Freeware to colourize old pics?

[John Latter]

Hiya,

I've just scanned in some old black & white photos - are there any
freeware programs (or techniques) whereby they could be converted into
colour?

Thanks
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[aafuss]

My Babya Photo Workshop has a B&W to color function:

Download v10.6:http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?19000000037114
Website:http://geocities.com/babyap2002/babyapws.html

 

[John Latter]

My Babya Photo Workshop has a B&W to color function:

Download v10.6:http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?19000000037114
Website:http://geocities.com/babyap2002/babyapws.html

Hiya,

Thanks for the info and link!

I've downloaded & installed the program but am having some teething
problems - which might be because of the file size I first started
using.

Anyway, I'm experimenting with smaller files (which has cleared the
initial problems) but I haven't made much progress with converting
from b&w to colour.

To be honest, I'm not very familiar with graphics programs so I would
be very appreciative of any help/advice you can give.

When I try to open Effects FX Studio I get an error saying "Component
comct332.ocx or one of its dependencies is not correctly registered
(etc.)" - is this where I should be looking to do the conversion?

John Latter
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John Latter

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[Eric Huebner]

Am Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:06:05 +0100 schrieb John Latter:

Hiya,

Thanks for the info and link!

I've downloaded & installed the program but am having some teething
problems - which might be because of the file size I first started
using.

Anyway, I'm experimenting with smaller files (which has cleared the
initial problems) but I haven't made much progress with converting
from b&w to colour.

To be honest, I'm not very familiar with graphics programs so I would
be very appreciative of any help/advice you can give.

When I try to open Effects FX Studio I get an error saying "Component
comct332.ocx or one of its dependencies is not correctly registered
(etc.)" - is this where I should be looking to do the conversion?

John Latter

Welcome to the world of babyaware:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babyaware

 

[aafuss]

Yes
Download comct332.ocx from http://www.it-mate.co.uk/?sec=FreeDev

 

[John Latter]

Am Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:06:05 +0100 schrieb John Latter:


Welcome to the world of babyaware:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babyaware

So its just a joke?


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[aafuss]

No it's real-Babya Photo Workshop works.

 

[John Latter]

Yes
Download comct332.ocx from http://www.it-mate.co.uk/?sec=FreeDev

I've downloaded it but am still not making any progress. Eric Huebner
gave a link suggesting this program is some kind of joke - is that so?

I would really like to be able to convert b&w to colour but I'm too
dumb to know if its possible or not (using freeware) - can anyone help
please?
--

John Latter

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http://members.aol.com/jorolat/TEM.html

'Where Darwin meets Lamarck?' Discussion Egroup:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/evomech

Evolution Research Blog:
http://evomech.blogspot.com/

 

[John Latter]

No it's real-Babya Photo Workshop works.

Its just me then - the program keeps crashing & I don't know enough to
sort it. Unfortunately there's no "If you wanna convert b&w to colour
then this is what ya do" tutorial.

Oh well 'sigh'
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John Latter

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[Thorsten Duhn]

Hello,

I've downloaded it but am still not making any progress. Eric
Huebner gave a link suggesting this program is some kind of
joke - is that so?

even some of his products actually do *SOMETHING*, it always is
a mixture of adopted/relabeled open source from others, and
badly designed shit from aafuss himself. Just bad software.

I would really like to be able to convert b&w to colour but
I'm too dumb to know if its possible or not (using freeware)
- can anyone help please?

Your pictures are black and white and you want to make realistic
colored pictures from them? This is nothing more than a complex
artistic act, no automatism is possible for this. What software
should guess, which part should go red, blue or green, what's
the best color for skin of people.

If you want to paint for this, you need a more sophisticated
application with at least layer support. I can't guess at the
moment, what is the most efficient tool for your needs.

Maybe try:
http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/

You'll need lots of time and inspiration...

I remember there were some colorized B/W movies in the early
nineties (or earlier/later), and the don't really looked
realistic. I prefer the originals.

Regards,
Thorsten

 

[Dewey Edwards]

I've downloaded it but am still not making any progress. Eric Huebner
gave a link suggesting this program is some kind of joke - is that so?

Not in his mind, but http://www.teknidermy.com/issue/11/babyafied/

 

[HVS]

On 01 May 2006, John Latter wrote

fOn 30 Apr 2006 18:36:28 -0700, "aafuss"


I've downloaded it but am still not making any progress. Eric
Huebner gave a link suggesting this program is some kind of
joke - is that so?

I would really like to be able to convert b&w to colour but
I'm too dumb to know if its possible or not (using freeware) -
can anyone help please?

As Thorsten says in his post, coloring B&W needs an image editor
with layers, and a fair amount of practice. Ultimately it comes
down to the skill of the person doing it, rather than technology:
it's primarily an exercise in painting using digital tools,
rather than a straightforward exercise in digital conversion.

Poking around on google, there seem to be a number of books and
workshops (paid for) on the subject, so it's probably a case of
finding a layering editor; seeing if it's got any help on
colorizing; and giving it a whack.

(I use a paid-for image editor off a cover-mount disc; it has a
colorizing tool. I'd imagine the free image editors that
Thorsten recommended have something similar.)

 

[aafuss]

Try downloading the same file from and then run regsvr32
"comct332.ocx"

 

[Eric Huebner]

Am Mon, 01 May 2006 08:45:49 +0100 schrieb John Latter:

Its just me then - the program keeps crashing & I don't know enough to
sort it. Unfortunately there's no "If you wanna convert b&w to colour
then this is what ya do" tutorial.

Oh well 'sigh'

I hope you believe me now!

 

[dadiOH]

So its just a joke?

Not a joke, just ineptness. Total ineptness.

dadiOH

 

[dadiOH]

Try downloading the same file from and then run regsvr32
"comct332.ocx"

So why didn't your "program" take care of both details in the first place?

dadiOH

 

[FirstName LastName]

Hiya,

I've just scanned in some old black & white photos - are there any
freeware programs (or techniques) whereby they could be converted into
colour?

Thanks

Do you want something like this?

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_colorization>

See the 2nd link in the "External Links" section

 

[Thorsten Duhn]

Hello,

Do you want something like this?

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_colorization>

See the 2nd link in the "External Links" section

WOW, that's looking great...

Unfortunately we'll have to wait for an freeware application
implementing this, and the available sample code is "free for
research purposes only".

Regards,
Thorsten

 

[Al Klein]

Its just me then - the program keeps crashing & I don't know enough to
sort it. Unfortunately there's no "If you wanna convert b&w to colour
then this is what ya do" tutorial.

There's no "click here to colorize your b/w pic". Computers aren't
powerful enough to do that yet. You have to colorize the picture.

 

[Sietse Fliege]

I've just scanned in some old black & white photos - are there any
freeware programs (or techniques) whereby they could be converted into
colour?

You may want to check out Revelator Grayscale-to-Color

http://users.bigpond.net.au/Revelator/Revelator-Gray-to-Color-Page.htm

Also, B & W enhancement and color modifaction with e.g. this
Photoshop plug-in : virtualPhotographer http://optikvervelabs.com/
(e.g. IrfanView can work with this)