CASTING HEADSHOT (Skin tone help)

[Jamie Smith]

Hey guys... I had some trouble with his freckles and getting the skin tone right... what do you think? I think its ok Feel free to re-edit

Jamie

 

[awp]

If you removed freckles then it's not all right - not as a casting head shot anyway!

 

[Jamie Smith]

If you removed freckles then it's not all right - not as a casting head shot anyway!

I didn't, but converting using RGB was hard to keep them, and i feel you can still see them enough?

I was more worried about the skin tone/ shade and highlights....

As long as it looks normal!

 

[awp]

it looks normal - if that's how he looks in real life - that'll be absolutely fine.

 

[Jamie Smith]

it looks normal - if that's how he looks in real life - that'll be absolutely fine.

Thankyou very much!

Could you check out my web
site and see what you think too? In my sig!

 

[Covert Oddity]

It looks to me like maybe you've pushed one of the colour channels a little too much, it has a slightly ghostly look. Though obviously I'm saying that without seeing the original, so I'm only guessing.

 

[onform]

Post the original and we will be able to tell you if you went to far..

 

[Jamie Smith]

 

[Jamie Smith]

ORIGINAL

 

[Covert Oddity]

Did a quick re-edit from the original, see what you think.

The only difference I made was did a levels adjustment to bring in a bit more contrast, reduced the saturation slightly to even the skintones and then added a B&W layer, before finally correcting with a brightness / contrast layer.

 

[natjag]

conversion in PS using calculations.

 

[Jamie Smith]

conversion in PS using calculations.

I did do this but thought he ended up looking a little 'skin damaged poster',

If you get what I'm saying! Thanks though!