Adding color to a black and white image

How do you add a splash of color to a black and white photo? I have this beautiful picture of my daughter in a ballet tutu and I would like the pic to be black and white and her leotard to remain pink.

To colorize a B&W, please refer to my reply in the recent forum topic "Photo Elements 6.0 question" : http://forums.adobe.com/thread/492539?tstart=0

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Adding color to a black and white photo

I've searched everywhere on here and on Youtube and can't seem to find how I can add color to a black and white photo using Aperture 3 that was taken in black and white.

Hi, and welcome to the list. Make sure you read the [Help & Terms of Use|http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa] section when you get a chance.
It's not a good idea to insert a new question into someone else's post. First as you are not the originator of the post you can not assign solved or helpful ratings to any answers you get here. And the forum really relies on those to help other users locate meaningful responses.
Secondly your question is less likely to get answered. readers of the post will be looking to either give advice on the original question or else be looking for answers to the question. A new question stuck in between the other replies is less likely to be noticed. It's always best to start a new thread and if something in another post applies you can always link to it.
Now to your question. There was a great solution given to your very problem back a little while ago, see: [Topic : Black, white, and color?|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=12805425&#12805425]
(see how I worked that last bit of advice into this post )

PSE 8 coloring a black and white image

Okay, so I downloaded a free trial of PSE 8, so my experience with it is limited, which may contribute to my problem. I've watched tutorials on how to add color to a black and white photo using the paintbrush tool, though I haven't watched one for PSE 8.
I'll make a new layer, paint part of the picture, and then add another layer. But when I click a different color to paint with, it changes the color of what I already painted, even though I'm on a different layer.
Also when I tried to just save the image with one part painted, it didn't save it, and the image looked as it did originally.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!

Hi,
Are you using the right tool to paint on a layer?
For coloring a black and white image, you need to save different areas of your image on a different layer and then use either Paint brush or a Paint bucket tool.
It seems that you are selecting a wrong tool. For selecting Brush, press B.
Then try painting on one part of the image and then go to the the color swatch present at the end of the tools panel on the left as :
Now click on the foreground color swatch(on the top) to change the color with which you want to paint.This will not change the color of other layers on changing the color.
Cheers
Swarnima

I hired a commercial artist to create a color image for the cover of a self published book. I want a black and white image for the inside. The commercial artist has not responded to this request. How do I determine the format of the color image, I'm guess

I hired a commercial artist to create a color image for the cover of a self published book. I want a black and white image for the inside. The commercial artist has not responded to this request. How do I determine the format of the color image, I'm guessing it's Illustrator's formatting but I don't know. How can I find out if Illustrator will open the file and allow alterations? The image opens only in Apple's Pages software?

rons,
It seems that all you have is a raster image, presumable PNG24 or JPEG, in RGB.
It may have been created as raster artwork in Photoshop, or it may have been created as vector artwork with the help of Illy, or as a mixture of vector and raster artwork in either application, or both combined.
If you just need to have a raster representation in black and white based on the current colour image, you may try this, in a new RGB document (View>Smart Guides are your friends):
1) File>Place the image (you may tick Link or untick and have it embedded);
2) Create a rectangle with black fill (R = G = B = 0), at least as large as the image, and place it behind the image (you may ClickDrag with the Rectangle Tool between opposite corners, then Ctrl/Cmd+X+B);
3) Select all and in the Transparnecy palette flyout click Make Opacity Mask with both Clip and Invert Mask ticked.

How can I create a black and white image similar to what I see in the "Replace Color" tool?

Hi all, I'm just wondering how I can create a black and white image similar to what I see in the preview window of the "Replace Color" tool. See attached screenshot for clarification -- I need the grass to be black while the soil is white or vice versa. Any tips?

One way is to use Select>Color Range
Make a new Color Fill Layer>White
(Layer>New Fill Layer>Solid Color)
Put a new color fill layer below>black
Just invert the layer mask on the top fill layer for the opposite effect.

Colored Pictures Turning Black and White in Certain Files (PSE 9.0)

Hey guys, how's it going?
I'll try to keep this breif, but it may take a little while to explain. I've been getting a problem with PSE 9.0 where an image or layer that is in color suddenly turns black and white when I paste it into an open file. It's a lot easier to explain with pictures, so here you go.
Figure 1
Figure 2
(Before anything else is said, I would like to point out the reasoning behind relating a middle-finger, a hammer and sickle, and a pony from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic into a single image; it's a parody project I'm working on. It's about 30 times weirder out of context, trust me.)
As you can see, the source imagery with "APPA JAK" on it (figure 1) is in full color, but when I pasted it onto the layer with the hammer and sickle, it turned black and white. This has become the same with a few other images I have found, but I couldn't find any reliable way to recreate the problem. The problem is also the same weather I find the pictures from the internet, copy those to my clipboard, and paste them or simply paste them from my computer.
If you need any more information (dxdiag, settings, etc. etc.) feel free to ask, and thanks in advance for helping me!

Just a guess because I don't have the original images to play with, but the hammer and sickle is a grayscale image so images posted into it become grayscale.
Use Image / Mode / RGB Color to change the target image to color before pasting anything into it.
Alternatively, use File / New to create a new image that is full color and paste everything into it.

How to determine actual colors in a black and white photo?

I'm not sure if I'm in the right section, but I'm wondering if it's possible to use an Adobe program to restore actual colors in a black and white photo? I don't want add color by imagining or guessing; I need to determine the real colors. This might not even be possible, but if it is, please tell me what I can use.
Thank you.

