{"id":108904,"date":"2020-12-22T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T05:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=108904"},"modified":"2020-12-22T00:01:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T05:01:48","slug":"how-to-colour-black-and-white-photos-the-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/how-to-colour-black-and-white-photos-the-program\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Colour Black And White Photos &#8211; The Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-923120512\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>Jim Hillier recently wrote about an online service to add colour to black and white photos.<\/p>\n<p>Read here: <a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/easily-add-color-to-black-and-white-photos\/\"><strong>Easily Add Color To Black And White Photos<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They also have a program (<a href=\"https:\/\/imagecolorizer.com\/picture-colorizer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Picture Colorizer<\/a>) that you can download to your system. I decided to download it and try it out.<\/p>\n<p>So I used my own mug. You people with smartphones have it easy. Taking a selfie with a digital camera is a bit awkward. I finally got a shot that probably won&#8217;t give too many nightmares. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><div id=\"daves-3856244686\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The first thing I had to do is make it black and white. I did this in <strong>PhotoFiltre 7<\/strong> by clicking on <strong>Filter<\/strong> then <strong>Aged effect<\/strong> then <strong>Black and White<\/strong>. If I used the <strong>Old photography<\/strong> effect, it&#8217;s much like Sepia, with a strong yellow tint. But the end result is basically the same.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PhotoFiltre7-Aged-Effects.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-108905\" style=\"outline: red dashed 1px;\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PhotoFiltre7-Aged-Effects-640x441.png\" alt=\"photofiltre7-aged-effects-make-black-and-whit\" width=\"640\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PhotoFiltre7-Aged-Effects-640x441.png 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PhotoFiltre7-Aged-Effects-350x241.png 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PhotoFiltre7-Aged-Effects-150x103.png 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/PhotoFiltre7-Aged-Effects.png 643w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So I saved the photo and then opened it up in Picture Colorizer. It supports drag and drop. And then I just clicked on the third icon in the top row, labelled <strong>Colorize!<\/strong> It only took a few minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Add-Photo-Colorize.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108906\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Add-Photo-Colorize.jpg\" alt=\"picture-colorizer-add-photo-then-click-colorize\" width=\"640\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Add-Photo-Colorize.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Add-Photo-Colorize-350x255.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Add-Photo-Colorize-150x109.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bar under the picture turns blue and will tell you when it&#8217;s done. On the right-hand side of the program, you can play with the controls like <strong>Brightness, Contrast,<\/strong> and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Then click on the <strong>Save As<\/strong> button.<\/p><div id=\"daves-3134864166\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Picture-Colorize-Save-As.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108907\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Picture-Colorize-Save-As.jpg\" alt=\"picture-colorizer-progress-bar-and-save-as-option\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Picture-Colorize-Save-As.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Picture-Colorize-Save-As-350x257.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Picture-Colorize-Save-As-150x110.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This will open a preview window, I just clicked on the middle option<strong>, Save Colorized Photo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Picture-Colorize-Save-Options.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108908\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Picture-Colorize-Save-Options.jpg\" alt=\"picture-colorizer-save-as-options\" width=\"547\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Picture-Colorize-Save-Options.jpg 547w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Picture-Colorize-Save-Options-350x251.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Picture-Colorize-Save-Options-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following is the result: <strong>Number 1<\/strong> is the original, <strong>Number 2<\/strong> is the colour removed, and <strong>Number 3<\/strong> is the colour added with Picture Colorizer. Before I did this one, I tried a few old family photos and they came out pretty good too. One thing I noticed is if you look at the very bottom of photo number 3, you will see the company logo and name as a watermark (only in the free version of this program). I did some family pics, the smallest being 286&#215;234 in size, and no watermarks appeared on them. Probably because the watermark would have covered the entire picture. So this service and program get a thumbs up, all the way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pictur-Colorizer-Final-Results.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-108909\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pictur-Colorizer-Final-Results-640x545.jpg\" alt=\"picture-colorizer-final-results\" width=\"640\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pictur-Colorizer-Final-Results-640x545.jpg 640w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pictur-Colorizer-Final-Results-350x298.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pictur-Colorizer-Final-Results-150x128.jpg 150w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pictur-Colorizer-Final-Results-768x653.jpg 768w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Pictur-Colorizer-Final-Results.jpg 811w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"daves-718236361\" class=\"daves-after-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Hillier recently wrote about an online service to add colour to black and white photos. Read here: Easily Add Color To Black And White Photos They also have a program (Picture Colorizer) that you can download to your system. I decided to download it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2084,"featured_media":108972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[9404],"class_list":["post-108904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how","tag-picture-colorizer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2084"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}