AJScalzitti wrote:
Hve you tried B&W adjustment layer, set to tint and blended multiply.  Adjust to taste/mask etc.

yes is the first thing i did

FLEXmanta wrote:
Contrast the red and green channels setting the midpoint where the face's limit of dark and light is, and then desaturate to compensate the resulting increase in saturation.

Also, you did get the result. Those happen to be different images. Reduce light a little and compensate saturation if it increases.

how i increase the contrast in thhe chennel ?with s curve is the only way i know to add contrast

pixel dimension ilusion wrote:

how i increase the contrast in thhe chennel ?with s curve is the only way i know to add contrast

thks i went to the channels and adde contrast to the whole channels and then ,desaturate, and reduce the light in the face and to me it look better
think to red  gren channel did it thks

pixel dimension ilusion wrote:

thks i went to the channels and adde contrast to the whole channels and then ,desaturate, and reduce the light in the face and to me it look better
think to red  gren channel did it thks

to me this is better but will practice i get it thks for the help

pixel dimension ilusion wrote:

thks i went to the channels and adde contrast to the whole channels and then ,desaturate, and reduce the light in the face and to me it look better
think to red  gren channel did it thks

Exactly. 99% of the color moves are done with curves. Just add subtle contrast to the red and green channel but placing those 2 points carefully where they belong. Usually in skin, there are 2 tones: One in the darkest side of the face and one in the light part of the cheek. Do your colors focusing on that area of the face. Some areas of the whole skin will go too dark or too light. Correct those BELOW the main color adjustment layer.

If you're only colorizing skin, it's a good idea to create a group with a perfect mask of the skin. Then you can put watever adjustment layer you need inside of that group without having to do precise masks anymore.

Peano wrote:
Here's how I went at it ...

Step 1: With the target image visible, I eyeballed a curves adjustment on your image, going for more cyan in the highlights and more magenta in the shadows. Here's how my curves turned out (I didn't use any sample points or monitor any color values -- just eyeballing it):



Here's what that got me:


Step 2: Hue/sat adj. layer. In the reds, rather than reduce saturation, reduce lightness. I pulled that slider back to -30, resulting in this:

Very nice job on the explanation Peano!

I put this in my Bookmarked folder.

pixel dimension ilusion wrote:
to me this is better but will practice i get it thks for the help

Peano wrote:
Add a hue/sat adjustment layer and, in the reds, pull the lightness slider back a little -- or just desaturate the reds a little.

thks Peano awesome

FLEXmanta wrote:

Exactly. 99% of the color moves are done with curves. Just add subtle contrast to the red and green channel but placing those 2 points carefully where they belong. Usually in skin, there are 2 tones: One in the darkest side of the face and one in the light part of the cheek. Do your colors focusing on that area of the face. Some areas of the whole skin will go too dark or too light. Correct those BELOW the main color adjustment layer.

If you're only colorizing skin, it's a good idea to create a group with a perfect mask of the skin. Then you can put watever adjustment layer you need inside of that group without having to do precise masks anymore.

gracias hermanito

Jay Lee Studios wrote:
The lighting is VERY different,  that may have a lot to do with the "LOOK" they want but they need to understand getting tones the same is one thing but shadows on the other hand is different.

thks

Daniel Ecoff wrote:
i think Peano nailed it  with some good sense of color and simple execution. If you try and use your sampling tool a bit you can dial in even closer. The lighting is a bit more direct but I think the tone is achievable. Curves/Hue/Sat should be all you need. You can also achieve this in CB in place of the curves.

thks

AJScalzitti wrote:
Hve you tried B&W adjustment layer, set to tint and blended multiply.  Adjust to taste/mask etc.