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

[einel chaimovich <einel00h gmail com>]

hey liam,
thanks for answering.
I of course don't look for automated solution.
I basically need to restore two colors or rather change the label - grey to
green and another line (small area/ object) back to yellow.
thanks, einel.

On Sat, Nov 2, 2019 at 11:54 PM Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net> wrote:

> 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.
>
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>
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