How to Repair and Colorize Old Photos (Adobe Photoshop CC Tutorial)

Learn how to bring your old photographs to life by first restoring them (removing damage) and then adding color! This tutorial was created with Adobe Photoshop CC and Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017.
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[@PremiereGal]

Hey Everyone, It's Gal in 2021 :) As Philippe Perrin pointed out in a comment below (thank you by the way!) make sure the Clone Stamp Tool brush has a hardness of 100%. In the video I made a mistake and it was set at 26% hardness which causes some blur on the image taking away the original res. So be sure to set that hardness to 100% and then the result will be even better.

[@Valueinvestor222]

love your passion for your work.

[@itzame2127]

Glad to see you keep updating the vid, hope you know you helped many people make their relatives happy keep it up

[@haniyaasif9632]

Hey! So when I'm clicking on Image adjustment, the black and white option is greyed out even though I have converted the Image to Smart object and I have selected the correct Layer

[@edelle16]

I can't thank you enough for this tutorial. My mom cried when I restored my grandparents' photo for mother's day as a gift.

[@smilydvn5203]

Could you help me too, I am trying but it's not giving the results.

[@warriorprincessharmony]

Awesome

[@sweetyjoji2002]

🙂❤️❤️❤️

[@itzame2127]

@@smilydvn5203 how did it work? Did you keep trying or gave up on it?

[@smilydvn5203]

@@itzame2127 I tried several times but it didn't work out for me

[@madamhavok2114]

Dang girl. You bossin it with this tutorial. I cannot wait to follow this tutorial myself to restore old family photos.

[@DaveJayMedia]

Just watched this a few times & it's given me an idea to try colourise an old photo of my mother and her sister as children. My aunt passed away in 2000 & thought it maybe a nice gift for her for the New Year. Thanks for the tips!

[@PremiereGal]

thats amazing, please share your work :-)

[@DaveJayMedia]

@@PremiereGal Thank you again for this tutorial. Just spend today giving it my first go at colourising a photo of my Grandfather in his Royal Scots Guards Uniform. www.davejay.co.uk/images/gallery/colourised.jpg I'm pretty happy with the result, thanks to your tips. Will be saving this video in my bookmarks! (Looks way over saturated in Firefox for some reason, but Safari it looks great!)

[@johnburrows5695]

I finally got to restore my grandmothers photo of when she was 1 yr old using this tutorial. Thanks , this was very helpful.

[@jupru220]

Very nice. When you're painting and the brush tool is selected, you can hit the bracket keys to quickly change the size of the brush larger and smaller. [ = smaller. ] = larger.

[@rico879]

Love how you explain and speak! Smooth voice for tutorials

[@huubderksen8466]

thank you Gal, it will help to watch this video when time sections are added in the comments, like at 18' color added, or something like that

[@ritzentertainment8341]

Namaste 🙏, I Just like the way you explained the lecture. Short and simple.... Thank's Gal

[@flo.motion]

Really helpful! Thanks a lot!!

[@RL-fz4uq]

I don't usually comment on vids but you did a VERY good job explaining this process!! You are the real MVP

[@philippeperrin1590]

Be careful, when you use the clone stamp tool with a brush that's got a 26% hardness, you're degrading the texture ... You're adding blur to the image ...

[@antonydick9383]

I was going to say the same thing...

[@bakedutah8411]

Philippe Perrin, what do you recommend is done instead?

[@riqdotwav]

@@bakedutah8411 When using the clone stamp always put the hardness to 100% percent so that the algorithm properly blends your texture to the surroundings :)

[@cree_VI]

@@bakedutah8411 for scratches i often use Spot Healing brush

[@hedegaard8]

Shes an amateur that would rather sacrifice detail and original photo content for making it modernn. This is not "repair" or restoration, but "replacement." Just ugh.

