It think this might be more of a brightness issue than a skin color issue...
Shot 1 is after setting a neutral and adjusting the L curve to open her features.
Shot 2 is after adjusting the saturation slider a bit and setting hue clocks to see if we have to adjust the skin tones any more.
For the current discussion the skin looks ok...the rest of the image is more troubled than the the skin....
Greg
Please post a "troubled" image you would like us to take a shot at....
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You know I was worried about this right up to the last line...thanks for the laugh....
I usually convert to B&W by splitting the channels and taking G and possibly the R and making a new image from them. You really cannot do that in PSE...CM does not create B&W images per se. I use it to tweak the split channel images when I convert.
Greg
I usually convert to B&W by splitting the channels and taking G and possibly the R and making a new image from them. You really cannot do that in PSE...CM does not create B&W images per se. I use it to tweak the split channel images when I convert.
Greg
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this is my solution.I had a background copy layer with blending mode set to screen at 51% opacity,then CM in Lab for a color boost,I wanted a nice red to the lips and a bit of splotch for the baby's complexion.I also cut back the yellow a bit in the blue yellow channel,the yellow wifebeater T shirt was a bit overpowering.If I did it all in CM my approach would have been similar to Greg's though I might have chosen the brightness channel in HSB.
Hi Thomas,
Your Scotland photo is beautiful. A lovely composition. I like the way
the road meets the river forming an inverted V, drawing one into the
landscape.
Here is my take on your shot:
1. I cloned the hightlight in the clouds away.
2. Selected the sky in PSE and opened CM
3. In LAB mode I used L to darken the sky.
4. Exited CM and opened it up again. Used RGB to change the light
a bit
5. I really like the way the clouds throw their shadows over the
patchwork hillsides and the broodiness of the clouds.
6. In PSE I darkened the highlights a little bit and resized,
that's it.
kessi
Your Scotland photo is beautiful. A lovely composition. I like the way
the road meets the river forming an inverted V, drawing one into the
landscape.
Here is my take on your shot:
1. I cloned the hightlight in the clouds away.
2. Selected the sky in PSE and opened CM
3. In LAB mode I used L to darken the sky.
4. Exited CM and opened it up again. Used RGB to change the light
a bit
5. I really like the way the clouds throw their shadows over the
patchwork hillsides and the broodiness of the clouds.
6. In PSE I darkened the highlights a little bit and resized,
that's it.
kessi
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One way to make this pretty little girl with her saucer-sized eyes stand out from the interfering factors on both sides is to crop and clone.
But I thought to try and accentuate her face so it would draw ones eyes to her before noticing the hand and the shoulder and the baby's face.
The steps:
1. Opened CM in LAB mode.
2. Used the skin pin and moved it around a bit until I liked the shading.
3. Changed the L curve to make the face lighter and applied the change.
4. Back in CM I fiddled a tiny bit with Hue, Saturation and Brightness
5. I made two versions. One cropped, because the baby on the right drew attention with his dark eye, and I cloned the hand away.
kessi
But I thought to try and accentuate her face so it would draw ones eyes to her before noticing the hand and the shoulder and the baby's face.
The steps:
1. Opened CM in LAB mode.
2. Used the skin pin and moved it around a bit until I liked the shading.
3. Changed the L curve to make the face lighter and applied the change.
4. Back in CM I fiddled a tiny bit with Hue, Saturation and Brightness
5. I made two versions. One cropped, because the baby on the right drew attention with his dark eye, and I cloned the hand away.
kessi
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