Not to bore everybody with more talk about colorization, but here we are again.
I have long been a fan of Unmesh Dinda from PiXimperfect, and there is currently an article on Fstoppers' front page that goes to his recent video about a colorization technique worth looking at. If you work in Photoshop, his videos are worth your time. He may (as in my case) assume a level of Photoshop knowledge that may require repeated viewing.
Basically, Unmesh thinks that colorizing through Palette.FM is superior to Adobe's colorization neural filter. So I tried it out.
Image #1 is obviously the original B&W photograph from a Washington D.C. anti-war demonstration (not that that is relevant) in 1970. I did all the usual B&W adjustments and retouched as much dust and scratches as I could find.
Image #2 is my first attempt at colorization using Adobe's neural colorization tool and other Photoshop adjustments. I was happy with this until I saw what Palette.FM did on image #3, which is clearly better.
Unmesh notes that the free download is pretty low resolution and that your original is likely to have many more pixels. A high-resolution download costs money. He showed a workaround, which worked really well and was quite easy.
Go Eagles!
I really like Unmesh Dinda. He does a great job explaining Photoshop. I like the second one more from the perspective of the subject, but I like the third one from the perspective of that old-time photo feel. Another good site for Photoshop training is https://www.youtube.com/@PhotoshopTrainingChannel
Go Eagles - what does that mean? LOL! I'd have to be hibernating deep underground in order to not know what's going on around here in PA.
Thanks for sharing this Andrew.
I feel the 3rd does seem the most authentic for that period after allowing the passage of time (fading etc), but perhaps the 2nd more representative of what may have come back as the film was first processed?
Unmesh seems to find these ways of working around these systems (I'm guessing this workaround follows other of his shortcuts).
Go Magpies (I'm betting that one has you stumped)
Australian soccer?
Remarkably on the right track, but nowhere close.
Google 'the Magpies' - this is where I grew up/my home team.
So it's the Magpies of the Newcastle United Football Club in England OR the New York Magpies in New York - I'm guessing the latter?
You guessed wrong - it's the former. They play in a cup final in 12 days.......
Wow! So you grew up in England! That's interesting. Well, I hope your team ends up making you happier than our team made the locals around here. This is Eagles territory.