brambor Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I have snapped a pic of my wife at the supermarket. In the past I haveallways struggled understanding the what real skin color should looklike. I have then played with this picture and got it to a hue that Ithink is accurate. <p>Did I get a 'credible' skin color? <p><imgsrc="http://www.widereach.net/rodina/images/2006/beruska01092006.jpg"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erin.e Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Hmmmmmmmmmm not bad under those lighting conditions Rene, but she has a yellowish hue from the supermarket lighting system (sodium vapour lighting?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Don't know guy. How does this look (Adobe RBG color space, hue bumped to the right in PS by 5, resized for posting)?<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 umm. well I can fix that. So you think it's yellowish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 It should have been Rene. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 Is this better or still yellowish? <p> <img src="http://www.widereach.net/temp/berustest.jpg"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erudolph Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Rene, humans are masters of distinguishing minute differences in flesh tone. I think what's going on in your picture is twofold. 1) There is a colorcast from the lighting. 2) The colorcast is exacerbated by there being a little too much saturation. I'd give an example but I don't trust my monitor to be well-calbrated enough to make sure you'd be seeing what I intended. Try this, though, if you're using Photoshop: take your original upload, reduce the yellow in the highlights and decrease Master saturation to taste. Given our ability to detect _minute_differences in flesh tone, you shouldn't need to change much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakley Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Rene, the first attempt is too yellow on my monitor, and the other two are too green. I produced this version by taking your first version, switching to LAB mode, Image>Adjustment>Curves "b channel", adjusting from input 127 to 113 (i.e. less yellow, more blue) - with the following result<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakley Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Dang... didn't realize original image was bigger than 511.... here it is<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakley Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Bob is having a difficult evening<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 Ok. Bob. I can see differences between mine and yours that yours has more pinkish hue as opposed to yellowish hue. When I look at the two I can see how the images inbetween are little more into the green spectrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald_wills Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I'm sure it would be difficult to get the skin tone absolutely perfect under those lights, but they all look pretty good. Nice portait of your lovely wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 <center><img src="http://www.ericmilner.com/photos/pn010906/images/beruska01092006.jpg"></center> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronald_wills Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Way to go, Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray . Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Bob's looks close; Eric's maybe a tad too magenta or red. What color is her coat? Take a look at those kinds of markers as another guide. When balancing, say between yellow and blue, move your slider to the point where you see blue cast and then back to where you see yellow cast, and find the neutral point in between. To some extent it's a subjective choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael s. Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Rene's in Maine. It's winter. People have rosy cheeks when they've been out in the cold. Eric's version looks right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 I am making those adjustments and will try to print this thing. I think I'm getting the skin tone thing a little bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjords Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 almost, but she still has green teeth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 I think her coat is most accurate in my second example but poetic license is allowed ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Rene, how are you doing the cc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 hmm. her teeth aren't pearl white in real life so I dunno. It's so easy in BW ;-) I printed a sample at home and it still looks yellowish although progress has been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Did you use a dSLR? Under mixed lightings, dSLRs have difficult time getting the colors right. Also, if the artificial lights (the dominant ones) had little blue in them. There is little chance of reproducing colors in post processing. Film would do a far better job. I like Eric's version but as John pointed out, there is some green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted January 9, 2006 Author Share Posted January 9, 2006 well for the printing I did convert to AdobeRGB and corrected the yellow to pinkish. Photoshop 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricM Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Rene, help me, I can't remember, does PS7 have three eye dropper icons when you go image/adjust/curves ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ray . Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 I'll throw another into the pot...<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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