Colorizer

(For those who require a title image, this lesson will not have one. Your results will vary greatly depending on images you use.) This lesson came out of my own search for material on PSP's Colorizer feature. I was looking for an easy way to determine what shades of color I would get when using the Colorizer. All I found was a short little blurb in the manual and in software help.

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Supplies

You can download the supplies.zip file which contains my MWsample.jpg image. You are welcome to use your own grayscale images. I am providing this one to show how the colors in it are affected by both Hue and Saturation. You can also open a new image, and add the tube of your choice to that image.

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  1. Open the MWsample.jpg file that was included in the supplies.zip file that you downloaded above.
  2. Do a SHIFT-D to copy the image and protect the original from being changed.
  3. Now, let's get familiar with Hue and Saturation. You can change both values in Colorizer. Left click on your Foreground or Background color. Doesn't matter which you choose here.You'll see the following popup window:

    Color Wheel

  4. In the previous screenshot, you see the Hue, Saturation and HTML code boxes marked. Change the values in the Hue and Saturation boxes and watch what happens in the HTML box and on the color wheel and inside it too. You can use the slider bars or just key in numbers. When using the sliders, use very small increments. Hue slider has red at both ends.
  5. Cancel the color window when you feel comfortable with the Hue and Saturation values.
  6. Go to Colors->Colorize.

    Colorizer window

  7. Try playing with the different values in the table and experimenting on your own. The table lists the values at their brightest in clockwise order around that color wheel we saw earlier. Remember to use small increments when using the slider or experimenting with keying in numbers!
    A Few of the Colors with Hue & Saturation Values
    Color Name Hue Saturation
    Grayscale-- no color depth changes needed! 0 0
    Red 0 255
    Orange 22 255
    Yellow 43 255
    Yellow-green 64 255
    Green 85 255
    Cyan 128 255
    Blue 170 255
    Purple 191 255
    Magenta 213 255
    Pink 234 255
    Red, again 255 255
  8. Try making everything in my sample image stay visible after colorizing. Saturation is the key....
  9. For most images, you would only colorize a selection in the image or just a layer as in a tube. I wanted you to see what the different values controlled rather than discussing selection techniques.
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