removing pale skin

[mrdinh]

anyone know a quick photoshop steps to warm up the skin a bit?
it was a cold day and she didn't have much makeup

thanks

phat

[zytkiewicz]

Phat,

If you shoot in RAW change the white balance to cloudy or shade. That's what I did in this one.

[R_Fredrick_Smith]

Originally Posted by mrdinh

anyone know a quick photoshop steps to warm up the skin a bit?
it was a cold day and she didn't have much makeup
thanks
phat

There are many ways. The quick and dirty way is to use something like the NIK Color Efex filters. The one I use is the "Briliance and Warmth" filter.
Several of Scott Kelby's books have detailed methods for Photoshop. But many of the methods are relatively complex compared to using a filter.
But if you have Photoshop CS2, then just choose Image | Adjustments | Photo Filter:



Then play around with the warming filters and the density. Keep the Preserve check box the way I show it:



If the filter effects part of the images that you don't want it to effect, then do it to a layer and use layer masking to paint the effect on just the skin tones.
And here is a rather warm version of the final photo:



Cheers,
rfs