My first try at colorizing a black&white photo

[Vafann]

This is the first time I have ever tried to do this, it was harder than I thought it would be. This is my grandmother in 1930-something, before and after, or after and before, I don´t ever know in which order these things come in lol. I would love suggestions about how I should have done it otherwise.

[Paul]

Hi mate, you did all that on one layer didn't you? try doing hair in one layer then eyes in another etc etc, it really helps when you come to making fine adjustments to colour and light.
Good attempt mate, it's fun ain't it?

[Vafann]

ARRRGH!!! I don´t know what I did!! SIGH!

[Paul]

Keep trying mate it will come.

[fenix]

She´s a hottie! Looking great but as Paul said, use separate layers for everything. One for the hair, one for the lips, eyes etc. and apply less color than you first thought. Adjust that by using the opacity.

[Vafann]

I used about a million layers lol! I didn´t know what I was doing! I am going to try again later. Yes Paul it was fun, but it was really hard! Thank you Fenix for the same, I´m all confused, I don´t understand how I messed up posting it like that. lol

[Paul]

I did this all with paint brush, using 8 layers and adjusting fill levels.

[Vafann]

I did this all with paint brush, using 8 layers and adjusting fill levels.

Cool paul! I tried again too, is this better?

[SeniorS]

Yeah, more natural. Try dublicate it now with overlay and opacity 45%. Or Soft light and bigger opacity..

[Vafann]

Yeah, more natural. Try dublicate it now with overlay and opacity 45%. Or Soft light and bigger opacity..

OK! Thank you Senior S! I will try that!