Colorizing photos

[12thPanzer]

Panzer Regiment 33 / 9 Pz Div

[12thPanzer]

Kurt Schafer - KC winner from Pz Reg 33

[12thPanzer]

Heres one I just did--- Panzer Regiment 1

[SSausas]

My first attempt

[WEISNER]

My first attempt

Very nice job on a not often seen tunic and tab in wear SSausas!

12th Panzer what can I say, superb job on the Panzermen!

Kevin

[randy@treadways]

Thought I'd take a shot at the Kurt Schafer photo myself, just for the fun of it.



I used Kodak's ROC Professional 2.0 plug-in, followed by some Alien Skin Image Doctor 2 to go after those scratches.

By the way, Larrister's project on the Flak NCO is awesome.

...thought I'd add a bit of color to those cheeks. I should have been a mortician!

[12thPanzer]

Awesome guys! Like Kevin said.....great 1st shot SSausas!

Randy, you surely improved my attempt at the Schafer pic! Great job. Im interested in looking into the "Alien Skin Doctor" software you speak of. Looks like it worked wonders.
P.S.- Thanks for doing the background too.....I got a bit lazy and skipped the background on the Schafer pic.

[12thPanzer]

Here is one I just did. The KM man's face is pale, no matter what color I tried!!!

[Larrister]

Wonderful colorizations Guys.

One little trick for those who use PS is to use the "Auto Levels" tool on the finished colorization.

The "Auto Levels" tool will find a balance between the colors, contrast/brightness sharpness etc.

Here's Bill's colorization using the "Auto Levels" tool.


Larry

[Jon Fish]

Thanks very much Guys for the compliments and good information.
Kevin is right about the red tabs and piping. I have altered the color to match the tabs in Kevin's post.

The numbered cyphers on his shoulder tabs is either "83 or "89."
As Flak Rgt. 83 was stationed in Norway would he have qualified for the Ost Medal as shown on his ribbon bar?

Here is the altered photo. The color change in the red is subtle but looks much more accurate in my opinion. Please suggest any other changes as this help me to make more accurate colorizations.

Larry

Oh Larry that is SUPERB ! You guys on here are so damn talented I really enjoy this thread it's one of the best on WAF Someone coloured one of my blood order winners photo I have and I'm including it in my book, these images coloured inject some real colour and life in the the portraits

[WEISNER]

Oh Larry that is SUPERB ! You guys on here are so damn talented I really enjoy this thread it's one of the best on WAF Someone coloured one of my blood order winners photo I have and I'm including it in my book, these images coloured inject some real colour and life in the the portraits

So true Jon, there is talent galore oozing from this thread, I check it daily for updates as I am hooked on the work!
If I were writing a book I for sure would be in touch with a few of the artists here to do some work for me!
Best Regards!

Kevin

[12thPanzer]

hi guys,
here is one of KC Herr Ludwig Kepplinger of Wiking Pz Dv

[12thPanzer]

early pic of KC Siegfried Freyer of Pz Reg 24

[Matteus]

snapshot of Sava Ivanov, bulgarian admiral



kind regards,
Matteus

[Bryant U.]

Heres one I just did--- Panzer Regiment 1

Hey buddy your colorizing is fantastic. I love this portrait especially.

-Bryant