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Old 02-12-2020, 03:46 PM
 
Location: North Carolina
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Anyone used it yet? It's free, but you do have to sign up with a free account at least.

https://blog.myheritage.com/2020/02/...tage-in-color/

Here's my review of it, if anyone is interested: https://genealogical-musings.blogspo...otos-tool.html
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Old 02-13-2020, 06:26 AM
 
Location: NJ
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Thanks for posting your review. I didn't see the imperfections in your photos until you zoomed in on the areas. I didn't see the dead hand until you pointed it out but after you pointed it out, I see it in the original photo
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Old 02-13-2020, 03:38 PM
 
Location: Cumberland
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WOW! This is awesome.
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Old 02-13-2020, 03:54 PM
 
Location: North Carolina
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You only get to colorize 10 photos if you aren't paying the full subscription though.
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Old 02-13-2020, 05:56 PM
 
Location: Cumberland
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You only get to colorize 10 photos if you aren't paying the full subscription though.


Yup, just found out the hard way! I can't say I "wasted" any, but I definitely didn't choose the most important 10.

This may finally break me down and get me to pay for a few months subscription though.....it is a really neat service that is very easy to use.
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Old 02-13-2020, 06:45 PM
 
Location: North Carolina
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Yup, just found out the hard way! I can't say I "wasted" any, but I definitely didn't choose the most important 10.

This may finally break me down and get me to pay for a few months subscription though.....it is a really neat service that is very easy to use.
I'm sure there's other free colorizing tools out there, someone on Facebook shared this one but I couldn't get it to work: https://colourise.sg

This whole thing inspired me to do my own colorizing. I'm a photographer so I have Photoshop and I'm fairly adept with it but colorizing is one thing I'd never really done before. I'm pleased with the first result, it's way better than an automated colorizing!
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Old 02-16-2020, 04:31 PM
 
Location: New Mexico
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It's not working well for my photos, probably because they have significant yellowing or fading. The trees in my photos after colorizing do not look green at all compared to some of the examples. Faces are just beige.
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Old 02-17-2020, 10:43 AM
 
Location: North Carolina
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It's not working well for my photos, probably because they have significant yellowing or fading. The trees in my photos after colorizing do not look green at all compared to some of the examples. Faces are just beige.
You probably need to use a truly black and white image - if you didn't scan them as black and white, it would be best to grayscale them.
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Old 02-17-2020, 11:22 AM
 
Location: New Mexico
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You probably need to use a truly black and white image - if you didn't scan them as black and white, it would be best to grayscale them.
Sounds like too much work. They can't know what the original colors were anyway, and just fill in with a very limited palette of blue, gray, and brown for clothing so that everyone is color-coordinated which looks fake. I'll stick with my yellowed and faded photos.
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Old 02-17-2020, 02:04 PM
 
Location: Cumberland
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I colorized a scan of a 1870ish tin type, and it turned out amazing! The quality of the original picture and the resolution of the scan both make a huge difference in the final product.

Does anyone here know which level of subscription is necessary for unlimited colorization of old photos? I figure I will ask here while trying to figure it out myself.

Thanks.
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