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I’m new to any sophisticated photo manipulation and the layers process, although I have a long background in serious (but amateur) photography (I still remember Marshall Oils!). I did attend a recent Adobe seminar on Photoshop Elements 3.0 held in Tampa, but since I hadn’t gotten the program yet I’m sure I didn’t get full value from the exposure. I also live in a rural area so I can’t just pop down to a Borders and browse through the offerings.
I’ve just purchased Photoshop Elements 3.0 and a Wacom 6 x 8 tablet, for the specific purpose of taking a scanned-in 60-year-old B&W wedding family picture and "colorizing" it. This is intended as a surprise to an 82-year-old widow who needs something to remind her of happier early days. I expect to have at least two big problems — skin tones (Asian family) and getting the right color in very dark backdrops that are almost pure black in the scanned image.
Two questions:
1. What are your recommendations as the best reference for me to use in learning PSE 3 and completing this project?
2. Are there any discussion groups or on-line sources of information on how to tint a black-and-white photo using Photoshop Elements?
Your ideas, please — Regards —
I’ve just purchased Photoshop Elements 3.0 and a Wacom 6 x 8 tablet, for the specific purpose of taking a scanned-in 60-year-old B&W wedding family picture and "colorizing" it. This is intended as a surprise to an 82-year-old widow who needs something to remind her of happier early days. I expect to have at least two big problems — skin tones (Asian family) and getting the right color in very dark backdrops that are almost pure black in the scanned image.
Two questions:
1. What are your recommendations as the best reference for me to use in learning PSE 3 and completing this project?
2. Are there any discussion groups or on-line sources of information on how to tint a black-and-white photo using Photoshop Elements?
Your ideas, please — Regards —
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