EVERY U.S President in Color | 1789 - 2020 | Jackson, Lincoln, The Roosevelt's and many more!

[@dvferyance]

FDR was the first President when we had color photography.

[@itachi-kun7736]

and first President to be photograph is John Quincy Adams, photography missed on James Madison who died in 1836

[@adaomauche3882]

Yeah that's true

[@juniorsir9521]

Biden felt like that kid waiting in line to receive a handshake but the officer turned around once he shook the hand of the second to last.

[@caomhan84]

That photo of him always breaks my heart a little though. He's only about 61 there, but he looks so much older. You can see the strain of his undiagnosed heart failure and the years of polio and being president on his face.

[@benn454]

@@juniorsir9521 This video was released in May 2020.

[@abrahamlincoln5177]

I look good

[@Snj1705]

Yes ABSOLUTELY

[@colinbagel860]

Those cheekbones

[@hi1gr196]

Well, sorry to be so blunt, but ... No.

[@abrahamlincoln5177]

@@colinbagel860 yeah

[@abrahamlincoln5177]

@@hi1gr196 ok

[@Gottaculat]

I remember one time when I was a kid, I was gifted a book that was simply just photos of WWII airplanes and their ground crews, all originally shot in technicolor, and restored. You'd swear the photos were taken yesterday, and it just made the whole thing so much more relatable. I'm no stranger to grayscale, as my dad exposed me when growing up to all sorts of movies dating all the way back to the time of silent films, but you watch an old Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance number in black and white, then see a colorized remaster with the original set and costume designers used as consultants on what the colors should look like, and your jaw drops at the sheer beauty and glamor of the dance number. I've always been fascinated with light/color, even my first word at 17-months-old was "light." I'm glad people like you bring color to this world! I've actually been learning photo restoration and coloring, too, starting with photos of my dad taken in basic training and while serving in the Vietnam War. That war was horrid, we had no business being there according to my dad (who volunteered because no one would hire men eligible for the draft), and restoring his faded color photos has been a real eye-opener, bringing the photos to life.

[@JBColourisation]

Thank you very much for your thoughtful comment. I'm glad that it sounds like the restoration process on your fathers pictures is allowing you to better connect with a part of your family history. :)

[@kingdomhearts_isbooty]

How much free time u got

[@christinabeach7557]

@@JBColourisation 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@arthurnathan6622]

I remember several years ago when MGM decided to colorize many films in its library. While something like a Fred Astaire/Ginger Rodgers film may have been enhanced, when I saw a color version of “Casablanca” I damned near gagged. Films like that are best left in Black & White.

[@MustachioMan17]

Martin Van Buren thinking about how hes gonna remove Jackson's 700lb cheese wheel from the white house

[@nathanminor6383]

Jackson: 👁👄👁

[@CinmnTstCrnchChrros]

According to my mom I am related to Martin van buren

[@Jenkowelten]

@@CinmnTstCrnchChrros gamer moment

[@budomk9299]

@@CinmnTstCrnchChrros nice

[@HogBurger]

@@CinmnTstCrnchChrros I’m related to the current prime minister of The Bahamas Islands. His name is Hubert Minnis. He’s a cousin of my Great-Grandmother

[@shrewdthewise2840]

George Washington: Father of our country James Knox Polk: Father of the mullet

[@kdubya-6910]

and "Napoleon of the stump"

[@Nebulasecura]

And the *cholera catcher*

[@mostlikelyaperson6940]

Excuse me james what

[@newzealandballnewzealand-h7553]

Ah yes James Polk has learned the New Zealand ways

[@pafena]

Father of someone else's country

[@itachi-kun7736]

Sadly, we never had a founding father American President to be photographed

[@johnnyappleseed4930]

The closest thing we got his John Quincy Adams

[@clinthowe7629]

Andrew Jackson, though not a founder was alive during the founding.

[@PixelGunZodiac]

JQA And jackson?

[@jasonmcdaniel345]

@@PixelGunZodiac They were alive during the revolution and as the government was being set up; but they were too young to participate in it.

