Colorization++ - Potatoe's

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Laz Long Wrote:You say it so casually.... Soften the edges of the mask for a nice color-to-color / layer-to-layer blend. Any tips or hints for those of us less familiar with blending?

Mostly it involves going around the edges with the blur tool. It's not so important when using the pad method, since the brush feathers the edge per the hardness setting.
But when you paint within a selection, it's going to leave a sharp edge, which is typically not very pleasing to the eye. So just go ahead and soften the edges of both adjacent colors/layers with the blur tool to let them blend in to each other a little.
Same thing if you've masked out an area, soften the edges of the mask layer.
The colors will very slightly overlap, and appear much more natural.

I'll post an example later today if I get a chance.