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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/08/2006 06:44:39 PM · #1
not sure if it's been tried before - imagine it has. red skin on folks in a portrait or other image. i was playing around the other day and tried the following.

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create a normal adjustment layer for levels. find white and black points.

create a curves adjustment layer. adjust to an overly contrasty result. change blending mode to luminosity. readjust curves if needed or fade if still too contrasty. curves layer should fall above the levels one. so you do it second.

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i've found it hard to get it right when changing the blending mode before making the curves adjustment - no reason you can't.

thoughts on how this works? sometimes gives a dead feel...

got another way this quick but better? please do tell !!

Message edited by author 2006-11-08 18:45:11.
Nikon D200
Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR II
 11/08/2006 06:49:11 PM · #2
This is how I do it.
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/08/2006 06:51:52 PM · #3
cool - seeing as i didn't thibk of it that probably works much better ;}


Nikon D300s
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 11/08/2006 06:56:29 PM · #4
Try this for color correction, it works really well for me. You then can use Hue/satuartion and desaturate the reds and it works really well. Do you have a photo you can post and we can try our different techniques to see how they come out?
Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/08/2006 07:13:20 PM · #5
thanks again !

this is one of the ones i messed with after i saved these web versions. also i think my ancient monitor is screwing with me...



and one with more of a BG.



Message edited by author 2006-11-08 19:20:15.
Nikon D40
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 11/08/2006 07:54:04 PM · #6
I'm going to have to try these :) Becky-Lee, who is my only willing model, has skintones that appear much redder in photos than irl, which tends to make any blemishes show more, too. I can never get it looking right without mucking up the rest of the shot.
Thanks! :D
Nikon D300s
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 11/08/2006 08:04:36 PM · #7
L2/Smugmug edit I used exactly what the first example said to do. Using levels and hue/saturation.
This is what I would have done if I didn't know about smug mug stuff. I have all editing steps in the comments.
Interesting little test, I think mine is abit to yellow but it could be fine tuned more with changing of opacities of the layers.
For me the quick fix is to desaturate the red channel using hue/saturation and playing with selective color.
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