[@PixelGunZodiac]

@@jasonmcdaniel345 Yep,that's the closest thing we will ever get to a founding father having his picture taken.

[@SarahRenz59]

Millard Fillmore looks like an older, portlier Alec Baldwin! The resemblance is uncanny.

[@JBColourisation]

He really does! :)

[@miscellaneousyoutube5399]

Finally someone noticed it

[@jillferrier8715]

Right!!!

[@jillferrier8715]

Yes I always thought of A Baldwin as the original Hot Mess. Possibly not 😆

[@adankmeme651]

would be cool If there was ever a biopic film about him, It would be cool to see Baldwin play Fillmore

[@THEGAMERSHANKSTER]

This just further proves it’d be criminal if Alec Baldwin doesn’t portray Millard Fillmore at least once in his career.

[@JBColourisation]

SO TRUE! :)

[@thinhnonyt]

This is the best comment ever written

[@haha-lj5sq]

Nothing really interesting happened during filmore’s career to make a movie about

[@haha-lj5sq]

@Sgt. VinDoy something SNL-related?

[@footballdays5548]

@Sgt. VinDoy Fillmore was a good President

[@natalollipop_art]

One of my favorite aspects of this is that there was more texture added to the skin than you could see when the photo was black an white

[@jadingle]

Hello John

[@aaronburrsir5047]

Why did you privately call hamilton creole bastard?

[@natalollipop_art]

@@aaronburrsir5047 Because he is one smh

[@aaronburrsir5047]

@@natalollipop_art Well, damn, he got hella mad, have you heard the cut adams administration rap? It's crazy.

[@natalollipop_art]

@@aaronburrsir5047 Yeah, he lied and said I fired him when, in reality, he quit. You don't just quit your job and write a PUBLIC pamphlet about how much you hate a guy when I mocked him in private.

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

Is it just me, or does Taft seem like the kind of dude you'd want to have a beer and a friendly chat with? He had this really friendly type vibe that I can't quite explain

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

He might have had a few too many...he was by the "healthiest" President (300+ lbs)

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

John Smith To his credit, he did lose quite a bit of the weight at one point.

[@Pavilion411]

He does have that "sit in that chair son, lemme share another story with ya" kind of look

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

LumixStormer I think it's the mustache lmao

[@salmon4252]

If I remember correctly he was a good guy to be around.

[@krinos1]

Thank you, now i can finally see obama in full colour

[@ElCid48]

barry and mike the first gay couple in the white house

[@joeyk107]

@@ElCid48 this deserves more likes

[@АртурЧугай]

Andrew Jackson looks like a kind old man who would be selling candies in a local store...really doesnt fit his character.

[@8is]

He looks like the type of guy to adopt native Americans as his children, thusly saving their life. Wait, he actually did that.

[@lyndonbainesjohnson9178]

@@8is he also looks like the type of guy to force the natives out of their territory, killing tens of thousands. Oh wait he did that!

[@donovansolis8889]

@@lyndonbainesjohnson9178 he also looks like a guy who could give 0 fucks oh wait he did give 0 fucks

[@basedghostpurrp144]

@@lyndonbainesjohnson9178 Based.

[@8is]

@@lyndonbainesjohnson9178 Nah, he looks way nicer than that. It's a testimate that you can't judge someone by their looks, or judge them by a few of their actions because people are really weird. One day he is the racist to do the most damage, and the other day he is adopting them as his own children to save their life.

[@christophermanley3602]

3:20 something about Nixon’s picture not quite covering up the picture behind it is just... perfect.

[@PoppinStart]

69th like

[@edwardtheblueengine222]

116th

[@earthball2024]

Little Nod to His Corruption and him usually hiding things. I think it is a pretty cool easter egg

[@sydney6759]

Oddly enough, they look younger and more realistic when portrayed in color. Awesome video!

[@arthurgeorge5474]

Idk but Lincoln looks like my grandpa, but a bit taller, lighter skin, and bigger ears.

