Written with both beginning and experienced GIMP users in mind, Pro Photo Colorizing with GIMP shows you how to colorize black and white images to achieve a high degree of realism.

What You'll Learn

Gain a basic overview of the GIMP workspace, tools, color palettes, layers, and layer masks

Learn how to make the proper tonal adjustments to black and white images before starting the colorizing process

Complete simple colorizing exercises for beginners and progress to more advanced colorizing techniques

Colorize skin, teeth, hair, and eyes

Create a nostalgic hand-tinted look and selectively colorize (mixing color with black and white) to create interesting images

Use textures and patterns to create artistic colorized images

Properly convert color images into black and white

Colorize black and white portraits, and re-colorize old faded color portraits

Who This Book Is For

GIMP users (but users of other photo editing software packages can benefit as well). It is especially useful for those who edit photographs, restore old photographs, or those who want to apply colorizing techniques for artistic effect.

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