[@jackielayne22]

New subscriber here, I found you through your stop motion video now I have to watch everything!!!! Thank you so much for being so knowledgeable and personable! Love it. Sending all the Likes.

[@anigrigoryan1951]

Thank you for the simple explanation.

[@DiscoMatty79]

Fantastic video! i watched a few colorize/photo restoration videos before this one. They were all helpful, but your method by far is my favorite. Even though it takes way longer, your after pic looks way more natural and less cartoony than the other methods.

[@esinnejstudio]

Woow, I def have to practice this. I am in the midst of advancing myself with these images. now I am adding color to mastering my retouching. i love this teaching. thank you

[@amlo0500]

Thank you so much for the effort of putting this amazing tutorial together. Even for a man who thinks 'Atari' Combat tanks is still cutting edge, you have helped me make many relatives happy with my ham fisted CC skills in improving old photos :)

[@christhepotato]

this is a great explanation. So much simpler than I thought! I already retouched a photo of my wife's grandparents. Thanks!

[@teachersophia]

I just found an old picture of my grandma from when she was 14 and I can't wait to try it.

[@suhadamadhukalpa1287]

lol

[@PremiereGal]

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[@HDbacon]

I will just because this video helped me and I'm linking it to an upload I did as I followed a little bit here and there on this video :)

[@PremiereGal]

@@HDbacon 😀❤️🙏

[@HDbacon]

@@PremiereGal feel free to check it out here. It was my first attempt so not 100% but I'm fairly happy with it. www.deviantart.com/da-bacon-master/art/Upscale-and-Restore-Attempt-1-866653870

[@jalaboknight3945]

Hi priere gal can i have the photo i want it for my practise plss

[@EDC98]

This was a great tutorial! Very informative and helpful! I'm wanting to restire an old black and white photo for my mom, and with this new knowledge I feel much more confident and have a better odea in how to tackle it! I wish all tutorials were like this! You've got a like and new subscriber! Thank you Premiere Gal :)

[@fredex147]

Great video. I have found old pictures of my father at his work. What a difference. Wish he could have seen it himself (or is is himselve?). Anyway Thank you very much.

[@sfetcucristian2949]

Nice tutorial. Not only useful but also very complex. Thank you.

[@sidneydumaguit2750]

your so good in tutorial.. your so good in english.. i can easily understand.. thank you so much

[@jdjay18]

I like what you did , it didn't turn to look like a painting

[@muhammadbasheer6180]

Awesome !!!! I learnt lots new techniques from your tutorial... Thank you so much

[@angelinegallant5738]

That is incredible! What about pictures that you don't know what they looked like in color? What would you do in that instance? Amazing job you did with your grandfather's picture :)

[@mryassenalnaser1764]

You deserve like, you deserve comments , this the easiest tutorial I ever watched 😍

[@photovi]

Nice work. I usually try and find a color photo of the subject and use drop tool to grab their skin colors, etc hope that helps👋🏼🙂

[@PremiereGal]

Not a bad idea! I didn't have a color photo of him around that age. Definitely a good tip!

[@harthenry]

If I do not have a color photo of grandparents, then, I find a color photo of their offspring approx the same age as in the photo. Not perfect, but is close.

[@mannyvidsnyc]

photovi thanks for that tip 👍

[@antonydick9383]

@@PremiereGal Just find a similar Photo if that makes sense and create a floating palate of about 3-4 colours that you can pick from with the eyedropper tool... So you go from dark to light... But well done... :-)...

[@rkbkhe]

Thankyou very much madam for this illustration.

[@Bubsack101]

this is something ive always wanted to do. Nice tutorial!

[@danubioduarte]

Awesome. I just tried some of the techniques that you showed and I’m really happy! One more subscriber

[@chuenengyang3685]

Thank you for making this instruction.

[@alanteniarazon77]

Awesome, I worked on a photograph taken in 1940 in some kind of park, everything was sepia and now it looks so alive!

[@amanbhatt6183]

Merry Christmas premiere gal.

