Color Correct and Skin Tones in PSE 8

[Michelle13]

Hi there! I'm new to this forum and excited to learn!!!

Would someone be willing to share their methods for color correcting (and/or color "popping") and fixing skin tones in PSE 8?

Thanks SO much!

[Michelle13]

Bumping...anyone willing to help me out??? Please???

[candleman]

check out youtube

skintones are mostly about good WB

I use the ACR and the WB dropper tool to correct WB.

for eye edeting.. google "Amy Rose" eyes

[teaking]

Theres two main ways to colour correct skin tones some people use % or CMYK on sample points others use ratios of RGB it depends which colour space you use more.

The general rule is for a sample point on a well lit portion of skin R is greater than B which is greater then G. The difference between R and G is greater than the difference between G and B.

You may want to mask the skin area as it may cause colour shifts in your picture that you dont want.

Here is a great tutuorial: Advanced Color Correction Tutorial that will Knock Your Socks Off!

[LeeR]

If you gave us an example of a shot you are having a problem with we might be able to give you more specific pointers.

[nels141]

You can download some free actions onto PSE8 that will help with this.

One free action was recently posted here: http://photographyfinds.com/

Also try CoffeeShop Free PS/PSE Actions!
The website has amazing tutorials and free actions that will definitely help.

[Michelle13]

Thanks to everyone who chimed in - I really, really appreciate it!!!

[wsu_danielle]

Check out the blog CoffeeShop Free PS/PSE Actions! for some really great tutorials, free actions, etc.!!!