

Colorize your pictures skin#
With ColouriseSG skin toning is much better than MyHeritage (below), but with the latter the coloring of clothes and environments is better. For the image with a more complex scene, colors were much less effective although skin tones were fairly reliable. Results were better with the image featuring a plain background, although coloring of clothing was patchy. The highest resolution image we tried with the free-to-use service was 3500 pixels on the long edge, which was then resized to 1800 pixels in the output image. The team put together a deep learning colorizer that was trained specifically for Singaporean photos, but despite this angle towards South East Asian skin tones, the automatic colorization works well for all skin types. Option two: colorize your photos with a web app ColouriseSGĬolouriseSG is a project that was created by the Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Division, GovTech Singapore.

The overall quality of results are similar to MyHeritage, but colorization of elements within the scene do differ between the two. In a nutshell, the Render slider produces a more saturated result at low settings and more subtle colors at higher settings, while Auto Contrast Cutoff is designed for use with low contrast images. While tips suggest how these help you to get the best result from photos with more or less contrast and varying image quality, the results of these tweaks can be slightly crude. Two sliders allow you to control the process. Despite using the same processing algorithm as MyHeritage, the results are different, and Colorize Images offers a small amount of control over how images are colorized too. If you prefer the simplicity of using your phone rather than a laptop or desktop, it may also be well worth paying for a short subscription (there are eight-hour and one month options available). Since the app uses the same processing algorithm as MyHeritage (see below), which is a free to use browser-based colorization option, the subscription is difficult to justify, though it's certainly fine if you only have a handful of images to colorize.
Colorize your pictures android#
One downside of the app is that it reduces the dimensions of the output image, whereas the Colorize Images on Android (below) maintains original dimensions.Ĭolorize Images is a paid app that offers ten automatic image colorizations before you’re asked to pay for a subscription for the app. Colorization of images is more effective with simpler images than it is with more complex scenes. The app is fully automated so it’s simply a case of selecting the image to process and the app takes care of the rest. The fact that Colorize features the ability to scan photos from within its partner app, or to upload from the camera roll, is useful.

One deciding factor for taking up a subscription to the app may simply be that you have a large number of images to colorize and prefer to do it on your phone. It's an expensive app for the long term compared to the Android app below, particularly considering there are free web-based options available, but Colorize does have one or two tricks up its sleeve.
Colorize your pictures trial#
Colorize is a paid app for iOS offering a free, three-day trial of premium functionality, which later costs $4.99 / £4.99 / AU$7.99 per month.
