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This method is recommended by SmugMug.
Because they print their user's photographs, they know what people like and don't like in regard to skin tone.
SmugMug reports that their customers don't want color accuracy in their skin tones.
"The customer wants to look good and she's allergic to red."
In order to be inaccurate with colors, and to get rid of any dreaded red, you have to be able to measure the colors.
Be sure to check off as you go along.
Scroll down, or click here.
Go to Measure Color.
The Eyedropper tool was placed on the subject's forehead in the above photograph.
The RGB color values from the Info palette were:
R: 225
G: 186
B: 163
1) Preserve your original file.
If you haven't already done so, go to Preserve Your Original File.
If you haven't already done so, go to Make a Background Copy.
You'll create a Levels adjustment layer and a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.
3) Create a Levels adjustment layer.
Click the Create adjustment layer icon, the half-dark, half-bright, circle at the top of the Layers palette, and select Levels.
The Levels window will open.
Make the adjustments described below, and click OK.
If you need to make further adjustments, double click the Levels window thumbnail in the Levels adjustment layer to reopen the Levels window.
4) Select the Blue channel in the Channel box.
5) Change the midtone contrast, or gamma.
Change the middle Input Level to .90 from 1.00.
This reduces yellow.
6) Create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.
Click Create adjustment layer icon, the half-dark, half-bright, circle at the top of the Layers palette, and select Hue/Saturation.
The Hue/Saturation window will open.
Make the adjustments described below, and click OK.
If you need to make further adjustments, double click the Hue/Saturation window thumbnail in the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to reopen the Hue/Saturation window.
7) Select Reds in the Edit box.
8) Decrease the saturation by -7.
This reduces red slightly.
Compare the skin tones, and RGB values, of the two versions below.
By reducing blue from 163 to 156 (a change of 9), 9 yellow was added.
The skin tone is now less pink.
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Original R: 225 G: 186 B: 163 |
R > G > B Method R: 223 G: 186 B: 156 |