[@doomshroom8166]

Plot twist: Lincoln is ur grandpa

[@arthurgeorge5474]

My grandpa Did Not get shot

[@cryptidstudios8194]

@@arthurgeorge5474 do you know what a joke is? If your reply was a joke then I feel like a dumbass, but yeah. It was a joke

[@Sahaib3005]

@@arthurgeorge5474 Plot Twist: Your grandpa did get shot

[@raspberrycrowns9494]

@@arthurgeorge5474 That's what he wants you to think

[@marajadeskywalker5992]

0:27 amazing that we have a photograph of the son of John Adams himself, this president went with him to France at the later half and end of the American Revolution when he was a kid.

[@dennist.8210]

It's really a shame, John Quincy was way ahead of his time. He was far too intelligent for that era of American history. His ideas for infrastructure etc were considered to be impossible in the eyes of many. He's probably looking down at the world now like "I knew it..."

[@marajadeskywalker5992]

@@dennist.8210 pretty much, he was reportedly the smartest president we had in terms of iq too, surpassing even Thomas Jefferson. He seemed like a bit of an introvert of his time. All in all, I think he had a lot of potential and bright ideas

[@dennist.8210]

@@marajadeskywalker5992 Absolutely.

[@jamesalexander5623]

@@dennist.8210 Supposedly he had the Highest Presidential I.Q. ......

[@TheLAGopher]

@@henryhen76543 The 1824 election was dirty as hell on both sides. Adams didn't really steal it. Nobody won a plurality of the popular vote or got the required amount of electoral votes. Under the Constitution, the election was ultimately decided by the House of Representatives. While Adams did select House Speaker Henry Clay as his Secretary of State (the stepping stone to the Presidency in those days) the election was still legal, and there was no reason to believe that the state deligations who mostly regarded Jackson as a dangerous rabble-rouser, would have elected him regardless of any backroom dealing. Did Adams get elected in a cut-throat manner? Probably. But it wasn't stealing.

[@silentguerilla6579]

I can't be the only one who forgot they had skin color and always looked at them as black and white

[@writeatease3689]

😳. Honestly? Like Dorothy Gale on the family farm in Kansas didn’t have color until the tornado took her to Oz?

[@harperburgess9769]

That’s how I feel about anything prior to the mid 1960s in general lol, I can’t picture a colorful 1900 world

[@catholicjake7320]

Yeah that’s why racism started ending around the same time color pics started. Less black and white. /s

[@whoareyou2216]

@@catholicjake7320 racism never ended sadly and it might never end considering their are still slaves in modern world

[@whoareyou2216]

@@catholicjake7320 and discrimination still exist heavily in today’s world

[@jaykeen6076]

I don't understand why someone would give a thumbs down to work like this, but I suppose there's one in every crowd. This is fascinating and magnificent.

[@TheRealSuperRabbid]

Wait, this video has no dislikes.

[@sheliametcalfe-farmer8998]

These are all criminals, they hated the indigenous people, stole our lands, starved us, raped our women and tortured us, murdered us

[@arthurcooperman3106]

Grover Cleveland in 1893 “GUESS WHO’S BACK!”

[@ehitkarim1913]

Trump 2025

[@ZekeorSomething]

“GROVER'S BACK!”

[@dawnogradytom5206]

JOHN CENA

[@billclinton520]

@@dawnogradytom5206 no it is cleaved

[@dawnogradytom5206]

JOHN CENA OHHHHHHHHH

[@ItIsRan]

I must say, Ulysses S. Grant is a handsome man

[@brianmiller1077]

Interesting fact Even though Grant was a West Point graduate, just before the Civil War he had fallen on hard times. He had to resort to selling firewood on the street to make ends meet when a classmate of his recognized him.

[@tacoscatsandmangos512]

He does look very good

[@mrthompson3848]

@@brianmiller1077 he certainly moved up in the world

[@ll-yy6ui]

Yeah i agree, he's quite a good looking fella. Especially that portrait of him sitting with his leg crossed.

