During the late 1960s and the early 1970s, black-and-white Betty Boop, Mickey Mouse, and Looney Tunes cartoons were redistributed in color. These colorization methods were employed until effective color film processes were developed.
#Colorize a black and white photo movie#
As late as the 1920s, hand coloring processes were used for individual shots in Greed (1924) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925) (both utilizing the Handschiegl color process) and rarely, an entire feature-length movie such as Cyrano de Bergerac (1925) and The Last Days of Pompeii (1926). The process was always done by hand, sometimes using a stencil cut from a second print of the film, such as the Pathécolor process. The first full-length feature film made by a hand-colored process was The Miracle of 1912. Thuillier's lab produced about sixty hand-colored copies of A Trip to the Moon, but only one copy is known to still exist today. Thuillier, a former colorist of glass and celluloid products, directed a studio of two hundred people painting directly on film stock with brushes, in the colors she chose and specified each worker was assigned a different color in assembly line style, with more than twenty separate colors often used for a single film. For example, at least 4% of George Méliès' output, including some prints of A Trip to the Moon from 1902 and other major films such as The Kingdom of the Fairies, The Impossible Voyage, and The Barber of Seville were individually hand-colored by Elisabeth Thuillier's coloring lab in Paris. The first film colorization methods were hand done by individuals. Though the original black and white photos have their charm, it’s really cool to see them in color, breathing new life into history.See also: List of early color feature films The process itself can be time-consuming but is basically painting on colors with a brush in Photoshop. For those who’d like to make more advanced colorizations, here’s a link to a more detailed Photoshop step-by-step and video tutorial.įor better colorization results, it helps to start with higher quality black and white photos.
The ability to colorize a photo is a pretty nifty skill to have in your design arsenal and a fun hobby, not to mention a great present for your grandparents!įor those who’d would like to learn, here’s a link to a quick and easy Photoshop tutorial for simple colorizations. Wedding photoįamily photo from corona2016, colorization by cafea 30. Saratoga Springs New York, 1915Ĭolorization by Sanna Dullaway 29. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, colorization by Mads Madsen 28. Photo by Dorothea Lange, colorization by Mads Madsen 27.
Photo from National Photo Company Collection, colorization by Mads Madsden 26. Photo from Underwood & Underwood/Corbis, colorization by malakon 25.
military photo, colorization by Sanna Dullaway 24. Photo by Matthew Brady, colorization by Mads Madsden 23. Brideįamily photo from lcedlightning, colorization by Azozel 22. New York Times photo, colorization by photojacker 21. Photo by Ansel Adams, colorization by Zarziglu 20. Memorial for a Vietnamese girlĬolorization by Sanna Dullaway 19. Audrey HepburnĬolorization by klassixx 18. Leffler, colorization by Oliver Witisen 17. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt, colorization by Sanna Dullaway 15. Grete Reinwald, 1910Ĭolorization by salsifufu 14. Old wedding photographĬolorization by Sanna Dullaway 13. Old photograph 1933Ĭolorization by photosfromfrance 12. Family PhotographĬolorization by salsifufu 11. Photography by Malcolm Brown, colorization by Sanna Dullaway 10. William CregerĬodeflex, a talented 99er, was able to do this simple colorization in just under an hour on Swiftly! 9. Photo by Arthur Sass, colorization by Mads Madsen 8. Photo by Dorthea Lange, Colorization by Vikki Hansen 7. Photo by Bob Willoughby/Redferns, colorization by traquea 6. Photo by Frank Worth colorization by malakon 5. Photo from the Smithisonian, colorization by crumblebeater 4. Award-winning magazine writer Lois Mattox Miller US Navy photo, colorization by klassixx 3. Photo by Richard Avedon, colorization by Mads Madsen 2. The results can be truly stunning, and bring history to life in a new way.įor all you fans out there, here are 30 beautiful photo colorization examples: 1. Many of you may have seen the huge crop of colorized old black and white photos popping up around the web (there are some wonderful subreddits devoted to it).
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