That's where the artistry comes into play when they colorize old movies.
A lady wears a nice dress: is it greeen or purple? It looks gray.
A baby comes home from the hospital cute new baby clothes: pink or blue? They look light gray.
That's a nice school tie that guy's wearing: use the wrong colors on the stripes, and he's at a different school. But they're nothing more than varying shades of gray.
If there's one thing missing in a B&W photograph, it's any vestige of color information. All you have is gray scale. You may NEED to determine the real colors, but without a color photograph to use as a reference image, you're out of luck.

How to convert color tiff into black and white?

Hey guys, am new to JAI and need to convert a color tiff into black and white, I've gone through google and developed following code.
img = JAI.create("fileload","C:/eosimias.tif");
               newColorModel = new ComponentColorModel(ColorSpace.getInstance(ColorSpace.CS_GRAY),new int[] {8},
                         false, false, Transparency.OPAQUE, DataBuffer.TYPE_BYTE);
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               pb.addSource(img);
               pb.add(newColorModel);
               img2 = JAI.create("ColorConvert", pb);
frame = new JFrame("Tiff study");
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
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          frame.pack();
          frame.setVisible(true);When I execute the following program I get the following error
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The specified ColorModel is incompatible with the image SampleModel.
on the line frame.add(new ScrollingImagePanel(img2, 400,400));can someone please help me out with it.
Thank you in advance.

Check under Image> Mode and select 8 Bits / Channel first.
Cheers,
Neale
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Inverted black and white images in iPhoto 6

After I recently upgraded to OS X 10.4.8, a number of black and white images in my iPhoto 6 library started showing up inverted (like negatives) when I open them. The thumbnails, however, are in regular black and white. This didn't happen using OS X 10.4.3. I can't seem to find a tool in iPhoto 6 to convert these images to the correct display. Do you have any explanations or suggestions?
Macintosh PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

iPhoto 6 does not work well with Grayscale. You'll need to convert them to sRGB. They'll still be black & white, but they'll have a color profile that iPhoto 6 will accept. Old Toad created an Automator application to embed the sRGB profile into your photos. Go to his Toad's Cellar and download the "Embed wRGB Color Profile 2" App. In Finder go in your Originals folder, then drop a roll folder containing these photos onto the app.
http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/wa/default?user=toad.hall&tem platefn=FileSharing7.html&xmlfn=TKDocument.7.xml&sitefn=RootSite.xml&aff=consume r&cty=US&lang=en#

Add a touch of color to a black and white photo?

In Aperture how do you add a touch of color to a black and white photo?

Ledted wrote:
easiest way is to spend $1.99 on Color Splash Studio from the App store.
Can you confirm that Color Splash Studio allows one to _add_ a hue to a grayscale image? I asked their support, and got this answer which seems to say that one cannot add hues other than sepia or blue (cyanotype simulation is my guess) to grayscale images:
Regarding your questions: the app can add hue in color photography, but when in grayscale mode, you can adjust brightness, contrast, blur and amount. Also, our monochrome layers include grayscale, sepia and blue tone, so you can choose.

"warming up" a black and white image pse6

is there a way to change the tone of a black and white image to mimic the effect of using warm-tone photographic paper?

Mike,
I'm not sure what you mean by warm-tone photographic paper, but here are 2 methods I use to convert a picture to a sepia tone. They might work in your case.
For both methods, first convert the picture to RGB mode if not already so (Image>Mode>RGB Color).
Method 1
Add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer. In the Hue/Saturation dialog window, check the Colorize box and play around with the 3 sliders. If the result is too harsh, try lowering the layer's Opacity.
Method 2
Set the background color to white (you can type "d" to set the default B&W colors). Use the Color Picker to set the foreground color to the tone you want.
Add a Gradient Map adjustment layer with the Color Blend Mode. In the Gradient Map window select the Foreground to Background option. If the result is too harsh, try lowering the layer's Opacity. You might also try changing the layer's Blend Mode to Multiply or Soft Light (or others) to get a slightly different look.

Help! How can i print a color document in black and white?

I have tried some of the other solutions found on Google but i still can not figure out how to print a color document in black and white on my macbook pro...can someone help me?

One of the print dialogue options is for a black-and-white draft, for both Safari and Word.

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PSE 8: Color Tinting from Black and White Photo

Basically, the title says it all. Can someone tell me how to add areas of color in a black and white photo for PSE 8?
I really appreciate it.

Using Hue Saturation won't colorize my whole picture? What if I just want to color a hat? I mean, I know about hue/saturation and I know how to colorize. But, how do you do it for something specific within that picture and leaving the rest black and white?
Select what you want to colorize and then apply the colorization methods. You might want to first feather the selection 1 or 2 px to get a soft edge. As to Barbara's first method (painting on a blank layer with Color blend mode), the color tends to be washed out. If you want a deeper color, duplicate the layer and set its blend mode to Multiply; if the result is too dark then lower the duplicate layer's Opacity.

With hp officejet 6500a, how do you print a color webpage in black and white?

With HP Officejet 6500A, how do you print a color webpage in black and white?

Autogyro wrote:
Charles Dyer wrote:
Apple didn't make the drivers. Apple doesn't make printer drivers and has not done so since they stopped making their own printers. HP made the printer drivers for that device. Apple merely publishes HP's drivers.
OK, but still, they built the poorly made HP drivers in their OS.
Ah, no. They published the only drivers HP gave them. If they didn't publish them, then Mac users would be unable to use HP devices at all, except for those devices supported by 3rd parties such as Gutenprint and the HPIJS Project. HP is solely responsible for the state of their drivers. And it's not just Mac drivers which are bad; a lot of Windows drivers stink, too. HP simply has a problem writing drivers. For the most part they have excellent hardware, but truly terrible software.

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