[@peestrem31]

thanks

[@Erizedd]

My favorite was the restoration of Rutherford B. Hayes. I was blown away by the realism and detail of this restoration - especially in contrast to the original and some of the ones that came after. The skin texture (pores!), the eyes and the nose. After your colorization it looks like he could just open his mouth and speak at any moment. Whoa! Your colorization really does make these men seem far more human and familiar. In some cases you can almost imagine their personality and whether they're the sort of person you can see yourself talking to or wanting to know. Incredibly well done! Oh, and I'm also quite interested in restoration and photo editing myself, and have privately dabbled a bit over the years, so watching your process in the other video was really insightful. I'm entirely self-taught, so it was interesting to see the various methods we have in common. :)

[@owen28890]

Wow, the 22nd president and 24th looks so similar. They even have the same names. Are they twins?

[@reynaldoalfaro33]

No, Its Just That Grover Cleveland was Elected as President Again.

[@owen28890]

Reynaldo Alfaro r/woooosh

[@thenotsookayguy]

@@owen28890 Whilst your comment was obviously a joke, it was also rubbish.

[@Joe-sd2kx]

@@owen28890 reddit moment big chungus fortnite bad minecraft good 69 420 funny number1!1!1! Keanu Reeves wholesome 100 red is sus pewdiepie epic nobody we did it reddit

[@Reiwah]

Man that joke wasn’t that good and you really had to do the “funny reddit thing”

[@zerne7887]

Ulysses Grant in color looks like a modern day middle aged general.

[@stefan5573]

Maybe because he was a middle aged general

[@zerne7887]

@@stefan5573 I guess. But that hairstyle wasn’t really common in the mid 1800s nor his beard.

[@troodon1096]

He was the very model of a modern middle aged general.

[@ericlewis217]

Agreed😀

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

He was definitely probably the most "modern" looking of the 19th century presidents.

[@gewahren6824]

This is perhaps the best use of technology, history, and video making I've ever seen. Thank you so much.

[@davidharrison3711]

It's as soon as you see the pictures in colour, they magically come back to life.

[@calvincoolidge3406]

I looked great, I prepared for this picture by rubbing Vaseline on my head

[@latmopawy]

noice, well, good for u.

[@ericlewis217]

Ya

[@dddaavvviiiddd6800]

i just woke up and got photographed,

[@Old_Hickory_Jackson]

It just works!

[@KitbasherFNofficial]

@@Old_Hickory_Jackson if I put 2$ with 20$ we have 22$

[@stvp68]

I always thought JFK’s hair was redder than that. Interesting.

[@luca_richardzon]

Fuuuuuck this took me a second

[@luchinovizzone7299]

Damnnn

[@Jay-qb9gi]

Interesting

[@davidharrison3711]

It became redder STILL after he was shot.

[@zzztriplezzz5264]

Huh.

[@ANTUBER]

3:48 Truly, president in color

[@LSqre]

The earlier ones looked somewhere in between a painting and early colour photos, and they looked more and more real the closer we got to actual colour photography. Not a very astute observation but I thought it was neat.

[@TGK_22]

Love this! Your talent is enviable

[@JBColourisation]

Thank you sir!! :D

[@aseem2985]

00:50 : Clint Eastwood 1:08 : Alec Baldwin 1:19 : Anthony Hopkins 2:17 : Chubby Christian Bale 1:02 : kinda looks like Jeffery Epstein 💀

[@precious6511]

kinda did look like Epstein

[@emithocasio6225]

You forgot the monopoly guy in 2:31

[@teaisgreat6334]

"The pain of losing loved ones is someone I have seen so I know how you must have felt when they killed Jeffrey Epstein"

[@pyrorock8143]

I think James Buchanan looks more like Bill Murray than Anthony Hopkins.

[@KDEntertainment17]

I feel like Steve McQueen looks more like John Tyler

[@jlish1917]

I never knew there was an actual photo of Andrew Jackson it’s pretty cool

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

There's another one of him as a very old man who still looks like he could throw down 😂 I'd love to see that one restored

[@candicehoneycutt4318]

Henry W. Elliott One of the bystanders who pulled Jackson off was apparently Davy Crockett. You can't make this stuff up lmao

[@Bruhi720]

I went on tik tok one time and a guy said andrew Jackson is racist and I don't believe it what he did wrong?

