[Image] Colourised Panzer IV Platoon in France, 1943/44

[Defekt]

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I've just finished my latest colourised photograph, a Panzer IV Ausf. H Zug of 8./Pz-Rgt. 3 near Amiens in France in the Winter of 1943-44.

 

[kapulA]

Cool stuff, will be sure to check the rest of your blog out!

 

[Tomcat_ha]

yes this is nice

 

[NoxNoctum]

What's the process behind doing this anyways?

 

[kapulA]

Pretty complicated, afaik. I recall coming across a certain Pz IV photo from 1940, I think, which had a somewhat rare Panzergrau w/ brown camouflage, which looked like solid Panzergrau on greyscale - but I'm sure Defekt will be able to shed some more light on the process.

 

[Defekt]

What's the process behind doing this anyways?

I use a free Photoshop equivalent by the name of GIMP to produce the images. The process is rather too longwinded to explain here but below is a link to the tutorial I used to learn the basic process.

[url]http://emptyeasel.com/2008/10/24/how-to-digitally-color-a-black-white-photograph-in-gimp/[/URL]

Once you've got the basics down it's a case of playing with the settings on each layer until it looks right.

If you have a go at it and want some tips feel free to drop me a PM