i'm trying to retouch a picture with a totally new skin tone in a certain area. from light skin to dark skin (tanned) i just cant get my head around doing it.
can u help me and tell me how to copy the skin color ,i wanna make skin out side of the photo but the skin in more then 1 color so how do i copy them all ?
How would you do the selection for more than person in the photo? I always have a hard time with skin color and to be able to read it instead of relying on what my eyes think is more comforting. For asian skin would the reading be similar to tan readings? So correct me if I'm wrong: M, Y = same. C, K > M,Y.
My C is about 50-60% of M,Y. My K is very very low at under 5%. Would you be able to tell me what my problem would be? TIA.
I find this as one of the most valuable lessons yet for me.
Lighting, white balance temperature plays a role in these readings as well but you might try looking at stock art portraits of particular ethnic groups, take a measurment and go from there. The amounts will very according to lighting so look more at the relative proportion of the comparative percentages.
I loved this tutorial! You really went in a direction that made logical sense and I learned a few tricks about Photoshop in general (like hitting option+cancel to reset levels). Thanks!
The "other layers" are actually Group/Sets. The top one is my "Mama's Lite Powder" action set. The next is my "Mama's Anti-noise" action set, which is in the "Mama's Focus Blurs" kit. Both are included in my "Studio Portrait Pack" also. Notice how both sets have "mask" applied. The white area of the mask reveals that particular formula for the image only in that area.
This is a great tutorial. I would like to see another one that's analogous but from other direction color-wise. That is, it would be nice to see how to address an overly magenta, rather than overly yellow, skin tone.
If I'm not mistaken, that would require an entirely different approach.
how do you mean? I'd personally do it the same way, that is creating a new levels layer so that it creates a more yellow picture and then fine tune it from there.
Same approach, actually! It doesn't matter what the color cast is, because the gray eyedropper is instructing to "neutralize" so if it were too magenta, clicking the gray eyedropper whould essentially add more green to neutralize the magenta.
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Landotter1 8 months ago
This video seems to be a continuation of another one, which video comes before it?
leesieh 1 year ago
i'm trying to retouch a picture with a totally new skin tone in a certain area. from light skin to dark skin (tanned) i just cant get my head around doing it.
PvtFreddy 1 year ago
can u help me and tell me how to copy the skin color ,i wanna make skin out side of the photo but the skin in more then 1 color so how do i copy them all ?
Wildhunter16 2 years ago
tht's a grat tutorial.that voice is very clear.i finally can learn.XD
linda2894 2 years ago
hi... u r so great thank you.
but i have a little problem - i can't find at your web-site the 'action' to download... can anyone here help me with that?
keep going on mama.... Thank you
tantosh82 2 years ago
You can "purchase" the action from my Products area of the Web site. Look in the sidebar here for the link. Thanks!
photoshopmama 2 years ago
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LordRezzo 3 years ago
How would you do the selection for more than person in the photo? I always have a hard time with skin color and to be able to read it instead of relying on what my eyes think is more comforting. For asian skin would the reading be similar to tan readings? So correct me if I'm wrong: M, Y = same. C, K > M,Y.
My C is about 50-60% of M,Y. My K is very very low at under 5%. Would you be able to tell me what my problem would be? TIA.
I find this as one of the most valuable lessons yet for me.
cedialee 3 years ago
Asian would have a bit more yellow than magenta.
Lighting, white balance temperature plays a role in these readings as well but you might try looking at stock art portraits of particular ethnic groups, take a measurment and go from there. The amounts will very according to lighting so look more at the relative proportion of the comparative percentages.
photoshopmama 3 years ago
For multiple people in the photo, use masking on the Adjustment and appropriate settings in separate Adjustment layers
photoshopmama 3 years ago
I loved this tutorial! You really went in a direction that made logical sense and I learned a few tricks about Photoshop in general (like hitting option+cancel to reset levels). Thanks!
souviendra 4 years ago
What about african american skin what are the # for them? thanks
sbbriley 4 years ago
the Magenta and yellow the same. for darker skin colors whether tan or aftrican american the Cyan and K amounts will increase a bit.
photoshopmama 4 years ago
how get white skin.? I need that a lot.;oo
beabejo14 4 years ago
Thanks for the tutorial! Is great!
JuanBretti 4 years ago
what are the two other layers there? i only have one..
MartiniModel 4 years ago
The "other layers" are actually Group/Sets. The top one is my "Mama's Lite Powder" action set. The next is my "Mama's Anti-noise" action set, which is in the "Mama's Focus Blurs" kit. Both are included in my "Studio Portrait Pack" also. Notice how both sets have "mask" applied. The white area of the mask reveals that particular formula for the image only in that area.
photoshopmama 4 years ago
This is a great tutorial. I would like to see another one that's analogous but from other direction color-wise. That is, it would be nice to see how to address an overly magenta, rather than overly yellow, skin tone.
If I'm not mistaken, that would require an entirely different approach.
2ms 4 years ago
how do you mean? I'd personally do it the same way, that is creating a new levels layer so that it creates a more yellow picture and then fine tune it from there.
it'd be interesting to see how you'd do it.
good vid, psmama!
eltotoX 4 years ago
Same approach, actually! It doesn't matter what the color cast is, because the gray eyedropper is instructing to "neutralize" so if it were too magenta, clicking the gray eyedropper whould essentially add more green to neutralize the magenta.
photoshopmama 4 years ago