This one is a bit new.
As I work on skin tones in CM one of the biggest hurdles is knowing what "Skin Pin" to set. I have created a few resources for you to use and build upon.
The first is a JPG image that I have posted before that has an extended range of skin tones for you to choose.
You will need the ID and Password to get to this image.
www.curvemeister.com/downloads/Class/greg/pinning_skin_tones/skin_tones.jpg
The next is a set of pins that I have posted in the Pins Area. Pins.txt needs to be copied to you pins folder.
The Jpg is available there too but in a smaller version.
http://www.curvemeister.com/forum/index.php?topic=1667.0
Lastly is the work flow...
www.curvemeister.com/downloads/Class/greg/pinning_skin_tones/pinning_skin_tones.pdf
A special thanks to Ganna for the wonderful example of needing skin tones corrected.
Your thoughts and questions will help me distill this down to a better work flow...so let please post reaction to this...
Greg
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Greg, this is amazing. Can I give you a pat on the back! 8) Thanks a lot; if this was the only new thing I learned from this class it was more than worth it. I presume you will also place a video clip?
Interesting that you did it in RGB
Ganna
I can do it in LAB as well.. I did it in RGB so that I could use multiple skin pins one in the highlight and one in the shadow.
LAB will only allow 1 active pin at a time. I would have to take 2 passes at a LAB correction I think.
If I am certain about the Pin I use LAB. If I am shopping around for a good match I go RGB for the Skin tones part.
I wanted to get some of the guess work out of the process. The Pin samples in CM are small and Mike is looking at ways to address this. I find that if I choose the wrong tones to make the gradient it is very easy to see that I have a bad match and I can go back and choose different set of pins to use.
I have experimented with using different highlight and shadow pins at the same time as well For instance sometimes I use an Asian pin with a Caucasian pin. It really depends on the tonality I am looking for.
Greg
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