Terminology: photographers versus computer graphics artists. In computer graphics, a black and white image only contains black and pure white (coded into a single bit). In photography,
a black and white photo refers to a "grey scale image". This image is 8-bit coded, which makes it possible to obtain 256 greys.
Given that the human eye can hardly distinguish 200, this encoding is quite adequate.
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Paint Shop Pro : Colourization: sepia toning for retro-style photos
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Bernard Jolivalt
Eliminating the Colours
The first step consists of eliminating the colours on our photo. Start by saving the photo below on your hard disk.
Figure 1: Our photo doesn't really have a "period" look to it.
- Open the original photo in Paint Shop Pro.
- Select Colours > Grey Scale).
Figure 2: Colour toning (sepia or any other tone) is always done on a black and white photo.
Terminology: photographers versus computer graphics artists. In computer graphics, a black and white image only contains black and pure white (coded into a single bit). In photography,
a black and white photo refers to a "grey scale image". This image is 8-bit coded, which makes it possible to obtain 256 greys.
Given that the human eye can hardly distinguish 200, this encoding is quite adequate.