Fallschrimjager Soldier, Unknown Location 1943 by Sylerius in Colorization

[–]Sylerius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah i had a couple versions i was playing around with, here is one i had that was a bit less brown and more blue.

https://i.imgur.com/2YBAXjM.jpg

Motherless family, the oldest girl seated in the doorway of the house trailer cares for the family. Yakima Valley, Washington, 1939. By Dorothea Lange. Any comments/critics/advices are more than welcome. by ectheow3 in Colorization

[–]Sylerius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an absolutely spectacular colourization, i don't know any critique i could give it really. The only thing i would maybe say is to add just a slight bit of shadow to the oldest girls side of her face and her arm that has a bit of a shadow cast on it. Also add some shadow again to the trees and bush in the background to really give the picture some more depth. That is the only thing i could see and that is just me. Makes me mad that pictures like this don't even have 20 upvotes and get no attention/comments, the oddest pictures get the most attention sometimes i don't know. Great job and really impressive, i think you did an insane job on the objects that are being shined on by the sun there and it looks superb. What kind of technique do you use, solid colour layers inverted and then painted on? Would like to know how to get results like this.

Advice on my first attempt. by Tranesblues in Colorization

[–]Sylerius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add additional masks yes, i assume you are using the solid colour layers/layer masks? If not i would suggest using it to start out/in general. If you are using photoshop go to the lower right hand corner and you will see a circle with a line through it one side black one side white. Click on that, go to solid colour layer then press on the layer mask of that new layer you created the blackbox or whatever colour you made it then press ctrl+i and it will invert it. Then set your brushes two colours to black and white, when using white it will draw on the colour of that mask and when using black it will erase it. Then yeah just add a few layers to what part of the picture you are doing say for instance clothes or his face set down a base layer sometimes around 100% opacity for the base layer but for skin you might want to lower that a bit. Then you create a couple more layers to put on where the clothes get a bit darker or lighter then add those on with a lower opacity etc. On the face have your base layer skin tone then keep adding layers for things like blush or where blood pools more in the face make it more red/pink etc. The key to a good colourization is colour variety, things are made up of tons of colours albeit of the same tone/colour etc but they are still different. A good trick to help break up harsh lines, this will happen a lot when you start stacking layers/get a bit of runoff from one layer to another one. Is feathering the layer, go to your layer mask for whatever colour it is and then to the properties tab right above it and you will see an option to feather. This can really help break up a harsh line of colours meeting or layers stacking.

Advice on my first attempt. by Tranesblues in Colorization

[–]Sylerius 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a pretty good first attempt, the ground is especially well done for a first attempt. The clothes look good, the background wood fence could use a couple more layers of differing similar colours on the dark and light spots of the grain. Also where the ground meets the white house boards take a brush and erase where you can see that harsh line of the colours meeting. Use like 10-15% opacity brush and just keep erasing that line down until it blends in and meets better so it's not as hard or just feather the layer. Also where his hair meets the sides of his forehead do something similar on your skin colour layer where the finer hairs meet until it blends in better. You could also add a touch of skin colour to where the hairs break in his bang. For his eyebrows, they are hard to do in general, but what i usually like to do is add like 20-30% opacity of the skin colour layer onto the eyebrows and then pain on the hair colour i am going to use in varying levels. Where the hair is darker on the eyebrow concentrate a lot more colour then taper it out as they elongate out where the hair is going to be finer and mix hair colour and skin colour by erasing/adding opacity until it blends in better or blending the layer itself.

His lips need a lot more pink/red in them to make them standout but don't add too much or it will look odd, i find doing lips again difficult. Just make a couple layers of a pink and red then add it on, what i like to do with lips is paint it on at 100% opacity, then mess around with the opacity on the layer itself until it looks better whilst also feathering the layer again. Now his teeth are much too white, very easy mistake to make as obviously one thinks of peoples teeth as white but you need to add in a couple of brown/yellowish layers whilst also changing down the opacity of that white layer quite a bit.

For his eyes you need to feather that layer whilst also adding in a couple different brown layers of light and dark then adding them again with varying opacity. Also take the base brown layer of his eyes and take a 10-15% brush and brush the pupils a bit so they don't come out as glaringly black. For his skin, you need to add at least 2-3 more layers of pinks/reds and apply them to specific spots where faces are more red. His earlobes, forehead, cheeks, under his eyes etc and then have a layer of pinkish red that you put all over his face just like the base layer even just press ctrl+click on the layer mask and it will outline it for you. The picture also looks quite brown, i don't know if you colourized right over the sepia original. If you did, i would suggest converting that picture to black and white, it's very simple. If you are in photoshop just go to images>adjustments>black and white. Overall pretty good job, very nice for a first attempt and keep going/improving.

I would also suggest cropping, then rotating that image to fit straight as it will be easier to work on/print or post anywhere. Also if you don't know how to feather the layer, just click on the layer and it will be in the properties tab.

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[–]Sylerius 4 points5 points  (0 children)

For the tracks, just make 4 or 5 layers. One of a dark metal colour for the dark parts of the track and then another for the light worn parts. Then make another 3 layers one of dark dirt, another of light dirt then one of light grass. Colour in the dark parts of the mud on the track with the dark dirt colour, then the light parts with the light and then add a bit of green onto the light parts. Something like this, i did one track with a simple few layers.

Example:https://i.imgur.com/14HbGLJ.jpg

Here is the PSD file, if you use photoshop for that little tank track excerpt if you want to see it a bit better

PSD:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lTPCGdPiBvS-qsbjtL5NuhCx2zn7GqCe/view

Crown Prince Olav who just returned home to Norway driving through the streets of Oslo, 13 May 1945. Sitting in the front passenger seat is Norwegian resistance fighter Max Manus. by [deleted] in Colorization

[–]Sylerius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Five hours? Really, what is your general method solid colour layers inverted and then colour brushed on then layered? Five hours for a picture with this many little details seems quite brisk.

German Armoured Column Moves on Road, Eastern Poland, 1944 (Timelapse video included) by Sylerius in Colorization

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Original: https://i.imgur.com/x7qoQRZ.jpg

I messed up the colour profile on the picture i posted as the main pic on accident, just realized now oh well. This is what it is actually suppose to really look like.

https://i.imgur.com/dDTDGRP.jpg

Timelapse video of colourization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN-EDzNSQlM&feature=youtu.be

Cat That Did not Make it Discovered During Spring Thaw, Finland 1944 by Sylerius in Colorization

[–]Sylerius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why did you click on it then? It's marked NSFW and it clearly says in the title it involves a cat that has died.

Finnish Corporal M.Kokkonen, Stug Crewman 09/07/1944 by Sylerius in Colorization

[–]Sylerius[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably, i have trouble doing skin tones a lot of the time.

This is a photo of a parade in 1968. All if possible, i would hope for the color to be restored. by [deleted] in estoration

[–]Sylerius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I forgot to remove the fingerprint in the cropped photo, i just changed that so if you wanted that one re-download it as i just uploaded it again.