Table of Contents for
Pro Photo Colorizing with GIMP

Version ebook / Retour

Cover image for bash Cookbook, 2nd Edition Pro Photo Colorizing with GIMP by Phillip Whitt Published by Apress, 2016
  1. Cover
  2. Frontmatter
  3. 1. Getting Familiar with GIMP, Tonal Adjustments, and Basic Colorizing Techniques
  4. 1. An Overview of GIMP 2.8
  5. 2. An Introduction to Tonal Adjustments
  6. 3. Colorizing Simple Objects
  7. 2. Intermediate and Advanced Color
  8. 4. Colorizing with Greater Complexity
  9. 5. Colorizing Skin, Hair, and Eyes
  10. 6. Colorizing Portraits and Snapshots
  11. 3. Artistic Colorizing Techniques
  12. 7. Creating an Old-Fashioned Look
  13. 8. Selective Colorizing
  14. 9. Colorizing Using Patterns and Color Overlays
  15. 10. Converting Color Images into Black and White
  16. Backmatter

Appendix: Additional Resources for GIMP and Digital Colorizing

Hopefully, you have learned a great deal about digital colorizing and using GIMP from the tutorials contained in this book. There are, of course, additional avenues to explore to learn even more about colorizing (and other ways of editing) your digital photos—I encourage you to check them out.

GIMP Resources

A list of helpful websites and resources related to all things GIMP follows.

The Official GIMP Website Tutorials Page

www.gimp.org/tutorials/

The GIMP website offers tutorials from beginner to expert levels and is a great place for those new to GIMP to become better acquainted with this software (see Figure A-1 ).

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Figure A-1. The GIMP website Tutorials page is a great place for beginners to acquaint themselves with this software

GIMP’s Official Google+ Page

https://plus.google.com/+gimp/posts

This is the official communications channel between developers of GIMP and its users. Apart from project news, posts feature artwork by GIMP users, artist features, links to useful tutorials, etc.

Partha’s Place

www.partha.com

Partha’s Place contains useful links to photography tutorials, Inkscape (the free illustration program), and various GIMP topics. It provides a build of GIMP for Macintosh with the Resynthesizer plug-in already included. Partha’s Place also provides preliminary builds of the next stable version of GIMP.

GIMP Magazine

www.gimpmagazine.org

GIMP Magazine is published periodically and is available as a free PDF download or can be viewed online. It contains interviews with artists and photographers who use GIMP and also showcases their work. If you would prefer a print version of GIMP Magazine , it is available for purchase.

gimpusers.com

www.gimpusers.com

This website contains many GIMP tutorials, forums, brushes for GIMP, and other helpful resources for anything related to GIMP.

Photo Retouching, Editing, and Restoration

Following is a list of helpful websites and resources related to image editing and restoration.

RetouchPRO

www.retouchpro.com

This website (see Figure A-2 ) contains many tutorials on retouching, restoration, and image editing. There are many “challenges” that members of every skill level can accept (using the image-editing software of their choice) to develop and hone retouching and restoration skills.

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Figure A-2. RetouchPRO is an excellent resource to help you develop retouching skills

Whitt’s Image Works Free Digital Portrait Backgrounds

www.whittartworks.com/backgrounds/id14.html

As a photo editing professional, I operate a website that provides digital portrait backgrounds for sale. There are several free examples available for download throughout the site (see Figure A-3 ). These backgrounds are useful in image editing and restoration work and graphic design (be sure to read the terms of use on the homepage).

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Figure A-3. Digital portrait backgrounds available to download

Examples of Colorized Photos

Following is a list of websites showing various examples of colorized photographs.

Dana Keller (History in Color)

http://www.danarkeller.com/

This website showcases a number of colorized images ranging from the 1800s to the mid-twentieth century.

Colorization: The Colorization of Old Black and White Photos

Reddit is a social, entertainment and news website that contains a wide variety of topics. There is a “subreddit” section that is devoted to showcasing colorized black and white images that can be seen here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Colorization/

Index

A, B

  1. Black and white conversion

    1. Channel Mixer

      1. color channel

      2. fine-tuning color

      3. preserve luminosity option

      4. steps

    2. conversion process

    3. decompose dialog

      1. comparison

      2. creation

      3. eyeball icon

      4. layer mask painting

      5. steps

      6. wedding photo

    4. desaturate dialog

      1. comparison

      2. converting color images

      3. selective colorization

      4. steps

  2. Black and white images

    1. Brick wall color

      1. blending mode color

      2. color overlays

      3. comparison

      4. different hue

      5. foreground color

      6. gray mortar

      7. overlay layers

      8. steps

      9. XCF file

    2. gray scale

    3. tonal value

  3. Brush tools

    1. clone tool

    2. healing tool

    3. shortcuts and functions

C

  1. Colorization

    1. black and white.

SeeBlack and white conversion; Black and white images

  1. brick wall

    1. blending mode color

    2. color overlays

    3. comparison

    4. different hue

    5. foreground color

    6. gray mortar

    7. overlay layers

    8. steps, 65–66, 151–152

    9. XCF file

  2. candy

    1. comparison

    2. duplication

    3. layer mask

    4. remove blue colorization

    5. steps

  3. description

  4. eye

    1. different colors

    2. green eye color

    3. steps

  5. Folded Quilt

    1. colorize dialog

    2. quilt color guide

    3. steps

  6. foliage

    1. comparison

    2. green base color

    3. hedges painting

    4. steps

  7. hair

    1. blonde color

    2. different colors

    3. steps

  8. marble

    1. comparison

    2. pink base color

    3. steps

    4. subtle coral highlights

    5. yellow highlights

  9. metal vase color

  10. old family photo

  11. piece of wall art

    1. base color-duplicate layer

    2. brown color

    3. comparison

    4. foreground color

    5. gray and green color

    6. nautical theme

    7. steps

  12. patterns.

