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Transfer a Photo from Black and White to Colour

 

In the old days of black and white photography the only way to change a photo from black and white to color was to get a set of coloured pencils and do the work by hand.  There were a couple of very big problems with this.  The first was that unless you were a very skilled artist, the pictures could come out looking somewhat cartoonish.  The second problem was, there was no way to undo any mistakes that were made.

 

Fortunately, advances in digital photo restoration technology have made it possible to covert photos from black and white to colour in a much more realistic way.  Not only is the quality of the final product a much higher quality, it does not require any changes to be made to your original photograph.

 

Once you scan the original photo into the computer, all of the changes are made to the digital image.  If a colour is added that is not just right, it can be removed, and a new colour added with no negative effects.  Once the procedure is completed you will have a colourized photo, and you will still have the original untouched black and white photo.

 

The procedure to do a conversion of this kind is not technically difficult, but it is a bit tedious, and it requires a skilled hand to do it properly.  In order to capture all of the shades and textures that are a part of every image, the specialist must go through each area making the changes to each individual area.  Every fold in the clothing or shadow creates a different tone.  These different tones and shades need to be added, colour overlay techniques make this possible and then blending so that it looks as natural as possible.

 

Because of all the details that need to be accounted for, there is not effective way to automate the procedure.  Computers cannot accurately determine what colour to put where, or how to handle the detailed textures.  It requires a human to determine whether the eyes should be brown or blue, or what the shade of the blouse or skirt should be.

 

Most people do not have the skill or the patience to accomplish this properly.  Even if they did have the computer program to do the job, it still takes someone who knows how to use the program.  Fortunately there are services that are available that will do this work for you.

 

If you have old photos that you want to have converted from black and white to colour, all you have to do is look around to find a service that can do the job for you.  You can have it done for a very reasonable price, and it typically does not take too long to get the finished photo back.  You will have a picture that is professionally finished and ready for display.