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Keith Bateman
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Hi All,
And a special welcome to Vikki - you must all have a look at her website http://www.pbase.com/vhansen/colorings - there is a lot of brilliant work there!! 
A few of us have been, with deadants expert help, trying to colorize some of our photos - now we may be lucky enough to have another helper!! 
Can I ask Vikki where she gets the ideas for some of her colours she uses - I am trying to colour a 1930 photo and am finding it difficult, (with a man's imagination!!) to visualise the colours of ladies dress etc - and even mens suits - were they all brown or grey??
See asking questions already!! 
Cheers
Keith
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Boongie Pam
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Wow what amazing artistry. Vikki you have an amazing talent.
I have no idea how you get such amazing skin tones.
Welcome to Rootschat...
...wanders off amazed at that Rita Hayworth dress, pheweee.
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sarah
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Wow, from what I am so amazed it just goes to show you what someone with talent can do !
A Huge Welcome Vikki I really look forward to seeing what you can do, your pictures are fantastic !!!!!!!!
Sarah
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vhansen
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Thank you all so much! What a great Welcome.
I really enjoy coloring. It's sort of a self-challenge to see how realistic I can get the images. Plus, I enjoy seeing the people in color, as they seem more like actual beings rather than just old photographs.
I guess on a lot of my color choices, others I'll look at clothing from the era. There are a couple of vintage fashion sites that discuss fabrics, colors, and style trends.
I don't mind answering questions, if I can help, so ask away. I must warn though, that I can be a nitpicker, as I believe the "devil is in the details".
Vikki
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deadants
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Hi Vikki,
I have to agree with you on the devil in the detail. I think most people who first start to colorize tend to select large areas and change everyting in one go and leave it at that. So I think it is important to work every object in the photo and adjust accordingly. This may take a lot longer to do but the results are more realistic. I have been trying the tutorial you suggested at worth1000 and t does take a bit of practice but the results are worth the effort.
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Cleary, Doran, Boland, McCooey, McManus, O'brien, Martin, Savage, Wallis, McCollister, Wood. (More to come soon)
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Lloydy
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Vikki
Wow!! You are so clever at colorizing those black and white photos.
I am only in the very early stages of using PSP9 to fix photos - think it's going to take me ages to get to your standard.
Jan
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Paul E
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Vikki, your website examples are wonderful! You can really start to se what all the fuss was about with these movie starlets - Rita Hayworth in particular. Think I've found a new pin-up girl! 
Paul
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Mk2_Zephyr
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Dopey
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I read this thread with interest and went to the site as I would like to learn how to do this.
I read down the glowing references given by people about her site and chose the link given by Vikki Hansen herself to look at the tutorial.
This link opened a window which couldn't find the site, then another, then another and another ....... ad infinitum, until I had to switch my computer off to get rid of it all.
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Paul E
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Hi Daisy
Welcome to Rootschat!
Bad luck - I didn't have that problem when I tried the link.
Hope it hasn't put you off Rootschat - I can honestly say I have never had a problem with any site recommended by Rootschatters.
Hopefully it was a glitch and it will be resolved.
cheers
Paul
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Mk2_Zephyr
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Nothing wrong with the link in Keith Batemans post.
If your problem arose on her site, it sounds like you didnt wait long enough for the tutorial to download.
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Lloydy
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I had no problems either
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