Michael Pandolfo wrote:
There are a lot of ways but you can bet there is considerable dodging & burning as part of the process.

+1

also depending on the skin/complexion, some heal/cloning.

MacLeod Designs wrote:
the way i do that sort of thing is use vibrance in photoshop CS4 i bring up the vibrance and then desaturate from tehre...dont know if its the right way but thats what i figured has worked for me

dear god.... there is a cs 4 out already????????????? christ!!!!!!!! I have not fully adapted to cs2 yet.

Michael Pandolfo wrote:
There are a lot of ways but you can bet there is considerable dodging & burning as part of the process.

Along with proper color correction (I use icorrect portrait for skin tone)  and try some curves layers on luminosity mode too.

Thats the thing with photoshop, there are usually about 20 different ways to end up in the same place.  I'm sure others with much more expertise than I have will have better ideas.

NewBoldPhoto wrote:

dear god.... there is a cs 4 out already????????????? christ!!!!!!!! I have not fully adapted to cs2 yet.

I know, I even bought cs4 and went back to cs3.

B Dani Photography wrote:
Thank you for all the replies thus far.  As always, there is always at least 10 different ways do to something in Photoshop (I am using CS3).  What would I need to do differently if the model has dark skin tones if anything at all?

What do you mean "dark skin tones" and what are you trying to achieve?

StephenEastwood wrote:
start with a  hue sat adjustment layer with red at -40 then adjust curves in luminosity to a contrast curve, then some adjusting of contrast and burning in some areas for contour.

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**bowing to the master**  I just listened to a podcast featuring you by the way.  Nice stuff Stephen.

CGI Images wrote:
What do you mean "dark skin tones" and what are you trying to achieve?

By darker skin tones I mean an African-American person.  I just like the look of the skin in the example provided.  The after image just pops and looks more luminous than the before image, and that is sort of the look I am after.

CGI Images wrote:

**bowing to the master**  I just listened to a podcast featuring you by the way.  Nice stuff Stephen.

ahhhh.......  you should hear me sing, I am doing a Sinatra special next podcast 



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StephenEastwood wrote:

ahhhh.......  you should hear me sing, I am doing a Sinatra special next podcast 



Stephen Eastwood
http://www.PhotographersPortfolio.com

Awesome, it was actually an interview on lightsource photogrpahy's podcasts.

B Dani Photography wrote:

By darker skin tones I mean an African-American person.  I just like the look of the skin in the example provided.  The after image just pops and looks more luminous than the before image, and that is sort of the look I am after.

I think they key then would be in proper dodging and burning with the luminosity curves layers.  I've seen good stuff from using luminosity masks with curves too.

StephenEastwood wrote:
start with a  hue sat adjustment layer with red at -40 then adjustment curves layer in luminosity to a contrast (S) curve, then some adjusting of contrast and burning in some areas for contour.

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http://www.PhotographersPortfolio.com

Have you looked at what that image looks like at -40 red in a hue/sat layer?  Is that really where you suggest to start?

Terakawa wrote:
Have you looked at what that image looks like at -40 red in a hue/sat layer?

yes, with no dodging or burning just that and an s curve in luminosity looks like this linked which already starts to get close.  Add some more contrast and dodge the contours in and you are very close. 

http://www.StephenEastwood.com/crap/del … stcopy.jpg

so if I did not have a raw to use, yes, I could get that to match no problem starting there, since with two generics I am already close, and have yet to do any work but hit minus red and a small s curve.

Oh, and until you questioned it, I had not looked at it, I have just been doing it long enough to know this is how it would look.    and it did. 


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B Dani Photography wrote:
I was wondering how I can use Photoshop to make a model's skin tone look more like the after-shot.  What do I do?

That looks just like a case of different CTs, plus a litle bit of curves. Setting the curves to match the hair and skin tones, then applying the 82 PhotoFilter and adjusting the slider gets it quite close.

Angelo Lorenzo Photo wrote:
in Adobe Camera Raw, reduce the saturation of the orange channel and adjust orange luminosity to taste. This usually wrangles in most skintones before the dodging and burning process.

thanks, just tried it out...

B Dani Photography wrote:
I was wondering how I can use Photoshop to make a model's skin tone look more like the after-shot.  What do I do?

that's the 'magic question' among shooters and retouchers

WMcK wrote:

That looks just like a case of different CTs, plus a litle bit of curves. Setting the curves to match the hair and skin tones, then applying the 82 PhotoFilter and adjusting the slider gets it quite close.

I generally use LAB to adjust the curves...  you tired that?

StephenEastwood wrote:

yes, with no dodging or burning just that and an s curve in luminosity looks like this linked which already starts to get close.  Add some more contrast and dodge the contours in and you are very close. 

http://www.StephenEastwood.com/crap/del … stcopy.jpg

so if I did not have a raw to use, yes, I could get that to match no problem starting there, since with two generics I am already close, and have yet to do any work but hit minus red and a small s curve.

Oh, and until you questioned it, I had not looked at it, I have just been doing it long enough to know this is how it would look.    and it did. 


Stephen Eastwood
http://www.PhotographersPortfolio.com

Bah, I was putting in -40 in red under hue instead of sat. Now its working.

Terakawa wrote:

Bah, I was putting in -40 in red under hue instead of sat. Now its working.

Uh, yea, that looks like crap! 



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bm bradley wrote:

I generally use LAB to adjust the curves...  you tired that?

Yes, I often use Lab, especially when adjusting saturation, as Lab does it without damaging the luminance values, unlike RGB.

WMcK wrote:

Yes, I often use Lab, especially when adjusting saturation, as Lab does it without damaging the luminance values, unlike RGB.

ditto on the above.

i sometimes will use color balance with a mask on the skin only to do some adjusting so that it does not pull much in the background.

Terakawa wrote:
Bah, I was putting in -40 in red under hue instead of sat. Now its working.

Yeah, no arguing with the Eastwood. It knows what it's talking about...