How to Colorize a Black and White Photo in Photoshop Elements

[Karen Schulz]

A few weeks ago, I reviewed the new Neural Filter in Photoshop 2021. (How to Change a Black and White Photo to Color with Photoshop’s Neural Filter). This powerful filter does a great job of colorizing photos.
Thank you to one of my readers for directing me to the Colorize option in Photoshop Elements. I experimented with this option and found it easy to use and felt it gave a great result. In many instances, I felt Elements did an even better job than Photoshop 2021 did.

Finish reading this article on my blog... and see the results of 3 different photos. LOVE this feature in Elements!

 

[KatherineWoodin]

Thanks for showing this to me.

 

[Tbear]

Amazing the difference this filter can make to a old photo. So much easier than the old way of time consuming trial and error with the hue/sat, levels and photo filter options.

 

[Karen Schulz]

You're welcome, Katherine. I hope you find a use for it.

Thanks for showing this to me.

 

[Karen Schulz]

Right? And, like you, I LOVE that it's so fast. You can tweak as much as you want after using the filter, of course, but most of the time I found that the Auto option worked really well.

Amazing the difference this filter can make to a old photo. So much easier than the old way of time consuming trial and error with the hue/sat, levels and photo filter options.