Carrie Underwood, Colourization Options

[Comptine]

Haven't played around with Photoshop in awhile.

Original:


Mine:


I got a little sloppy with the ends of the hair and for some reason, some kinda of peachy-pink color overlapped into the eyes. I have no idea where it came from even after going through each layer several times.

I love the eyes and the makeup.

[*davinci*]

The paler skin looks a little weirder with the lighter shade of hair. Also, never desaturate the teeth. :P I think that's the weakest part of the colorization. I agree, the eyes and makeup looks natural and great.

Edit: Haha, Kiera. That was a little weird.

[Gigi]

The paler skin looks a little weirder with the lighter shade of hair. Also, never desaturate the teeth. :P I think that's the weakest part of the colorization. I agree, the eyes and makeup looks natural and great.

Edit: Haha, Kiera. That was a little weird.

Agreed about the teeth. Don't desaturate entirely, it's a huge giveaway that it's colourized. Real teeth have some colour to them.

When I colourize, I usually start off with the grayscaled image, then I colourize the entire image to a colour as close to human flesh as possible. This usually means a reddish-orange set at a lower saturation. The teeth would be colourized to the same hue as the skin, in other words. Then I select the teeth area and lower the saturation to about 20. You retain some colour that way, while still looking natural.