[@kristaller9590]

@@Bruhi720 killing native americans? Thinking whith are superior

[@kristaller9590]

@@Bruhi720 that he can steal the natives land

[@PeteMachini6732]

1:12 I didn't know mitt romney was president before.

[@Zhy_1229]

Man,I wish I can somehow met them. So much history, I don't know why but I actually almost cry watching this

[@georgealderson4424]

Which one in particular would you like to have met and what would you have said or asked him Ryan?

[@Zhy_1229]

@@georgealderson4424 I don't know,but maybe Lincoln

[@georgealderson4424]

@@Zhy_1229 I don't know how old you are of course but maybe you could have asked him round for tea instead of him going to the theatre then you would have saved his life!

[@bluemym1nd]

Thank you for this! I am myself working on a cartoony representation of every president and this helped me out a lot!

[@HotspotsSoutheast]

I frequently take old photos that people post on Facebook that have turned yellow or purple and fix the colors so they look correct and I'm good at restoring photos and removing unwanted objects from photos or completely changing photos. It's a fun way to pass the time.

[@AmericanEnglishman]

Anybody see Tommy Lee Jones when looking at Andrew Johnson?

[@benn454]

And Sir Anthony Hopkins when looking at James Buchanan.

[@carter7591]

When yes Tommy Lee Jones does look like Johnson

[@CityQueenChili]

@@benn454 I always thought James Buchanan looked very similar to John Lithgow

[@clack1100]

This deserves more views!

[@tandem976]

Its creepy seeing these older presidents, just looking at a dead man. You can just see some of these men, just looking at them shows their brilliance and it just creeps me out seeing how they were. Looking at abraham in color just gives me chills.

[@scholaroftheworldalternatehist]

How is it creepy? It helps you realize their time was just as modern and real to them as our time is to us. And that we too will pass on forever.

[@carpingnyland8518]

Great work! Really brings them to life. It might be interesting to see a video of every president in "aged" black-and-white photo style, or even turned into paintings in the style of Washington's portrait. I imagine the Trump would fit in with some of the early 1800's presidents (I just mean visually, not trying to make a political statement) in old black-and-white style.

[@JBColourisation]

Thank you very much! And that's a fascinating suggestion which I'll certainly consider for a future video! :)

[@GrumpyAboutEverything]

This is so far the nicest thing I've got in my recommendation maybe youtube algorithm started working

[@jmbeditzxd]

"I didn't lose!, I merely failed to win!" - General George B. McClellan

[@asterixcacher8136]

So you watch oversimplified too

[@jmbeditzxd]

@@asterixcacher8136 yeah

[@newzealandballnewzealand-h7553]

Good :D

[@erite_zx4499]

3:49 I’ve seen this imaged memed so many times that looking back at the original, his face just looks photoshopped on

[@AhJeezEnt]

Andrew Jackson gave me chills. Man was around during the revolution, and you got the picture to look like that... I’m shook

[@tobytawaqal3678]

Jackson himself was a POW in the revolution, & was a general in the War of 1812

[@averybell9812]

0:16 My man got a mcDonalds Hairline

[@jabrady9788]

Is it just me or does Abe Lincoln slowly start to smile

[@kittykristen8346]

My gosh your right- after I saw this comment and looked at the picture I was freaking out

[@TheScovin720]

I know its not mindblowing, like at all, but they look exactly like people today and I don't understand why that's so mindblowing to me.

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

I think homo sapiens have remained relatively unchanged for a couple million years.

[@zzztriplezzz5264]

@@JustSomeKittenwithaGun no no, it’s the last 100000 years that we looked the same. Before that you can see some small to big differences

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

@@zzztriplezzz5264 Choose your next words carefully before the sjws get you.

[@jessiekaldwin200]

I love how photographs looked at the start of the 1800s.

[@viiktorshandor4155]

Apparently up until Andrew Johnson the white house did not have a proper barber.

