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Jul 28, 2019 21:58 |  #1

I don't know why, but her face (and fingers) is very magenta. I've tried adding a green tint, warming, and increasing EV.

+EV helped the most, but then she didn't fit the scene well even at just +0.2EV.

Suggestions? The first image is the one I'm having trouble with. The second is just a reference view of the same girl.

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Jul 28, 2019 22:01 |  #2

And here's the original that it came from, maybe this will help.

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Jul 28, 2019 23:36 |  #3

I simply adjusted your original shot's white balance to 7200K and corrected the Green-Magenta axis by 11 units to get this result

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Jul 28, 2019 23:38 |  #4

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Jul 28, 2019 23:46 |  #5

But that's effectively what I did, as noted in my OP.


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Jul 28, 2019 23:48 as a reply to  @ icor1031's post |  #6

No you didn't. The white balance is wildly incorrect.


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Jul 29, 2019 00:06 |  #7

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No you didn't. The white balance is wildly incorrect.

"I've tried adding a green tint, warming, and increasing EV. "

The picture I posted is without those adjustments.


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Jul 29, 2019 00:14 |  #8

You posted two versions, and the black gun is blue in both of them. Different shades of blue, yes, but blue nonetheless.
I promise you, once you get the white balance right, little things like skin fall into place much more easily.
What screen do you have, and which calibrator?


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Jul 29, 2019 00:24 |  #9

Damo77 wrote in post #18901477 (external link)
You posted two versions, and the black gun is blue in both of them. Different shades of blue, yes, but blue nonetheless.
I promise you, once you get the white balance right, little things like skin fall into place much more easily.
What screen do you have, and which calibrator?

I'm not saying you're wrong about the white balance, but I'm saying that you're telling me to repeat what I already tried and (apparently) failed at.

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Jul 29, 2019 00:31 |  #10

I used -11 Tint, as Wilt suggested. I also applied a drastic boost to WB for effect. Do the shadows appear green-tinted to you, near the bottom of her neck?

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Jul 29, 2019 00:40 |  #11

Here's the closest I got. Her cheek and forehead are still magenta, but I see a (barely) green tint on the dark parts of her neck; increasing either will exaggerate the other. Thoughts?

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Jul 29, 2019 03:22 |  #12

No, still cold.


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Jul 29, 2019 05:57 |  #13

Just a real quickie.

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Jul 29, 2019 06:06 |  #14

For some quick WB touchup, you can use the level tool, midrange eyedropper to play quickly if you don't want to keep doing the raw/jpg rounds.

I try to find a black/dark grey area for the eyedropper, when doing quick touchup. Then I follow up with a small saturation and shadows/highlights. From that point, you can give it a gritty feel however you choose, add contrast, etc.

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Jul 29, 2019 08:22 |  #15

Photoshop - Image > Auto Color.

Part of the issue here, besides white balance, may be that the model has been made up and the color of the make up is confounding the processing.

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