Re: [Gimp-user] changing or assigning colors to a tiff image

[Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net>]

On Thu, 2019-10-31 at 12:08 +0200, einel chaimovich via gimp-user-list
wrote:
> hey,
>
> I acquiring a tiff images which are displayed in greyscale in the
> software.
> I want to restore original colors to some of the objects. can it be
> done?

Not automatically, no.

That is, neither GIMP nor any other software can know what colour socks
Justin was wearing based only on grey levels.

There are some filters - e.g. "retinex" comes with GIMP, and i think
the third-party g'mic plugin might have some - that try to guess.

You can also select part opf your image, feather the selection, and
explore colours->colourize, to do one colour at a time; there are other
methods, too, but they are somewhat more complex.

slave ankh

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