Then go to the color image window and paste ( Ctrl+V). Go to the B&W image and select all, then copy ( Ctrl+A then Ctrl+C). Make sure the new layer is selected in the layers dialog. Click on the new layer button at the bottom of the dialog. Make sure that the original color image is selected in the Image drop down box. In this example, I tried the channel mixer, but ended up in this case preferring a simple conversion to grayscale ( Image → Mode → Grayscale), then back to RGB. Once you have gotten the B&W version that you like, change it back to RGB mode ( Image → Mode → RGB). Step 1 ¶īy whatever method suits you best, convert the duplicate image to B&W. Here is the original example image, loaded into GIMP. I adapted it for GIMP from a reader comment I saw in a “hand-coloring” tutorial on (great web site by the way, I recommend it). Giving credit where credit is due: I did not come up with this method.
Add an opaque layer mask and then selectively paint transparency into the upper mask, exposing the color photograph underneath.
The basic technique is to duplicate the color photograph, convert the duplicate to B&W, and paste it as a new layer on top of the color image. This technique is elsewhere referred to sometimes as “hand coloring” :-) With the right subject this can give really striking results, as you can see for yourself. In this tutorial I will explain how to convert a color photograph to a B&W one with color restored to selective areas. Jeschke and may not be used without permission of the author. Text and images Copyright (C) 2002 Eric R.
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