Lorie Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 (edited) Hi Damien, is there an effective way to lighten the darker areas on her skin? I've tried dodging, without much success. I'm guessing my technique needs your secret sauce. Help! Edited November 7, 2018 by Lorie Added 2nd photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Hi Lorie, can you remind me which version of Photoshop you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorie Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 Photoshop CC (current version) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Thanks. In that case, I'll be very very interested to hear if this method works for you, since other people with the newest CC have been reporting a problem with it. Add a blank layer, then with your eyedropper tool choose some of the nice rich skin colour from her upper cheek. Then add a new "Solid Color" layer of that colour. Change that layer's blend mode to "Color". At this point the whole photo should be that colour. But some people have reported it turns their whole photo green instead. Can you let me know what happens to yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Don't keep me in suspense, @Lorie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorie Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 So far so good... I'm in between projects so it might take me a while to post the fix. But the color blend looks to be a nice (non-green) hue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Oh, phew! So now just invert the mask of that layer, then paint on to the problem areas with a 5% white brush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorie Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 argh. I hate this cc version. I'm a cs6 girl and I just lost my panel workspace ... wth?? i picked the wrong time to give up drugs and switching from cs6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorie Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 OH DAMIEN HOW I LOVE YOU!!!! Yes, this works. 5% isn't quite enough so I have to play around a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorie Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 you are magical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 That doesn't look quite how I expected. Are you sure you have the layer blend mode on "Color"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorie Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 You are right!!! I did it correctly on my sample and then defaulted back to normal for my real image. Does this look more like what you envisioned? also I grabbed skin from her neck because she had a lot of pink in the makeup on her cheeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 That's more like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorie Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 Thank you so much, Damien. I'll go tidy it up a bit now that I understand the technique. You are The Best in all the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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