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[Jim Hess]

I decided that I just have to share of this experience. I went to a family reunion recently. There was a photograph of my great-great-grandmother. It was brown and and faded, but it was better than anything that I had in my own collection. So I photographed it with my digital camera. When I got home I download the picture and opened it in Elements. The first thing I did was apply "Auto Levels". To my amazement, Elements removed all of the brown and there was actually some color to the photograph. Apparently the original had been handpainted. Then I adjusted the saturation, and when I got through I had a stunning color photograph. But the technique doesn't work every time. I tried it on another photograph and the color that was there looked terrible. So I converted that photograph to black and white and then simulated sepia toning on it.

[BobHill]

Great post, Jim. And great for those who are into recoloring archived old photos.

Bob