Colorizing old photos

[prabbit237]

My wife wanted me to fix up this old picture of her (she's now 62, to show how old the picture is.) It was my first try at colorizing a picture like this. Opinions?

[Quo Fan]

Though I'm not normally a fan of colorizing, you did a fantastic job.

[superduperwesman]

Wow! Looks pretty good to me. Only thing that I don't love is the socks. Seem a little off or overdone or something.

[elkidogz]

Originally Posted by superduperwesman

Wow! Looks pretty good to me. Only thing that I don't love is the socks. Seem a little off or overdone or something.

Very nice job! I do agree that the pink socks are standing out a bit. Tone them puppies down and your good to go! TFS

[prabbit237]

Originally Posted by elkidogz

Very nice job! I do agree that the pink socks are standing out a bit. Tone them puppies down and your good to go! TFS

Yeah, I was having issues with those and never was fully happy with them. I had converted the picture to CMYK and was having issues with getting the right color on those (I'm just not used to thinking in CMYK. I can handle RGB better.) I'll be adjusting them some later.

[statichash]

Agree with others - how did your wife like it? TFS and great work!

Cheers!

[chapstick]

Good work! The skin tone is really nice. And I love the pale blue dress too, nice choice.

[prabbit237]

OK, I think I'm happy with these socks. I was just having issues getting them light enough and yet keep the detail in them. They were pretty dark in the original and I really don't think they were a light pink, originally.

The wife loves the picture (but, of course, she was trying to micro-manage it all and say "the dress needs to be light blue and the socks pink and you need some green in the tree." Like she would even REMEMBER what colors the clothing was. And I had to put my foot down on trying to make the tree green. It's just way too dark and not enough detail, if ya ask me.)

And thanx, everyone, for the kind remarks.

[superduperwesman]

Much better!

[zona5101]

great work!