Hi,
Does anybody know how to fix the arm of this lady in a realistic way??
What's the best way to fix washed out colors??
Thanks for your help/suggestions,
Sylvia

Not very good since most of the color is gone due to the blown highlights.
But ... you already knew that :evil:



Hi,
Does anybody know how to fix the arm of this lady in a realistic way??
What's the best way to fix washed out colors??
Thanks for your help/suggestions,
Sylvia

Thanks, Frank. I got the same result as yours.
I was hoping to get a better result, but when the color doesn't exist to start with, it's pretty tough...
Sylvia

I don't know if the correction that I made on the arm is acceptable or not. I used the plugin-Color_mechanic Pro.

dc

Just remembered--There was a small area near the sleeve that didn't fill and I cloned it in. Did the color change on a separate layer and reduced the opacity.

dc,
Yep, that's a lot better. I've never heard of this plugin, I'll check it out. Thanks!
Sylvia

I thought you only wanted the arm processed... sorry :-)

dc,
Yep, that's a lot better. I've never heard of this plugin, I'll check it out. Thanks!
Sylvia

I thought you only wanted the arm processed... sorry :-)
Oh no, don't apologize, Frank, I do want to fix only the arm !
Sylvia

I tried to keep it in the same tone

Not bad at all... And how did you do that? Did you just paint over or did you use curves or whatever other layer?
I know how to fix colors and stuff but I'm not too good when it comes to washed out colors...
Sylvia

First used Shadow/Highlight on a duplicate to bring back some highlights. Masked that so it only applied to the arm area.

Selected the S/H mask and added a skin tone color fill layer above the S/H layer. Needed a tad more color so I duplicated the color fill and lowered that duplicate's opacity till I got something I liked better.

Adjust to taste.

try going into lab and messing around with the luminosity channel for the arm area. i think i inverted the information, then brought it back into rgb and layed it over with multiply. then adjusted highlight & shadow. i did it very quickly, but there is some information hidden in the blown out areas to play with.

Thanks Swampy and KR, I really appreciate your input! :)
Sylvia

Not bad at all... And how did you do that? Did you just paint over or did you use curves or whatever other layer?
I know how to fix colors and stuff but I'm not too good when it comes to washed out colors...
Sylvia
Thanks
I’m sorry for the late response; I didn’t look at your question.
At first I adjusted the levels to bring all hidden details, and then I lower saturation & used masking + layer blending with a color sampled from the face.
All that I had to do with my old laptop & PSP8, I was out of the country at that time.