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You can use spot skin tone correction in two situations:
1) You want to warm up the color of a shadow on the subject's face.
2) You want to change the skin tone, but not the color of the rest of the photograph.
The other skin tone correction methods change the color of the entire photograph.
For example, in the photograph below, if you remove red from the face, using the other methods, the woman's bright red dress will be slightly muted.
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In the tutorial below, a mask is used to limit a skin tone correction to just the face.
You can use a selection tool instead of a mask.
Be sure to check off as you go along.
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.
1) Use the R > G > B Skin Tone Correction Method or another method.
The above method employs both a Levels adjustment layer and a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.
2) Fill the mask in the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer with black.
Make sure the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer is active (highlighted).
Make sure the foreground color is black.
Press x to cycle between the foreground and background colors.
If the colors are not black and white, press d.
The white mask in the layer is now black.
If you haven't already done so, go to Brushes - Basics.
Use a brush with a feathered edge, and leave the opacity setting at 100%.
Make sure the foreground color is set to white.
Press x to cycle between the foreground and background colors.
If the colors are not black and white, press d.
4) Brush where you want to change the color.
If the eye color will be changed, avoid brushing in the eyes.
The brushing with white removes the black mask.
The color change can now "show," but only in the white area, where the black mask was removed.
The difference between the non-mask and masked versions of the photograph was far more evident when viewing the photographs before processing for display on this web page.
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Original R: 253 G: 153 B: 98 |
No Mask: Color Changed Everywhere R: 248 G: 153 B: 91 |
Mask: Color Changed Only on the Face R: 248 G: 153 B: 91 |
In the middle photograph, yellow and red were reduced everywhere on the photograph.
In the right-hand photograph, yellow and red were reduced only in the face.
If you haven't already done so, go to Saving Files.