Colorize Black and White Photos - Tutorial for Affinity Photo

[@jakech7]

That first black and white image is of Canterbury, Kent in the UK. I've walked down that side street many times :) Thanks for the tutorial!

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi @jakech7, thanks for the detail! I had no idea where it was from. Looks like a nice place.

[@grappihook1686]

Such a pro tutorial yet it's free! Great work, Trent!

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Thanks @grappihook1686. glad it was helpful!

[@patopatagon]

Thank you very much. This is a fantastic explanation and a very good example of how to color a photo. It's possible, I don't know, but I suspect that if you can, make a color mask using the channels to make semitone of any color. It would be fantastic if you made a video showing the possibilities and techniques on semitones using channels. Or another way that allows you to do it with the purpose of DTF prints on any color of the shirt

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Thanks for the suggestion, @patopatagon! I will add it to my list :)

[@patopatagon]

@@TechnicallyTrent I'll be waiting

[@EdinaViensBreakthroughCoach]

Can we do from gray to white? I try to do a coloring book but it is more gray that white

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi Edina, there are a couple ways to go from gray to white. Probably the easiest way is to add a Levels adjustment. On the Levels adjustment, drag the White Level slider left to start turning the grays into whites. You can also try a Threshold adjustment, although this may be too extreme. It will turn your image pure black and white. But it is worth trying. Hope this helps! Trent

[@edinavi9448]

Thank you so much

[@GoFasterHD]

Morning Trent. Which do you like better Design or Photo? Is there one better at one task than the other. I was doing some design in Photo yesterday, making up cover photo and art work for it, a 2nd screen shot insert, 3d text, beveling, that kinda stuff.

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Hi @GoFasterHD, personally I prefer Designer. I work more with vectors and text, and I also LOVE Designer's ability to put elements off of the canvas so I can view them on the side. I don't actually do that much photo manipulation beyond the basic HSL/Curve/Vibrance adjustments. But there have been a few times where I had photos in RAW that I needed to convert in Affinity Photo. And it does have some of the more sophisticated raster operations. Hope this helps! Trent

[@Dexter101x]

Brilliant