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Nickperks
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June 10, 2021
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How do I colorize a black and white photo to a specific colour?

  • June 10, 2021
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At present I'm trying to colourized the following product for our company website:

 

I'm trying to colorize the product to the following blue colour:

 

I am very new to Photoshop and I'm learning a lot.  I've tried a fair few things and read a few articles.  So I've tried things like the Raw Camera, the Neural Filter,  multiple adjustment and clicked colorize and finally added a solid colour layer and tried to match the colour using that.  The best I have managed is:

 

Yes, I know it's missing it's feet and the step pads but I cut them out so that I can add them back at a later date after I mated the body of the product to the required colour successfullly.

 

I'm really hoping somebody out there has some hints or ideas so that I can get a closer match to the colour I require.

Thanks in advance for any help anybody might be able to offer.

Regards

Nick Perks

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

I'm frustrated as I feel I'm so close but haven't quite grasped it.  When you initially click on the Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Gradient map what options do you select from the dialogue box that appears?

 

 

Again thanks and regards

Nick


Just hit OK, then edit the Gradient as necessary. 

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January 20, 2022

Thank you . I follow it  and do as the  Adobe tutorial: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/colorize.html

 

c.pfaffenbichler
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June 10, 2021

Nickperks
NickperksAuthor
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June 11, 2021

Wow that looks so impressive, well done!!!!  But I'm not sure how you did it.  Can you send me an article to read about gradient map adjustment layers please, so I can explore further.

 

Thank you for taking the time to respond to me.

Regards

Nick

c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
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June 15, 2021

Cool, I presume you are using a Mac then.  Is there a Windows equivalent?

Regards

Nick


Yes, I work on Mac. 

I don’t know about a Windows alternative but I assume there are a few available. 

c.pfaffenbichler
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June 10, 2021

Gradient Map Adjustment Layers with Layer Masks would be one option.