Selective Colorization using The GIMP
I mentioned yesterday that I wanted to be able to edit the Kubrick template using Gimp. I haven’t accomplished that. However, I can say I have the knowledge to take a photo, convert it to black and white, then restore color to selective areas.
A few days ago, I walked out of my apartment to head somewhere, and I noticed the rose garden had a single rose that looked pretty good - while all the others were withered away from the cold. I just started carrying my camera around again, so I felt compelled to take a shot. I took a few far away, and a few closeup. I didn’t think too much of it, and filed the picture away on my computer.
Now, I’m starting to look for tutorials explaining how to do certain tasks with Gimp. Then after running into the tutorial “Selective Colorization using The GIMP“, I decided to take the photo with the rose and try it out. I think it took about 30 minutes, but I’m pretty stoked about how it came out. It was a lot of trial and error, and my hand was cramping up, but I did it. Sweetness…
Edit: I added color to the stem and leaves, from Anthony’s great suggestion. I’m an idiot! I didn’t start over, I just used the current selective color image as the black and white copy, and finished up from there. Only took five minutes.
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