[@gregoryf4186]

Yeah look at Buchanan’s hair

[@viiktorshandor4155]

@@gregoryf4186I'm from d.c. and I can honestly say it must have been the style of the time's

[@BEN_DOVERCERTIFIED]

Coming back 1 year later and im still crying over the music

[@texasballunofficial]

Whoever disliked: Remember this guy did hard work to restore these photos of presidents.

[@RobloxBoy4375]

This is literally incredible.

[@xeno6338]

2:25 :"yes,i took a .32 on my chest. Do you have some problem with It?"

[@boazchapman2353]

Damn seeing Obama in color was so weird

[@Snj1705]

Lol 😂 I’m dying!!!!!

[@jacksonk.fozzbodie213]

Don't worry his soul is still black.

[@henk-3098]

@Frankie Ortiz Bin Laden

[@davidharrison3711]

Well, he IS a man of "color"!

[@trenken]

@@jacksonk.fozzbodie213 must have meant trump, the one term loser 😂

[@America1776-roblox]

Thanks for making this video! I really deserve it!

[@Jacob-hj2fd]

This video is really good, I was surprised that it only had 300,000+ views (6/6/21) it deserves 1,000,000+ views

[@casualinquisitor5684]

Is it me or did a lot of our presidents have blue eyes???

[@splintercell5551]

No sh*t

[@tjs.5044]

Does anyone else see the visualized cultural shift from Kennedy onward? Every president post-Kennedy is smiling in their presidential portrait (including Trump, just not in the specific portrait this video used,) save LBJ, the immediate follow-up to Kennedy. I think this perfectly illustrates the general shift in culture during/after the Kennedy era.

[@theonlinelime1992]

Amazing work! I hope this video blows up 😉

[@JBColourisation]

Thank you very much! We shall see, but if it does you were still the first comment!! :D

[@Small_Brian]

I appreciate that you took the time to do this

[@Larry30102]

This is awesome. Thanks for the hard work, and upload.

[@heliotropezzz333]

The image at 1:18 of James Buchanan reminds me of Father Jack Hackett in the Father Ted TV series

[@AlisonBryen]

I thought exactly the same thing!

[@hitew4774]

The perfect music for Buchanan.

[@letsplaybarrysmod5815]

Some of those pictures were taken years after they left office

[@dddaavvviiiddd6800]

nothing really wrong with it right?

[@homeworkaccount2175]

at least somebody teared up during this its amazing how we get to so many of our presidents who served our nation in colour

[@briankeevan8134]

Wow, this is awesome! Talk about seeing history in a new light.

[@JBColourisation]

That's very kind of you to say, thank you! :)

[@ThePropeople]

I never thought I’d see Obama in color

[@BEN_DOVERCERTIFIED]

old presidents: 🧐 new presidents:😀 2023: this was cringe me 1 year ago, but the colorization is very good! it is really a good source of modern people getting to know them better.

[@mrfloaty7253]

The background music is kinda emotional

[@destinymfletcher]

I wish I knew the names of those songs

[@reynaldoalfaro33]

@@destinymfletcher The two tracks were First Sleep By Sir Cubworth And Shattered Paths By Aakash Gandhi

[@susieq5270]

You did a wonderful job!

[@ninja1676]

I think seeing the presidents from the 1800s to the latest 1940-50 when black and white was still very much a thing, now in color is very nice as we get to see the details of the men during their prime or their life. The pose really set a manly figure look to it aswell.

[@elrey3594]

What music did you use in the background? Very beautiful. Loved your work on these colonizations, keep it up!

[@JBColourisation]

Hi! Thanks for reminding me to credit these! :) The two tracks are First Sleep by Sir Cubworth and Shattered Paths by Aakash Gandhi, both are part of the KZbin audio library and have also been uploaded separately as videos by people. :) EDIT: Also, thank you very much! :)

[@elrey3594]

JBColourisation thanks man, and you’re welcome, too.

[@thesaltnation5570]

My 5th cousin Rutherford B Hayes id love this picture on my wall! Do u have anywhere to get these colorized versions

[@yomeiskian7195]

Lydon B. Johnson just chilling with his chair

[@astronulla]

1:48 His house is about 5 minutes from mine (Mentor Ohio) and it's so cool to see him in color

[@storyisgood8224]

Wow😄

[@vauq918]

2:53 Hoover actually had a color photo from 1958

[@imathers_]

Anyone curious as to how pictures in the early 1900s are higher quality than modern security cameras?

