Consistent Skin Tones

- When shoot with strobes i set my WB to 5500 (because strobe light wb output is that)
- Camera is always in Manual mode
- I use colorchecker passport, so I get one shot with it
- I make base adjustments for one sample shot and save it as style (Capture One)
- Then apply it too all shots and make further adjsutments if needed (Skin tool is very useful and it is also possible to save its settings)

 

Thanks. I start try that next shoot. I haven't used C1 as much but that skin tool does seem really useful.

 

Can also try various CTO gels if shooting in studio with strobes / heads . . . does make a difference . . .
- Definitely shoot in manual - lock it down

There really is a multitude of variables relative to skin tones and settings at flash, camera, ambient, color (WB), etc.

 

Thanks. Yeah anytime I use a strobe I'm in manual mode, haven't really used corrective gels with them much so thats a good idea to try.

I've been shooting a lot of natural light so I use aperture priority and then use AEL lock once I find a balance between the highlights and shadows.

 

For $3 its worth a try

 

- Manual mode
- WB set with Kelvins (when shooting outside with lots of green color cast I additionally move green tint closer to magenta)
- being aware of environment and color casts and avoiding them if possible
- Flawless and recently I purchased Mastering Skin Tones by Laura Froese which is simplified method described in Flawless, I found it very helpful, I can upload it if you are interested

 

Please do upload . . . Thanks!

 

Will do.

It doesn't work that well but you can try yourself.

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Thanks a ton. I will give it a try.

Definitely interested in the Laura Froese course. I thought Flawless was very helpful but it is a bit complicated converting everything over to CMYK and doing the math. My issue is I can get skin tones close but between every shot I edit, there seems to be slight casts over in the magenta or cyan causing green-ish tones.

 

@LittleFinger @Nikon4life there you go with Laura:
https://p-v.club/threads/hellostoryteller-laura-froese-mastering-skin-tones.21284/

I rarely do CMYK checkings anymore and rely on readings in LR most of the time. It took me time to get the consistent skin tones and there are times when I still struggle, especially when there are bad color casts involved. When WB sliders in LR don't to the job I often try playing with HSL panel and Split toning. Often times I look at the grid view in LR to make sure they look consistent and if they don't I tweak them again.

 

Thanks for the share.
But as you said it doesn't work well on most images. But, it gives you a base to start with...

 

i tried , it worked in photoshop using Hue and Saturation. I even tried in lightroom, it worked too with the tint slider.

 

Can you please re-upload? Thanks!

 

Please re-upload! Thank you!

 

Please re-upload! Thank you!

 

nikon4life---can you pls post a mirror? Thanks

 

I can't seem to find the .cube file with that title (Tims Tools xyz.cube) - but I did come across a video instructing how to use it for skin tone correction . . .

https://workupload.com/file/d8ABK8Y2E54

Perhaps a mirror from @Jack Smith or @Mystic Wolf (??)
But if I come across in the next couple days - I'll update accordingly . . .

EDIT: The above link actually is a duplicate of his [author's] YouTube video explaining how to use. The video I have is from some other broader-scoped retouching tutorial . . .

EDIT: (again) - Okay - found this little bugger - posted below -