Colorizing Pictures

Added:Sep 26, 2005 Rating:

Level: Beginner Software: Photoshop

Open a black and white picture or make a colored one black and white.
   To do so go to Image>Adjust>Hue/Saturation... Or Ctrl+U.
   And use these settings:
   Hue: 0
   Saturation: 0
   Lightness: (What you like)
   Colorize: Checked.
Now how do i colorize the image? Well its not very easy and i'm not sure of an easy and short way to do it. What you do is zoom and select using the lasso, polygon lasso, and marquee tool. Ok, here's how it goes: you decide what part of the image you want to colorize and you zoom onto the border of that part of the image, if you want to colorize then you zoom onto where the mouse ends and the hand starts or where the background starts. When you zoom remember this zoom a lot! The more you zoom the better the selection will be.
Once you've zoomed choose the Lasso tool and start making circles and all kinds of shapes so that you select only what you want. I suggest doing small parts at a time and adding to the selection with the shift key (Hold down the shift key and make a selection). You don't have to use the Lasso tool, you can use any selection tool including the Magic Wand Just play around with it.
After you have a selection go to Image>Adjust>Variations and play with it until you find a color you like. And thats it. Simple but long.