[@its_jdog5416]

1:36 and to think I’m a long distant relative to that man.

[@thegarmentwinner1409]

Cool

[@nwoudochiobinna3673]

It's funny since I always saw these presidents in colour in my head

[@latmopawy]

wut

[@yvonnepeters1914]

Wow that is amazing! Great job!👍

[@krisd870]

Wow that was really cool. Brings them to life

[@cat-jp3ol]

Grover cleveland, that sounds familiar. Wait THATS CLEVELAND

[@thribs]

Great. Now we have to kill everyone now.

[@AdamJHMusic]

I just love how genuinely happy Reagan looks

[@OreganoParsley]

And george H.W bush

[@Eli-xu4up]

If you won 49 states in ur re-election u would be glowing just like him

[@Atlas-yh6vg]

@@Eli-xu4up FDR won 500+ EV in all his elections (except for 400+ in 1994) and he wasn't glowin'. Why?

[@AdamJHMusic]

@@Atlas-yh6vg Would you be after 4 terms in office??

[@caomhan84]

@@Atlas-yh6vg Heavy steel braces on his legs, blood pressure through the roof, dealing with a World War, dealing with Congress at the time, on the phone every day with Eleanor telling him something new to do, raising his blood pressure even more. Traveling several times around the world for conferences when he really wasn't in any physical condition to do so by 1943..... And not having a proper doctor until too late in his 3rd term... It really is a wonder that he hung on as long as he did.

[@eusebiotorres614]

It is always a pleasure to see his work. It never ceases to amaze us. I would like to tell you something. I took a color photo and converted it to black and white. I have tried to color it with the original tones and the truth is that I do not succeed. Is it the same with you? Or is it that no matter how hard you try it will never be identical to the original? Thank you.

[@JBColourisation]

I've tried similar before and it's certainly very difficult to get 100% accurate colours. Human skin tones in particular have thousands of very subtle tones and that's before you look at all the ways light hits the skin and changes those colours even more. That being said skin tones also vary tremendously from person to person and I think that if you have them 'close enough' to real skin tones it will look fine as long as it's not directly compared. :)

[@Gottaculat]

@@JBColourisation It's also interesting that some colors look wrong in black and white. For example, the old Superman TV show in the 1950s uses a brown costume instead of a blue costume, because the blue one didn't look right in black and white, so they deliberately used brown to accommodate the grayscale. Another prime example is many people - myself included - for years thought Lucille Ball was a blonde, but she's actually a redhead, and her shade of ginger-red hair comes across as blonde. Kinda funny when you think of George Washington, you picture an old man with a white wig, but there are portraits of him as a young man, and he had long, flowing ginger-red hair, and was built like a steakhouse, lol. Photos and paintings are but a snapshot of a moment in time from one - sometimes two - angles, and it's amazing how much detail is truly lost.

[@orchidtoyo]

This was amazing. Thank you

[@matthewgigs3456]

I listened to this muted with Scot Buckley's "Phoenix" playing on another tab. Makes this already amazing video sound 10x more epic.

[@frndofbear]

James Buchanan resembles Anthony Hopkins.

[@davidharrison3711]

Yet, Anthony Hopkins starred in the Oliver Stone film "Nixon".

[@waterpuppies]

Some of them look like paintings some of them look like taken from 1900 some look recent

[@roberth8254]

And damn, Lincoln must have had huuuge eye sockets, his skeleton would look alien lol

[@writeatease3689]

Abraham Lincoln may have suffered from Marfan’s Syndrome or another illness that was shortening his life. He also suffered from depression from the Civil War and the death of his sons Eddie at 4. His third son, Willie, died at 11 in the White House and his death weighed heavy on Mr Lincoln. His youngest son Tad died at age 18 in Chicago. Only eldest son Robert out lived his parents.

