Tone down baby's pink feet

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Hi everyone a quick question.

What is the best way to tone down a baby's skin that is slightly blotchy and feet that are a little too pink, using photoshop?

I did try using the magenta slider and a few others but I am not getting it to look natural

Thank you
Cathy
 
Try hue saturation, click where it says master and choose the wrong colour (say cyan), now click on the feet and it'll select the right pink, then lower the saturation a bit.
 
Thank you Ching I have taken note of your advice and will try these tips today :)
 
swanseamale47 said:
Try hue saturation, click where it says master and choose the wrong colour (say cyan), now click on the feet and it'll select the right pink, then lower the saturation a bit.
Click to expand...

I don't think that works if you are using an adjustment layer though.. only if you are making a direct adjustment on the photo layer itself... so make a copy of the layer first in case you decide you don't like it later on.


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Ignore me.. it does work. Not tried that for ages.. dropper tools never used to work in an empty adjustment layer in whatever version was current when I last tried this. Works in CS6 anyway.


I tend to quickly mask the area off, and use selective colour.. achieves the same result usually, but you have more colour adjustment sliders available.

With either method though, a quick mask off with the lasso tool set heavily feathered can stop your adjustment hitting other parts of the image with similar colours though.
 
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Layer masks or duplicate layers is probably the best way to go. If you've not used layer masks, I will outline the easiest procedure for duplicated layers (there are other ways to do this.. as always in PS).

Open your image in Photoshop....

1: Duplicate your layer (Ctrl+J or Cmnd+J)
2: go to Images>Adjustments>Replace Colour
3: Click on the colour you want to change (ie the pink blotch).
4: Drag the Fuzziness slider until everything you want to be unaffected turns black and everything you want affected turns white.
5: Slowly increase the Hue slider to a + number until the pink colour appears warmer.
6: Desaturate slightly.
7: Lighten slightly

Repeat 5,6,7 until you get a close match to the skin on the foot you are happy with (ie the surrounding skin that doesn't look too pink).

You can now use the History Brush to paint back in those areas you were happy with before you made the edit (even with fuzziness, it's possible that you might affect areas of colour that don't need changing). Alternatively, you can use the Eraser to reveal the untouched layer below to accomplish the same thing.

Once you are happy, flatten the image and save it.

I hope the picture comes out nicely for you.


Chris.
 
No problem Seajay.

This technique is really useful for many things. You can even use it to change the colour of something (ie flower petals..etc..), so it's not just for colour correction.

Definitely one to keep in your 'Photoshop top drawer' ready for use later.

I'm glad you have had success with it.


Chris.
 
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