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Not Quite Magic, But Amazing Nonetheless<\/h2>\n

 
\nLike many photography buffs, I subscribe to Adobe Creative Cloud that provides me a set of applications for editing my images. For all of the years that I’ve been using the computer for photography, I’ve never been a regular user of Photoshop<\/strong>. While I’ve used it on occasion I’ve instead relied on the company’s younger offspring Lightroom<\/strong> for most of my image editing.<\/p>\n

As a subscriber I receive regular electronically delivered newsletters about Creative Cloud. A few weeks ago one of the articles drew my interest – colorizing black and white images.<\/p>\n

Those of us who grew up taking pictures in the 1950s and 1960s have a large stash of black and white photos – and I have my share. I clicked on the article to find out more about this magical process.<\/p>\n

The process involved using one of Photoshop’s built-in filters. Being a Photoshop novice I was unfamiliar with these filters so I had to dig deeper.<\/p>\n

Well it turns out that I didn’t have to dig very much. The newsletter explained that the only thing I needed to do was to choose “Neural Filter” from Photoshop’s top menu and then click the “Colorize” button. Instantly – yes instantly – the black and white photo was converted to a color version.<\/p>\n

The images are colorized using a best guess model that Adobe employs. The processing is not perfect but most of the images that I tried turned out acceptable. The few inconsistencies that I noticed did not detract from the overall results. And a few of the colorized images exceeded my expectations.<\/p>\n

Below are a few of the B&W’s – including some of my favorites – that I was anxious to try.
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\nA photo of my Grandmother and two uncles taken in the 1950s.<\/center><\/td>\n
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\nThe colorized version fails to maintain consistent color of the suits.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nA high school photo of a student from the 1960s.<\/center><\/td>\n
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\nThe colorized version is good except the student didn’t use lipstick.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nWriter William F Buckley lecturing at the Univ of Michigan in 1969.
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\nAbove you will notice that the background does not maintain the same color.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nHockey star Tim Horton sitting in the penalty box at Madison Square Garden about 1964.<\/center><\/td>\n
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\nThe color processing chose blue for Tim’s jersey which happens to be the color of the Toronto Maple Leaf uniform. Good guess.
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\nSinger Ron Townsend of the Fifth Dimension performing in Ann Arbor in 1970<\/center><\/td>\n
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\nAn amazing transformation. I don’t know if the colors are accurate to his 1970’s outfit but they appear authentic.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nA snapshot of my wife while we were enjoying nature and the outdoors in 1969.
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\nPhotoshop’s choice of colors is less important to me than the warm feeling that I receive from the colorized photo.<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nI’m still excited when I find another older black & white photo that I can colorize.<\/p>\n

 
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\nWritten by: Arnie Lee
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