Before Walmart

Just enjoyed taking this image from Shorpy.com (click to see original B&W image) and converting it into a colorized image. Loved the sign that shows all the items offered, definitely a precursor to Walmart. Also loved the silhouette sitting outside the store. Had to straighten the image using the Camera Raw Filter’s Geometry panel. The wires were removed – I wanted to leave them in, but the original image did not show the wires strong enough to see them in the colorized image. In Topaz Studio 2 my “Look” for colorizing was used (for more information see on see How to Convert Black and White Images to Colorful Paintings with Topaz Studio 2 blog – links to other blogs on this site) and made a few changes to fit this image – this is where the real fun begins. Back in Photoshop a little clean up was done and a sky with the PS’s new Sky Replacement function was added – the clouds were taken from my backyard around noon. Finished off with Topaz (see sidebar for website link) ReStyle (using the Zambezi Zest preset) to get the right color grading effect to the image. Check out Shorpy’s for lots of fun pix to colorize…..Digital Lady Syd