red skin problem

[Ken Fournelle]

Well Dave, the groom is holding on pretty tight-----most likely a circulation problem

k

[Swampy]

heheh... a little of this and a little of that.

[Karyn]

Thanks everyone your help was wonderful!!!

Ken your skin tones are great. I never thought about converting to CMYK and then pasting back into RGB.

My brother avoided the norm and was wearing a yellow shirt - the colour looks like a cast rather than a yellow shirt.

My sister-in-law's dress was a cream colour - not the normal white. I also was frustrated with the appearance of a cast on her.

Both of them had spent a year teaching in Haiti and had dark tans which did not help the photo's problem.

I really appreciate everyone's help with this picture, all the advice gives me something to work with.

[Karyn]

Just another thought

Swampy, you are right the twigs need to go - I was so caught up in the skin tones, that I forgot about the other issues in this picture.

The faces need some fine tuning to get rid of the shine. Swampy, I like what you did. Thanks

[Swampy]

Thank you, Karyn. I never would have assumed a yellow shirt so I went for the white, but that wouldn't be hard to fix if I had saved the white mask... LOL

[Flora]

Hi Karyn,

...yet another way...

Image>Adjustments>Variations:

1) Midtones>Lighter
2) Saturation>Less Saturation.

[Karyn]

Thanks Flora, I am still very new to Photoshop, and I often forget about some really handy tools such as variations. I am still learning how to make the best use of that tool. I think practice, practice, practice is the key. Thanks for your advice.

Karyn

[Ken Fournelle]

Flora,

You know as complicated as we try to make corrections, sometimes something as simple as Variations is a good solution. It looks pretty good!

k

[Swampy]

Yes it does! I peek into variations sometimes to see where I might fine tune some curves or levels adjustmest, but sometimes it is quite reliable.

[Flora]

Karyn,

you are most welcome. Glad we could be of help!

Ken,

Originally Posted by Ken Fournelle

You know as complicated as we try to make corrections....

I remember once, logging in to post my result after a long and complex procedure to brighten up a dark/dull picture ... and seeing that someone else had posted a better result by simply duplicating the background layer and setting its blending to Screen .... (it had never crossed my mind ... )

Swampy,

Originally Posted by Swampy

...but sometimes it is quite reliable

Absolutely ....and if it doesn't fix the whole problem, it's a big help in the right direction!!