Additional Resources for GIMP and Digital Colorizing
Hopefully, you have learned a great deal about digital colorizing and using GIMP from
the tutorials contained in this book. There are, of course, additional avenues to explore
to learn even more about colorizing (and other ways of editing) your digital photos—I
encourage you to check them out.
GIMP Resources
A list of helpful websites and resources related to all things GIMP follows.
The GIMP website offers tutorials from beginner to expert levels and is a great place
for those new to GIMP to become better acquainted with this software.
This is the official communications channel between developers of GIMP and its
users. Apart from project news, posts feature artwork by GIMP users, artist features, links
to useful tutorials, etc.
Partha’s Place contains useful links to photography tutorials, Inkscape (the free
illustration program), and various GIMP topics. It provides a build of GIMP for Macintosh
with the Resynthesizer plug-in already included. Partha’s Place also provides preliminary
builds of the next stable version of GIMP.
GIMP Magazine is published periodically and is available as a free PDF download
or can be viewed online. It contains interviews with artists and photographers who
use GIMP and also showcases their work. If you would prefer a print version of GIMP
Magazine , it is available for purchase.
This website contains many GIMP tutorials, forums, brushes for GIMP, and other
helpful resources for anything related to GIMP.
Photo Retouching, Editing, and Restoration
Following is a list of helpful websites and resources related to image editing and
restoration.
This website contains many tutorials on retouching, restoration, and image editing. There are many “challenges” that members of every skill level can accept (using the image-editing software of their choice) to develop and hone retouching and restoration skills.
As a photo editing professional, I operate a website that provides digital portrait
backgrounds for sale. There are several free examples available for download throughout
the site. These backgrounds are useful in image editing and restoration
work and graphic design (be sure to read the terms of use on the homepage).
Examples of Colorized Photos
Following is a list of websites showing various examples of colorized photographs.
This website showcases a number of colorized images ranging from the 1800s to the
mid-twentieth century.
- Colorization: The Colorization of Old Black and White Photos
Reddit is a social, entertainment and news website that contains a wide variety of topics.
There is a “subreddit” section that is devoted to showcasing colorized black and white
images that can be seen here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Colorization/