Colorizing Black and White Photos

Learn how to turn a black and white photo into color. This tutorial will teach you how to use non-destructive adjustment layers to color an image. This method lets you make modifications anytime and in return, let you create noticeably better results than just using a single raster layer.

Step 1

Open a black and white photo into Photoshop. This can be done by going to File> Open, browsing for the photo, and clicking OK. Here’s the black and white photo that I’ll be using for this tutorial:

more…