Colorize a Black and White Photo Using One Filter | Adobe Photoshop Tutorial

1. Open Document

Open a Photoshop document and select an image

2. Open the Neural Filters

Go up to the top and select Filter > Neural Filters

3. Neural Filter Panel

The Neural Filters panel will load on the right side of Photoshop

4. Select Colorize

Select Colorize under the Beta Filters

5. Color Focus Points

Add in Color Focus Points

6. Color Correction

Adjust Scene and Focus Color Correction

7. Output Method

Select Output Method

Controls

Focal Points

As seen in the image on the right, it is possible to add color focal points to this image. This is useful for when the algorithm does not do a good job out of the gate and major tweaking is required. Let’s say in this case the flower was yellow, we would select a yellow and create the focus points that would tell the AI that the flower was in fact yellow.

Scene Color Correction

Below the Focal Points section of the panel is a minimal color correction panel. The following options are available for correction

• Cyan / Red
• Blue / Yellow
• Magenta / Green
• Focus Color / Scene Color

Cyan / Red

Self explanatory in that this controls the amount of red or cyan in the image. For instance if the image is too red, we can remove some by adding in some cyan to cancel this color out.

Blue / Yellow

Adjusts the blue to yellow mix in the image. In this case if the image is too yellow, we can remove some by adding in some blue to cancel this color out.

Magenta / Green

The final color correction option adjusts between magenta and green. As previous, if the image is too green, we can remove some by adding in some magenta to cancel this color out.

Focus Color / Scene Color

Focus Color to Scene Color appears to blend the intensity and masking of the focus points. There currently is not too much documentation on how this all works, which is not surprising given the beta status of this filter.