How would you give the skin a more even tan and overall professional look to it? The starting image:
The underarm on the right arm is much lighter than the other arm. Overall Id like the skin to be more even toned and also a bit more tan (realistic tan). More professionally edited as well. Like the skin on this photo:
How would you go about editing the skin of the model in the green shirt, to make it more even toned, more tan with a sunkissed glow, and edited to look more professional, like the model in the reddish pink shirt?
Thank you so much for your help 😄
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One way to darken the area would be to select the areas you want to appear darker (try using the Object Selection Tool set to Lasso mode), add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, and then adjust the Saturation and Lightness sliders in the Properties panel for a subtle change:
BEFORE:
AFTER
I went an "additive" route with my solution.
- Sample of the target model skin tone
- Select the areas in the original image
- Add the target color as a Linear Burn layer (set to 47%)
- Use a 20% opacity eraser to mask out/light the hand and facial areas progressively:
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