Coloring a Black and White Photo

Picasa Tutorials

All the Picasa tutorials are located in the May and June archives.

This tutorial will end the series on restoring an old, damaged photo. The tutorial that follows is a rough introduction to the techniques involved using Photoshop Elements to color a black and white portrait photo. I didn't have the luxury of having a reference photo of the subject so I had to guess the color of the subject'ts hair, skin, etc. The important thing to remember here is to separate each item in the picture and place that item on its own separate layer. Each selection must be made from the original image and the subsequent color adjustments should be made by using the "Color" blending mode.

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Adding Different Backgrounds to a Portrait Photo

In this blog, I will share with you a couple of easy methods for changing the background look of the photograph of a person.

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Restoring a Damaged Photo with Photoshop - 3

This blog is a continuation of the tutorials on restoring a damaged photograph.

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Restoring a Damaged Photo with Photoshop - 2

This is a followup to the previous blog. In this tutorial, I will demonstrate applying cosmetic fixes to the image below, ending up with converting the photo to black and white and applying a nice lighting effect.

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Restoring a Damaged Photo

Old, damaged, torn photos can usually be restored to a like-new condition by using Photoshop along with a good measure of patience and perseverance. The "AFTER:" photo below is only the first step in restoring this image as there are defects that need taking care of and will be the subject of my next blog.

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Fixing Over-saturated Photos with Photoshop

Earlier I demonstrated how one could correct over-saturated photos using Picasa --- http://www.fotofixin.blogspot.com/2009_06_01_archive.html. This link points to the June archives and the tutorial can be found about halfway down the page. Now, I am going to explain how one can fix this problem by using Photoshop with an adjustment layer.

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Magnetic Lasso Tool

Still another tool to discuss for making selections ---Magnetic Lasso Tool.

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