03-22-2023, 08:41 PM
For myself, I would be in favor of desaturating and re-coloring. Recolor by hand if you have the artistic skills or use an online service if, like me, you have no such skills.
Unless someone is going to compare the damaged original side-by-side with the recolored version, they will tend to simply accept the recolored version -- despite all its flaws that make the retoucher cringe because it's nearly impossible to "unsee" the flaws he knows were there.
I used the GMIC Black & White Desaturate Norm as it gave a smoother transition between the different original colors. The GIMP desaturates didn't work as well.
RikK: I'd never used palette.fm before, and the colorized version below was the "Base Palette", the first option of the 20 coloring options available.
From the original to the colorized version was a matter of minutes.
Unless someone is going to compare the damaged original side-by-side with the recolored version, they will tend to simply accept the recolored version -- despite all its flaws that make the retoucher cringe because it's nearly impossible to "unsee" the flaws he knows were there.
I used the GMIC Black & White Desaturate Norm as it gave a smoother transition between the different original colors. The GIMP desaturates didn't work as well.
RikK: I'd never used palette.fm before, and the colorized version below was the "Base Palette", the first option of the 20 coloring options available.
From the original to the colorized version was a matter of minutes.