[@ariawilson3023]

Good tutorial, a little time consuming. When I need the results quickly I do it with Pixbim Object Remover AI and to colorize Color Surprise AI, works in a single click and gives results in seconds.

[@JunaidHassan-junaidslife]

Wow that was a very very nice tutorial, very well paced out and explained quite well. You're grand father was a handsome fella too! :)

[@PremiereGal]

Thanks Junaid!

[@marilynzanca7712]

Wonderful! im also into photo restoring, I just like how there was layer for every colour. something I need to do myself. overall great video.

[@leniehulse1621]

You do a layer for each part you are colorizing so that you can go back to the layer if later on you want to change the color

[@NiCkELoP]

Great tutorial, thanks for the helpful video!

[@kendricflores6517]

It made me subscribed to your page. Very direct tutorial. Thanks Gal ❤️🎉

[@RZLAND]

Just found this video. I spend most of my time using Illustrator (averagely). Never tried Photoshop because I'm used to this program called PhotoImpact. But who knows, I may start learning from your site. Thanks!

[@RELFIR]

8:30 ?

[@klipnity]

a demon

[@pgtd]

that creeped me out

[@DUFFdanihell]

Porn.

[@viridian9673]

i think its just a slip up of the noise gate/ noise canceling

[@michelfrance75]

Thank you for this interesting and educational video. The process is nonetheless to be emulated with other software in the market because the excessive commercial conditions of Photoshop CC for the occasional use that most subscribers who watch these videos do. I do not think this product will survive for a long time by the only subscription of professional photographers or amateurs very informed !

[@mehboobhasan3677]

Thank you dear it's very useful to me............

[@PemikirMuda_]

i understand your teaching tq so much sister

[@mcroman-superfeat]

A day of learning ... THX a lot ...

[@Tinnit16]

Thanks a lot! now time to pass my subject

[@LABarge-lj1ty]

Thank you for the awesome tutorial! It was detailed and you did a fabulous job explaining everything! The best I have seen in this category! Super Great!

[@ahmedabedelmajeed5396]

Your rule is awesome 🔥👍(in the coloring)

[@AlizVince]

Thank you! This was extremely helpful!

[@PremiereGal]

You're welcome!

[@robertlaboube1365]

Wow. I'm just learning how to do the coloring of b&w photos. Thanks for showing me what you know

[@rick_terscale1111]

kids do that in elementary school.

[@iREZARECTEM]

Rick Terscale , kids do it with crayons, not Photoshop. Don't be rude.

[@jyothiprakash6830]

supper simple and sweet work

[@diamondgrace30]

Learned a lot. Thanks!

[@novelafilmacademy]

“Fantastic video! Your method is the best I’ve seen-natural results and a great tutorial on layers”

[@Design_errorr]

Amazing!! Thank you for this ❤️❤️

[@RoseGold-sz1gr]

Ohhh your my savior! Thank you so much 😘

[@TsvetanDudulov]

Thank You for this helpful video very much!

[@abdelkarimkeraressi1418]

you looks like him lol. fist i saw it i said well for sure her father or granda . thnx for video . im subscribe good stuff.

[@zedec100]

Thank you very much for your great work

[@VSbest18]

Great. Love from India.

[@ericbrown7517]

Very Very Good Work!!!

[@mohammedgiyasuddeenimran5105]

Its very amazing and very easy

[@johnnelson9133]

Fantastic video well presented and great content just brilliant

[@devmankar4580]

Really fantastic ❤️

[@boats4394]

thank you for that. I managed to restore a couple family photos with color

[@iREZARECTEM]

Interesting colorizing technique with the inverse layered masks. Is it possibly to do the same with levels?

[@chawchaw8675]

Thank a million ❤

[@jayantasarma7231]

also use content-awere tool instead of clone stamp tool or patch tool

[@PhotoshopLab]

nice!