SeePatterns and blending modes colorization

  1. portrait.

SeePortraits colorization

  1. rose and stem image

    1. comparison

    2. foreground color

    3. layer color

    4. layer mask

    5. numeric values

    6. paintbrush tool

    7. steps

  2. selective.

SeeSelective colorization

  1. skin tones

    1. center image

    2. color chart

    3. Eyedropper tool

    4. flesh color-layer mask

    5. layer off and on

    6. red color

    7. right-hand image

    8. steps

    9. teeth color

  2. snapshots

    1. aqua car color

    2. background elements

    3. brick-rooftops

    4. comparison result

    5. darker green color

    6. grass color

    7. grass discolorations

    8. pavers layer

    9. reflections

    10. steps

    11. tail lights layer

    12. tree trunks

    13. XCF version layer

    14. yellow-green color

  3. solid fabric color

  4. wood and brass

    1. brass color

    2. comparison

    3. steps

  1. Color picker tool

  2. Convertion, black and white images

    1. desaturate dialog

    2. wedding photo

      1. decompose dialog

      2. layer mask

D, E, F

  1. Discolorations

G

  1. GIMP 2.8

    1. absolute beginners

    2. download and installation

      1. disable Gatekeeper

      2. home page

      3. Linux and Unix-like systems

      4. Mac OS X

      5. program launcher

      6. splash screen

      7. Windows 4

    3. image navigation bar

    4. interface

      1. digital darkroom

      2. multi-window mode

      3. single-window mode

    5. layers

      1. base image

      2. blending modes

      3. groups

      4. mask

      5. palette

      6. separate layer

    6. measure and text tool

    7. menu bar

    8. path tool, color picker and zoom tool

    9. photo restoration

    10. toolbox and tool functions

      1. brush tools

      2. Color Picker tool

      3. menu option

      4. selection tools

      5. transform tools

    11. Windows 5

  2. gimpusers.com

  3. Grayscale. Black and white images

  4. GUN Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)

    1. coloring photos

      1. black and white photos

      2. Dana Keller

    2. gimpusers.com

    3. Google+ page

    4. magazine

    5. Partha’s Place

    6. photo retouching, editing and restoration

      1. image work digital portrait backgrounds

      2. RetouchPRO

    7. resources

    8. web site tutorials page

H, I, J, K

  1. Histogram

    1. balanced tonality

    2. levels and curves dialogs

    3. low contrast (dull tone)

    4. overexposed (too bright)

    5. screenshot

    6. underexposed (too dark)

L

  1. Linux

M, N, O

  1. Mac OS X

    1. disable Gatekeeper

    2. GIMP download links

  2. Metal vase colorization

    1. brass color

    2. comparison

    3. numeric values

    4. steps

P, Q, R

  1. Patterns and blending modes colorization

    1. vintage European car

      1. bucket tool

      2. comparison

      3. different pattern

      4. effect creation

      5. Lasso tool selection

      6. steps

  2. Portraits colorization

    1. faded color

      1. adjustments

      2. Hue-Saturation dialog

      3. result

      4. steps

      5. tonal and color information

      6. uniform color (background)

    2. man

      1. bucket fill tool

      2. coat and sweater color

      3. comparison result

      4. gold-yellow color

      5. hair color

      6. hairline transition

      7. lips and teeth color

      8. skin color

      9. slight blur lines

      10. steps

    3. old family photo

      1. comparison result

      2. eyes color

      3. guide references

      4. skin coloring

      5. steps

S

  1. Selection tools

    1. freehand and color selection

    2. menu bar

    3. shortcuts and function

  2. Selective colorization

    1. artistic effect

    2. color applying (motorcycle)

      1. color saturation

      2. comparison result

      3. flames color

      4. red color for light

      5. steps

    3. comparison result

    4. desaturate dialog

    5. description

    6. fuzzy select tool

    7. paint bucket tool

    8. pale colors creation

    9. photographs

    10. steps

  3. Sepia tone creation

    1. background layer

    2. contemporary color photograph

      1. comparison result

      2. duplicate layer

      3. layer mask

      4. steps

      5. wedding photo

    3. GIMP image

    4. old photographs

    5. steps

  4. Solid Fabric colorization

    1. background layer and rename

    2. colors menu

    3. comparison

    4. purple hue color

    5. steps

  5. Subtle, hand-tinted creation

    1. base color

    2. black and white photo

    3. cheeks and lips

    4. comparison result

    5. eyes and sweater

    6. flesh color

    7. hair and eyebrows

    8. layer mask

    9. photography

    10. steps

T

  1. Tonal correction

    1. curves

      1. adjustments

      2. comparison

      3. correcting contrast

      4. dialog box

      5. slight vs. curve improvements

      6. steps

    2. levels

      1. comparison

      2. dialog box

      3. duplicate layer

      4. levels dialog

      5. steps

  2. Tonal problems

    1. black and white images

    2. colorization

    3. color picker tool

    4. histogram

    5. sample points

  3. Transform tools

    1. rotate tool

    2. shortcuts and functions

U, V, W, X, Y, Z

  1. Unix-like systems