More than 20 years ago, I enjoyed watching one TV show ever week. I think it was Alfred Hitchcock Presents. The original work was done in Black & White. They said they used computers to reproduce all episodes in color and aired the whole series a few decades later. A few years ago, I wondered if there were any software applications that would allow me to reproduce a color image out of an image in Black & White like that. And I found none. Then I ran into AKVIS Software’s website by accident about 14 hours ago and found Coloriage. Now, the search is over. This software title lets you reproduce a color image out of a Black & White photo. So let’s see how Coloriage works quickly.

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AKVIS Coloriage comes with a standalone application and a Photoshop plug-in. You can use whichever you want. And the final result won’t change. If you are going to use the Photoshop plug-in, choose AKVIS > Coloriage under Filter after opening a Black & White photo image. (See Screenshot 01-2.) If you are going to use the standalone application version, simply drag and drop a graphic file onto the application windows (See Screenshot 03.)  Continue reading →