Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 10-6. Left: If you decide to color an old black-and-white or sepia photo, put each
color you add on its own layer. That way you can adjust the transparency or change the
hue or saturation of one color without changing the other colors, too. Right: A very low
opacity is enough for old photos like this one if you want to give the impression of a print
that was hand-colored. See the box on page 361 for more tips on colorizing old photos.
2.
Create a new layer in Color blend mode
.
Go to Layer→New→Layer and then, in the New Layer dialog box, select Color from
the Mode menu. With this blend mode, you can paint on the layer and the image's de-
tails will still show through. Click OK to create the layer.
3.
Paint on the new layer
.
Press B to activate the Brush tool (
Picking and Using a Basic Brush
), set the Tools
panel's foreground color square to whatever color you want to add to the image, and
then paint on your image. If the color goes on too heavy, undo what you did, reduce
