12/27/2023 0 Comments Photoshop colorize filterThis grain gives a really nice effect on vintage images, but don’t overdo it or it will not look good. Two other methods were tried (one using a created film grain layer and another where the grain was actually painted on using a downloaded grain brush), but the above workflow gave the best results. The last step was adding the overall grain to a stamped layer and setting it to 43% layer opacity. See Portrait Image 3 below for the Neural Filters used and other steps. Wanted to mention Skylum’s new Neo Filter was opened – the Relight section (which IMHO makes it worth buying) and Film Grain section were applied just to the background by masking out the model in the filter. I wanted only a very subtle colorization (and not a lot of film grain, but enough to match the model to the background. The image above is another one (click link to see original) and was taken by Fritz W. Below is a screenshot of my action panel showing the steps so you can reproduce them if you wish: This technique/action works very well on regular black and white images and I am sure it would look good on any regular image that needed a little grain added. It also made the replacement sky match the house very nicely. Or a layer mask could be added and the grain added/removed in just local parts of the image.įor the Old House image, the layer opacity was set to 56% which seemed to be just enough to give a nice vintage feel to the whole image. Will probably need to adjust the layer opacity as the effect may be is too much. In the Layers Panel, change the blend mode to Luminosity so any color noise is reduced.ĥ. Next Highlight each channel again and go to Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur and set Radius Amount to 0.3%Ĥ. Highlight Blue Channel and go to Filter -> Noise -> Add Noise and set Amount to 8%ģ.Highlight Green Channel and go to Filter -> Noise -> Add Noise and set Amount to 6%.Highlight Red Channel (no need to duplicate the channels) and go to Filter -> Noise -> Add Noise and set Amount to 4%.Note that on the sub-steps below, all Channels used the Add Noise Filter radial button with Gaussian and Monochromatic selected. The film grain is added so that the Blue Channel gets the greatest amount of grain, Green channel less, and Red Channel the lowest amount.ġ.Create a stamped layer (CTRL_ALT+SHIFT+E) where the grain will be added.Ģ. Using this method gives a really natural subtle result to the image and adds the effect in the areas you want it, mainly the Blue and Green channels, and leaves the Red Channel alone where the subject usually resides. In this blog’s case, it has been used on colorized Black and White images. This workflow was a tip in an older KelbyOne class by Katrin Eismann (another brilliant PS guru) called Color to Black and White Artistry, but the basic grain technique is still quite current. The last step involved adding grain using the workflow below: Film Grain Effect Workflow and Action Steps For the other post-processing steps used on the Old House image, check Image 1 info at bottom of blog. If it is too large, change the resolution (if needed) to 240 so the image becomes manageable, like somewhere around 10″ X 7″ is what I like – otherwise it is way too large to process. NOTE: Wanted to remind everyone when colorizing a downloaded historic photo, especially from this site, the first thing to do is to check its size by going to Image -> Image Size. They have some of the best vintage B&W photos from all over the US that are just perfect for PS’s Neural Filters, especially the Colorize Filter. The image above is of a home in Kearney, Nebraska from 1940 and (click link to see original image – scroll down through the comments to see how different the house now looks!) had it on their site. Also, I had created a very simple action for it that still works great. My older blog still seems to have the best method of doing this. There are so many ways to do this, and I tried several different methods out on these images before creating this blog (i.e, created a film grain layer or downloaded one from the internet to use as a grain overlay and possibly using the Overlay blend mode applied filters from Topaz Studio, Color Efex Pro, Luminar and others grain settings or downloaded grain brushes and painted onto a new layer only where the grain should appear). This is a very subtle change but it does seem to make a difference. This week I decided to colorize more vintage images using Photoshop’s Neural Filters as I have realized most vintage images need a bit of grain added after colorizing them.
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