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My son was born on April 2nd, I took a gazillion pictures (well, more like 800) and I need to remove the red tone from his skin. He was pink, not red and the images need editing to "clean it up".

I've played with the levels and it seems to work pretty well allthough it "lightens" up all of the picture. I'm looking for a selective way to only lighten the baby's skin, nothing else. The reaminder of the frame is correct.

So, how would you lighten the skin & remove the red without having to mask or spend a lot of time with each picture?

I would like to action it to make the process simple.

Anyone?
 
RPK said:
My son was born on April 2nd, I took a gazillion pictures (well,
more like 800) and I need to remove the red tone from his skin. He
was pink, not red and the images need editing to "clean it up".

I've played with the levels and it seems to work pretty well
allthough it "lightens" up all of the picture. I'm looking for a
selective way to only lighten the baby's skin, nothing else. The
reaminder of the frame is correct.

So, how would you lighten the skin & remove the red without having
to mask or spend a lot of time with each picture?

I would like to action it to make the process simple.

Anyone?
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cadmandew
 
RPK said:
My son was born on April 2nd, I took a gazillion pictures (well,
more like 800) and I need to remove the red tone from his skin. He
was pink, not red and the images need editing to "clean it up".

I've played with the levels and it seems to work pretty well
allthough it "lightens" up all of the picture. I'm looking for a
selective way to only lighten the baby's skin, nothing else. The
reaminder of the frame is correct.

So, how would you lighten the skin & remove the red without having
to mask or spend a lot of time with each picture?

I would like to action it to make the process simple.

Anyone?
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I have a picture of my daughter's birth (albeit a soft copy, stored in my cerebral folders). She came out screaming, all red and blotchy......
Are you sure you want to do this?

feivel
 
The usual ways to do this are either hue/sat adjustment layer and decrease red sat or selective colour and decrease magenta from red. You can alter global colour and/or luminosity with curves or levels.
 
Well, not on all of the pictures ... but there are a few (100+) with him "posing" for me, his skin color 3 days later is still deep red as far as the camera sees it.

I cannot post any at the moment (pbase is full) but trust me, the skin is very red. As I mentioned, I can lighten it up with the levels option but the treatment is through the entire image.

My goal is just to lighten his skin.
 
RPK said:
Well, not on all of the pictures ... but there are a few (100+)
with him "posing" for me, his skin color 3 days later is still deep
red as far as the camera sees it.

I cannot post any at the moment (pbase is full) but trust me, the
skin is very red. As I mentioned, I can lighten it up with the
levels option but the treatment is through the entire image.

My goal is just to lighten his skin.
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Mattt K wrote :
If you use PS, Dup layer
extract around baby in dup layer
adjust levels in dup layer
merge visible
flatten
save

PS. used to work in nusery--all babies tend to show red in photos--don't know why.
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Paying Pbase supporter
http://www.pbase.com/mattk/root
' It takes me an hour and 1/2 to watch 60 minutes '
 
One easy solution is a product called Color Mechanic Pro from Digital Light and Color.

It is a filter that, when you run it, pops up a dialog with a before and after correction image.

You use a picker (just like PS) to pinpoint the color to change. Below the image is a HSL chart of colors...when you click on the color it shows on the color chart as a black square. You then grab it with your left mouse key down and drag it toward the correct color.

In your case, you would click on the flaming red skin, then drag the square toward neutral white (in the center) to reduce the redness.

There is a way to isolate the change and even to see what part of the image will be affected.

It is a lifesaver at times. I do a lot of landscapes, and changing the hue of a sky with this program is totally simple and effective.

I would strongly recommend the Pro version...much easier to use and better control.

http://www.colormechanic.com

bob snow
 
There are many techniques to accomplish this. Partly, it depends on what the problem is.

If you are willing, post an image and you are likely to get all kinds of responses of artists takes on how the image should look.

Just pick the one you like.
 
Here's an example of the my little red man. Yes, he was crying and it did exagerate the redness but hey, it's a good example.

How can I automate a process to remove some of the red, not all? I really want to lighten it up to a more pleasing pinkish.

 
Congratulations ! he's a lovely baby !!!

What do you think of this version, my PS is dutch , but I'm sure you see what I mean



Monique
 
Select the skin area with the magic wand, then go to select> feather put in 3-5 pixels, open image> adjustment> Hue and Saturation, then click on the pull down and select reds, slide you saturation down....

 
Congratulations on your new baby.

I'm a beginner with PShop but I just had a go at adjusting the levels. I moved the middle button over to the left until the middle number said 1.41 and there was a big improvment in the skin colour.
I think if you understand curves you could do it really well.
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Regards Sheila

NCP5000
(pbase supporter)
 
Congratulations on your baby! I altered the color very quickly and easily in Picture Window Pro, which has the same color correction toool as Color Mechanic. It is a one minute or less operation, as Bob has described. To try it, you can download a trial copy of Picture Window Pro (which is allows you to save any work done with the program) from http://www.dl-c.com . The trial version of Color Mechanic does not allow saving of files.

Alice
Bob Snow said:
One easy solution is a product called Color Mechanic Pro from
Digital Light and Color.

It is a filter that, when you run it, pops up a dialog with a
before and after correction image.

You use a picker (just like PS) to pinpoint the color to change.
Below the image is a HSL chart of colors...when you click on the
color it shows on the color chart as a black square. You then
grab it with your left mouse key down and drag it toward the
correct color.

In your case, you would click on the flaming red skin, then drag
the square toward neutral white (in the center) to reduce the
redness.

There is a way to isolate the change and even to see what part of
the image will be affected.

It is a lifesaver at times. I do a lot of landscapes, and changing
the hue of a sky with this program is totally simple and effective.

I would strongly recommend the Pro version...much easier to use and
better control.

http://www.colormechanic.com

bob snow
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Not perfect, I only spent a few seconds on it, used Gamma correction.

 
Nice fix: in English this is a hue/sat adjustment layer adjusting reds. That or selective colour should work, as mentioned previously.
MoCa said:
Congratulations ! he's a lovely baby !!!

What do you think of this version, my PS is dutch , but I'm sure
you see what I mean



Monique
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Where is the gamma correction? Sorry, looked but didn't see it.
 
There are several good solutions using Hue/Sat already posted, so I'll give good settings using selective colour adjustment layer for your picture:
Reds: cyan-6%, magenta -24%, yellow +10%, black -27%. (relative, not absolute)
RPK said:
Here's an example of the my little red man. Yes, he was crying and
it did exagerate the redness but hey, it's a good example.

How can I automate a process to remove some of the red, not all? I
really want to lighten it up to a more pleasing pinkish.

Click to expand...
 
rpk here is what u do.

put a lasso around his head(in photoshop only) and go into the select menu and choose feather. chg the value to about 3(this will blend the change).
next go under image menu,adjustments and choose hue/saturation.
click on the edit pop up menu and pick reds.
then just reduce the saturation level and you will have a natural looking tone.
this should work.
RPK said:
My son was born on April 2nd, I took a gazillion pictures (well,
more like 800) and I need to remove the red tone from his skin. He
was pink, not red and the images need editing to "clean it up".

I've played with the levels and it seems to work pretty well
allthough it "lightens" up all of the picture. I'm looking for a
selective way to only lighten the baby's skin, nothing else. The
reaminder of the frame is correct.

So, how would you lighten the skin & remove the red without having
to mask or spend a lot of time with each picture?

I would like to action it to make the process simple.

Anyone?
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