batch convert black and white photos to colour?

[bwcp]

Hello,
I have scanned over a 1000 black and white photos and now I would like to batch colorize them.

the following online tool works very well but I would like some software to batch covert them.
Colorize Black and White Photos

I searched high and low but didnt find anything to do batch. does such software exist for windows 10?
thanks
Tom

 

[480sparky]

I doubt anything exists.

 

[petrochemist]

I would be very dubious of any software that claims to be able to give reasonable colour representations from B&W images. With landscapes it might be possible to do something that looks reasonable but even in the example they use a background who's to say it wasn't an autumn scene??

B&W images have NO colour information so all it can do is guess, and if filters where used in creating the photo (pretty standard practice in B&W) the relative intensity won't reflect the original.

 

[astroNikon]

you may want to research how Turner network colorized film.

Though, the process and cost could be prohibitive for an individual. And results may not be to one's liking.

 

[bwcp]

Thanks for the replies. I wasn't looking for an extremely professional finish, just a quick zap over with the algorithmia code or something similar. I will look deeper into this as maybe batch processing may be able to be achieved under linux and its an open source code so can be modified. Ideally I was hoping to find a ready made package which works under windows but there doesn't appear to be any yet.
I have scanned all my granddads old pictures and I was hoping to colorize them all to show him at Christmas. he is 92 on Christmas day. he will be amazed when I show him the photos which I already colored. actually the software does work very well on some images I was very surprised myself, but on some images it can just turn them to a sepia color. its interesting to see how they turn out. its pretty cool how the software automatically knows that grass is green etc. thanks Tom

 

[zombiesniper]

I have no answer for the batch colouring but I've just tried the website you linked with a few of my own images and the site was way off on all but a portrait and even there the colour wasn't correct.
Neat site but you'll still have to post process every image to get near correct colour.