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

@@writeatease3689 Martians syndrome lol

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

@@writeatease3689 Kinda gets me at times and I have to reread when I remember the younger son lived longer.

[@writeatease3689]

@@JustSomeKittenwithaGun Marfan’s isn’t funny. It shortens your life, it causes heart damage.

[@JustSomeKittenwithaGun]

@@writeatease3689 Don't care, didn't ask, just an inside joke.

[@redjirachi1]

James Buchanan has the "I really wish I weren't here right now" face

[@vincentsaia6545]

I have the color photo of Lincoln on my desk. Thank you for your wonderful work.

[@danielleporter1829]

😃😂😁😃😂 👍👏

[@vincentsaia6545]

@Southern Loyalist Shame on you.

[@kristaller9590]

@@vincentsaia6545 lol no he was a great general

[@vincentsaia6545]

@@kristaller9590 No. He was a traitor who abused his slaves who, while a good tactician and engineer, had no strategy but dragging the war out to perpetuate human bondage in this hemisphere and his statues can't come down fast enough and anyone who things he's a hero is a moron.

[@kristaller9590]

@@vincentsaia6545 still a great general and the statues should stay

[@williamhenryharrison778]

I looked fine

[@Swagilicously]

Lol

[@markpitcavage9525]

Nice colorization. It would be nice if you also provided credits for the actual painters and photographers who did the portraits.

[@JBColourisation]

Thank you! Also thank you for the suggestion, it's a good one. I'll do my best to include any Photographer, when known, in the credits at the very least moving forwards. :)

[@markpitcavage9525]

@@JBColourisation I really appreciate that!

[@zanxzballs9187]

Most of them are dead

[@OreganoParsley]

@@zanxzballs9187 lmao

[@sudlander9447]

Ulysses S Grant had the best hairstyle.

[@GrandmaSkillz]

THIS IS BRILLIANT!

[@JBColourisation]

That's very kind of you to say! :)

[@closed8360]

What is the song used at the begining of the video please ? And nice video btw !

[@ryaninker1356]

Hey dude, I love your videos and have recently begun colourising my grandparents old photos after having watched your GIMP tutorial! Just two quick questions if I may! Do you use a drawing tablet when colourising or do you stick to mouse? Also do you plan on doing more narration videos in the future that focus more on explaining what you're doing as you're going along? Thankyou!

[@JBColourisation]

Hi, thank you very much! In answer to the first question, I use a small budget Wacom tablet I got about 5 years ago, the CTH-480. It's what I used for every colourisation to date. If you're thinking of getting a tablet, both Wacom and Huion are very well regarded and when I eventually either have to replace, or choose to upgrade, this tablet I'll certainly look to get one from one of them. And to the second question, yes indeed! I actually recorded most of these presidents while i worked on them, so i would at least have the option to potentially do individual in depth videos for them in the future. I'm not sure that my next in depth narrated video will be one from this project but I'm certainly planning on doing more videos of that type, alongside possibly more like this. Out of interest, which steps would you like to see me go more into detail with, with either the restoration of colourisation of a picture? :)

[@ryaninker1356]

@@JBColourisation Awesome I actually ordered a Wacom tablet today so I hope it'll be a lot easier now! Im not really sure what I'd like to see in particular but I just like seeing other peoples thought/working process as I can then incorporate them into my own! For example I've been using your blue beard technique for getting that 5 o'clock shadow! One of the things I struggle with is skin and its helpful seeing how you use layers to give it the extra detail so I think that talking through your color choices could be cool!

[@JBColourisation]

@@ryaninker1356 Thank you for the information, it's useful! Along with the regular process videos I'll consider doing some super in depth individual tutorials possibly? On certain elements such as skin. :)

[@emithocasio6225]

Oh My God, they made the monopoly guy in a real life 2:30

[@aakashb4747]

Why does Zachary Taylor look like Jeffrey Epstein?

[@ad5232]

They do, and they have one more thing in common: they both didn’t kill themselves.

[@lindaper8470]

It looks so good

[@draggy6544]

We haven’t seen facial hair on a president for over 100 years bout time to change that