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    Requested Colorize old black and white photos

    New IrfanView fan.
    I deal a lot with old black and white (grayscale) photos.
    Sometimes I would like to see these in color.
    I have seen that there are some online converters that colorize old black and white photos. Well aware that it will not be the true colors, some photos may get a better look even if the colors are false.
    It would be really nice if there was an opportunity to do this in Irfanview directly or via some plugin.
    Have tried to search the forum without success.
    There are probably programs to install for that feature but I don't understand how. In addition, I now mostly use Irfanview, which is excellent for my interests.
    Some links I looked at:
    https://github.com/junyanz/interacti...p-colorization
    https://demos.algorithmia.com/colorize-photos
    plus some apps for the phone that probably work but are a bit cumbersome for novices like me.

    Are there any such plans?

    #2
    While were at it, I would like to see a partial coloring tool for those photos, too. Kinda like selecting only a part of the image, for example a person standing in the foreground, to colour in the original colors.

    On the other hand, I have made good experiences with https://colourise.sg/ when coloring in old photos, even though the colors are sometimes muted and not as vibrant as I'd like them to be.

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      #3
      FYI: I just wanted to try out colourise.sg, but they closed. You find this information on that site:
      "ColouriseSG is no longer operating as of 1 Oct 2020 and the codebase will be open-sourced soon. We thank you for all your support. "
      Win 10/64 Home 22H2 IrfanView 4.66/64
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        #4
        Oh no, I'm sorry! I just used it a few days ago and it had worked just fine then.

        Guess I'll have to find a new site. Thank you for updating me though!

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