Colorizing




Open the image you'd like to colorize
(I'm using a picture of Dan Aykroyd)

aykroyd
Select - Colors > Increase Color Depth > 16 Million Colors

Open the Layer Palette layer

Add a new layer new
   You can use default settings

Make sure Layer 1 is selected layer1

Zoom in on the image zoom
   enough to outline the area to be colored

Now select the Lasso Tool lasso

Carefully outline an area to be colored
With the foreground color of your choice fill the area fill

image2
(His coat)

Do the same with the next area
image3
(His shirt)

And again
image4
(His face)
(If you need a fleshtone, here's the one I use)
flesh

   (hold the Ctrl key to deselect the eyes !)

And again
image5
(The background)

Once finished, on the Layers Palette change the Layer Blend Mode
  It should be on > Normal
  Change this to > Color
lbm

You should get something like this
aykroyd2

Now select - Layer > Merge > Merge All (Flatten)
   Colors > Decrease Color Depth > 256 Colors
And you can save it as a .gif image
               or
Save as a full color .jpg without decreasing colors


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