[@Murasame]

I liked it until you painted the Tuxedo black, it looks obviously painted and I think it looked better and more natural prior too. Maybe just turn the contrast lower/higher on it to make it darker?

[@RomanettSartison]

Very good job!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@SathyaRavi46sathya]

Very nice.. Congrats & Thank you..

[@koriakinides]

I belive lighter spots on that armrest were just some light reflexex from its fabrick, after removing them it looks less... real. Anyway those original old photos in general looks more magical and adding a color to it is actualy making them less real.

[@rajanpal85]

love this video💖

[@B.I.T.E.]

Thank you. So helpful. Education is power...

[@_a289]

How can We colour black & white video. Please Make video on this topic. I will be very thankful to u.

[@noyb154]

healing brush would work for much of that too, and its much easier

[@fortunategraphiica1810]

Thanks for this video... My skill has improved... What's the name of the song you used? I can't get over it please..

[@matiasgoinheix366]

That is a great picture.

[@HDbacon]

Awesome thank you, I gave it a go..I think I chose a bit of a "busy" image to try for a first go but I've got the gist of it so I might try something a little more simple (its 2 guys on a horse and chasing a cow I think. I've used an AI program to enhance the image to higher image of 4K (im still new to the program) and its actually given one of the guys on the horse a face. But I have over exposed parts so they wouldn't colour in..so now I know what to look out for. Big thanks!

[@patatajabi]

Thank you for sharing :)

[@tiphighter3666]

Never gonna give you up!

[@1mespud]

Gramps would be proud!

[@traymonmabs2384]

this is very educating, its nice, how about if i want cut out an image and fix another one

[@RaysTrack]

Excellent. Do you offer a restoration service for those of us with less skill and in my case, colour blindness?

[@InfoCreates]

I have a somewhat wild story regarding this topic... When I lived in Crown Heights in Brooklyn a few years back there was a old school photo and print studio. I would pass by it everyday. I would pop in here and there and see if they ever needed help with anything. One day the owner gave me this extremely old print and asked what I could do... We scanned it in and luckily I was able to work some magic... Pretty crazy how powerful Photoshop is haha. Great video!

[@edmundhayes7982]

Great teaching tool. Thank you.

[@stretchini]

Just helped me out bigtime! Thanks!

[@johnconn982]

well done video, easy to follow.

[@rickroll5767]

I often resize images.. my choice to do this would be FastStone Photo Resizer. It can resize 1000s of images a lot quicker than PS.

[@sajidismael3276]

Awesome tutorial

[@zamzuu]

Congratulations on your work. I also worked on a photo of her mother on her wedding day. But ... I think the one who made the picture made a mistake and reversed the negative. I say this because the wedding ring is on your grandfather's right hand, as well as the watch, and the jacket's lair is closed from right to left like women. From these three considerations, I think your grandfather looked to the right, not to the left, and you should make that change. With all due respect, I sign, Constantin Zamfirescu, Bucharest, Romania

[@MikkeMan]

You should shut your mouth

[@edit4310]

@Don Mega Irrelevant.

[@cliveglendinning756]

You are correct!.....and it does matter!.......Especially regards historical photos, where this could have significance!

[@Tlacomaya]

Wow this is amazing! Thank u

[@viragsharan8553]

Nicely explained. Thanks.

[@PremiereGal]

Thank You so much :-) You are also welcome to become a fan on www.patreon.com/premieregal , that would help me a lot :-)

[@lazarristic4481]

thank you so much! I have colorized my picture of my grandfather near Stalingrad with your help!

[@watchtowerexamination]

LOVELY!!

[@kimmervinofficial]

WOW.. nice

[@jefferyhcsiba7643]

Thank you for this. Really Really Appreciate it

[@marky26uk]

Awesome job, thanks :)

[@vincentgattorno9751]

Grate! Thanks so much excellent explanation .

[@rectify2003]

Well done I just Subscribed