi -

    Anyone know either of the following? -

    1. How to colorize a B&W photo in Corel Photo-Paint, Version 7.0?

    2. How to colorize a B&W photo in any decent, free or very inexpensive colorizing software program (compatible for Windows 10) that's simple to use, such that it may even do it automatically for the user with very few, simple steps or processes?

    For now, I want to colorize just 1 particular B&W photo, the following 1981 headshot of actress Christine Lahti from the Richard Dreyfuss drama movie "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" -



    Is it even possible to somehow get a kind someone to colorize just this 1 particular photo for me, either for free or just a very small fee? So far I've already tried several "highly-recommended" free software programs on the 'Net, but have been frustrated so far because it seems that all of them are either too complicated to use (for advanced users rather than beginners) or all they seem to do is tint the photo slightly in a hue that's almost the same as either her facial skin or her hair color. I don't know what color her lipstick/lips are supposed to be, but at least I know that her eyes are supposed to be either hazel or brown.

    Any help whatsoever would be very much appreciated - THANKS!
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  3. Ghot
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    Lol

    Just kidding ofc.



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  4. Samuria
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    Plenty free on the web which do it on the web now install Colorize pictures: turn black and white photos to color with AI - Hotpot.ai
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  6. Callender
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    Here is another:

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  7. Steve C
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    I've only ever been able to this properly very slowly in a photo editor like Photoshop by manually selecting each key region, form a layer from it then shade that region with a chosen colour blend.
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  8. WXC
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    I'm not sure this will be helpful, but you may find it interesting.

    Hands Down Best A.I. to Auto-Color B&W Photos!


    Wishing you, the best of luck.
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  9. DLee12
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    THANKS very much to all who replied. Someone on another forum kindly did the following for me, which seems to be much better than anything I could ever do, except for the eye color being incorrect, as I did mention before that Christine's eyes are supposed to be either hazel or brown -



    So now all I have to do is just correct the eye color to brown or hazel, but I could very well screw it up badly & make it even worse. If anyone would be kind enough to be willing to give it a shot, it would be tremendously appreciated, but if not, then I'm still very thankful/grateful already anyway, as the help I've received so far has already been more than I was hoping for. THANKS again!
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  10. Ghot
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    DLee12 said:
    So now all I have to do is just correct the eye color to brown or hazel, but I could very well screw it up badly & make it even worse. If anyone would be kind enough to be willing to give it a shot, it would be tremendously appreciated, but if not, then I'm still very thankful/grateful already anyway, as the help I've received so far has already been more than I was hoping for. THANKS again!



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  12. eLPuSHeR
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    Face skin is lacking intensity imho.
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  13. DLee12
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    Re: How to colorize a B&W photo?


    That last pic is great - just what I needed. THANKS very much!
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