Help me to color the photograph

[sara_23apr]

Hi all
I am very new to photoshop. Can someone help me to color the photographs of my dear grand parents (i lost them 5 years back ). This is the only photograph i have. any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Sara

 

[Moltas]

Hi Sara and welcome to the PSG forum. I hope you will come to appreciate it as much as I do

I am sorry to hear that you've lost your grandparents. I have made a very quick attempt at colouring your photo (a 5-minute work) so take it for what it is - an example.

I copied the image and paste it as a new layer in PS. And colorized the complete layer ([CTRL+U]). Using the eraser I removed everything except the skin. This procedure was repted for the "hat", the Sari (?) etc. If you want the PSD to tweak the colors just let me know.

There is also a lot of tutorials on colouring photos, just Google for it.

Is this a scanned version of your only photo? If so you should try to scan it once again 'cause the quality of the image isn't too good. It's a lot of "pixels" in it. Look at the "hat" and you'll see what I mean.

BTW they are very beatiful and have a "proud" look.

/Moltas

 

[stanislav]

Great job Moltas :}

 

[sara_23apr]

Hi Moltas
Heartfelt Thanks.
Yeah its the scanned version of photograph. Thanks a lot for the tips. I am googling to find tutorials on coloring photographs.
Kindly send me the psd file.

Just feel like sharing few things about my grand parents(i know this is not the forum for such stuff).....They were very spiritual and were good people. They have done lot of service to the local society . My grandmother died a natural death just 4 months after my grand father.

I showed the photograph to my mom and she was in tears. she wants me to print it and frame it.

I was reading the other threads in the forum.... they are very informative. I am very happy to have found such nice site.



regards
Sara

 

[NemesisWorks]

hey nice job moltas,

@ sara : are you from India ? M from Pak [slick]

 

[sara_23apr]

Hi Nemesis
yep I am from Bangalore - India.

take care
Sara