Colorization++ - Potatoe's

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Goodmorning guys; since there are many ways to Rome cons. the colorisation i thought i'd share mine with yous.
Its quick and dirty.
1.Always make sure you save your image RGB color.(menu ;image-mode-RGB)
2.Than copy the image onto a transparent background and save it.
3.Than close the original.
4. Copy the image again to a new file than go to menu; image;adjust;color range;and make it cyan.
save the image.
5. reapeat this step but make it red and save it, than yellow and save it and green (whatever you like)
6. Than open the basic grey image add a layer at appr. 50% and than paste the copy of the colored image.
Now you can remove the parts you dont want to be cyan with your eraser tool.Than merge layers.
7. You can repeat this with the other saved colors;REMEMBER to add new layer 50% and copy your other colored image and remove
what you dont want to be red/ green /yellow .
8. The overlapping can also create new colors (red+yellow=orange
9. The idea is that you create a basicly colored image which you can easily manipulate with the eraser tool.
10 The details you can adjust when you feel the basic is as it should be and when you have merged the layers.
11. play with brightness and contrast too (creates new colors and gives extra depth)

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# never flatten your layers
# think ; big~small;what is the biggest part that needs to blue-ish and start with that layer first
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This method should enable you to create your basic colored image quickly and give you more time to fuss around in the details.