help needed colouring old B+W picture...!!!

[coffee]

Is there a way with PS5 to paint over the picture with colour but keeping
the shading from the origional image? I have done this with SOME success by
creating a duplicate layer and colouring this then altering the layer
opacity. Is this the most effective or does anyone have any further ideas.

Thanks in advance.

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coffee
...you can call me agent 00666...
-Barry Adamson

[Allison]

You can pick a color tone you like with the color picker, then go to the
menu option "Image", drag down to "Adjust", and then select
"Hue/Saturation".

A window will pop up with hue/saturation/brightness sliders. Down in the
bottom right corner of the window will be a check box for "Colorize". Click
on that box.

The slider settings will change and your image will colorize with the color
tone you selected earlier. You may adjust the color tone to your liking
with the three slider bar options.

And of course, if you don't like what you get, there's always "Escape",
"Ctrl-Z", and that wonderful history palette *grin*

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[Bill J]

Create a second layer over your image layer. Set the new layer mode to "Color" and paint
in this new layer. It can be useful to have several color layers so that you can easily
adjust opacities when you are finished painting.

Bill J

[Allison]

Hmmm...yah, I kind of wondered about that after I posted. Is Barry wanting
to make the image multi-colored or what? Apologies for being obnoxious if
I misunderstood the question, Barry... *grin*

[coffee]

Thanks for the help. I have used the layers and painted on colour which is
exactly what I wanted, but it has occured to me; what would I do if I wanted
to change to colour of an object which was already colour. Say change a
yellow car into a blue one. Would I have to make a selection of the car,
desaturate it and THEN paint on colour like I have been on a different
layer?
Just wondered...?

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coffee
...you can call me agent 00666...
-Barry Adamson

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[HH]

In one of your menus, you have a feature known as selective colour. In that
feature, choose the colour you want to change (ie: yellows), then change the
hue meter till you get the colour you want.

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