Thursday, October 13, 2011

Image: How to lose the fluorescent light blues

Quick tip:

I almost never shoot photos in raw, unless it's a critical shot that can never be repeated, or if there are particular challenges in the lighting and I need every scrap of dynamic range and resolution I can get.

Here's a way to lose the yellow cast you sometimes get in skin tones when shooting digitally in mixed light.

In Photoshop, select Image > Adjust > Hue/Saturation. Select "Yellows" from the drop down menu. You can use the eyedropper to fine-tune the selection. Shift the first slider "Hue" to the left to about -5. That will move the yellow cast a little toward a healthy red/pink glow. Adjust saturation and lightness to suit the image. Now, unless you specifically select the skin area to adjust, you may shift the color of yellow objects in the frame. Often, I don't care.

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