Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My favorite is this one: <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2.jpg.html> very nice tones and I like the smooth sky I?ve liked too this one http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2-3.jpg.html but for my personal prefeences I find the clouds are too dramatized Lluis > El 16 oct 2022, a les 1:35, Aram Langhans via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> > va escriure: > > I am at my father-in-law's so I get to play around with the latest > versions of PS and LR. I am still using CS6 and LR6. Not sure if anyone > noticed the new neural filters that have been added a while back. One of > them is colorize. With one click it will take a B&W and turn it into > color. I thought I'd give it a try. I just did the one click thing and > did not play around much with the adjustments, and I accepted what it did > without choosing if I was satisfied or not. I think that if you say that > maybe it will try again and maybe learn what you like. Maybe a different > experiment later. > > Since all his shots are color, I downloaded a few B&W shots from the > internet and gave it a try. The first one is a famous Ansel Adams shot in > Yosemite from Tunnel view. > > untitled-2-3 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2-3.jpg.html> > > untitled-2-4 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2-4.jpg.html> > Not bad. This one I did lower the contrast. > > Next a Grand Canyon shot > > untitled-2 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2.jpg.html> > > untitled-2-2 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2-2.jpg.html> I > did play with this a small amount. > > So I said, what about people? Here is a market shot. > > untitled-2-5 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2-5.jpg.html> > > untitled-2-6 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-2-6.jpg.html> > > My wife said how did it know she was in a blue coat? Of course, it did > not, but make some kind of choice. So, I though I would try something > else. > > I took a few of my father-in-law's photos and converted them to B&W and > then colorized them to see what PS chose to do and how close to reality > was it. Original color images are first followed by PS colorized versions > > My nephew had a gray outfit on and of course PS did not know it was gray > from the start. > > untitled-9808 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-9808.jpg.html> > > untitled-9808-Edit (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-9808-Edit.jpg.html> > > Here we all are at Tunnel View in gray shirts. I wondered if they would > still be gray. They were but my sister-in-law's skirt was changed from > blue to some sort of red. > > untitled-0216 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-0216.jpg.html> > > untitled-0216-Edit (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-0216-Edit.jpg.html> > > And finally what about a flamingo? Can PS get the feather colors correct? > > untitled-0288 (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-0288.jpg.html> > > untitled-0288-Edit (leica-users.org) > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/misc/ce/untitled-0288-Edit.jpg.html> > > So, you can draw your own conclusions. For me, I am amazed at what it can > do. Having done a bit of computer programming way back in the dark ages, I > am just blown away at the complex calculations that must be going on. And > if it is an original B&W with no reference for you to compare, I think it > did a pretty good job of making some plausible color choices, and with > some tweaking you might be able to make it look no so much like faded > Kodachrome but a new photo. > > Comments welcome > > Aram > > > -- > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? > James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information