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Nadirah B
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Los Angeles, California, US
So I have a shot and her tan is pretty strong on her arm, what's a good way to even her out? Thanks! ![https://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o278/sweetfaceshots/stephsm.jpg]()
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Peano
Posts: 4106
Lynchburg, Virginia, US
Open a selective color adjustment layer and, in the reds, pull black levels back to -100%. Above that, open a curves adjustment layer and push the curve up to brighten. Just keep an eye on the dark arm while doing this. Group those two layers, add a black mask, and paint with white -- soft brush, 20% brush opacity -- to apply that brightening effect where you want it. ![https://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2323/tanfix.jpg]()
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Nadirah B
Posts: 28521
Los Angeles, California, US
Peano wrote:
Open a selective color adjustment layer and, in the reds, pull black levels back to -100%. Above that, open a curves adjustment layer and push the curve up to brighten. Just keep an eye on the dark arm while doing this.
Group those two layers, add a black mask, and paint with white -- soft brush, 20% brush opacity -- to apply that brightening effect where you want it.
![https://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2323/tanfix.jpg]() wowza!! *takes notes* Thank you!
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Art Of Imaging
Posts: 13136
Brooklyn, New York, US
nice Peano! bookmarking this thread 
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Kevin_Connery
Posts: 3307
Fullerton, California, US
Peano wrote:
Open a selective color adjustment layer and, in the reds, pull black levels back to -100%. Above that, open a curves adjustment layer and push the curve up to brighten. Just keep an eye on the dark arm while doing this.
Group those two layers, add a black mask, and paint with white -- soft brush, 20% brush opacity -- to apply that brightening effect where you want it. Nice.
I feel obliged to mention that I was very disappointed in Deke McClelland's dismissal of the Selective Color adjustments as largely useless. My copy of the book is in storage, and I can't quote it, but it was pretty dismissive. I've found it's a very effective way to tune skintones to remove many of the aspects of sunburn or exertion with minimal impact to skintones--great for batching proofs/previews (remove Magenta from the Reds); change skin color overall ("black" to "tan" to "white") as you describe, and a lot more.
It's not a general-purpose color correction tool (for me, at least), but it's invaluable in that kind of situation. Thanks for your post.
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CHROMELAND
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d&b-layer and color-layer on 60%. ![https://i27.tinypic.com/2u41mix.jpg]() Cheers CHROMELAND
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Peano
Posts: 4106
Lynchburg, Virginia, US
Kevin_Connery wrote:
I feel obliged to mention that I was very disappointed in Deke McClelland's dismissal of the Selective Color adjustments as largely useless. Selective Color is a pretty sophisticated tool. Deke, on the other hand, is just a plain old tool. 
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Peano
Posts: 4106
Lynchburg, Virginia, US
Back to the original post for a moment. You've got some weird stuff going on here that needs attention. ![https://img529.imageshack.us/img529/658/weirdw.jpg]()
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Nadirah B
Posts: 28521
Los Angeles, California, US
Peano wrote:
Back to the original post for a moment. You've got some weird stuff going on here that needs attention. i'm not done editing and i'm trying to even out her skin, that was next, lol
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netmodel
Posts: 6786
Austin, Texas, US
Peano wrote:
Open a selective color adjustment layer and, in the reds, pull black levels back to -100%. Above that, open a curves adjustment layer and push the curve up to brighten. Just keep an eye on the dark arm while doing this.
Group those two layers, add a black mask, and paint with white -- soft brush, 20% brush opacity -- to apply that brightening effect where you want it.
![https://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2323/tanfix.jpg]() Wow! I like that!
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