Comments on: Kick Butt Little Lightroom Tip For Brightening Skin

By: David Terry

David Terry — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 21:25:03 +0000

Here’s a cool one to try that uses the new masking feature of Lightroom:

1) Select subject
2) Intersect mask with Color Range – click on the most common color of the skin and slide the Refine slider left or right to pick up just the skin.
3) Now you can brighten the skin of the subject by moving the exposure slider to the right

This doesn’t affect any colors outside of the subject. However, if the subject is wearing clothes or has hair that is a similar shade as their skin, then those things will be adjusted too. However, this is true using the technique in the article as well. The main advantage to this method is limiting the adjustments to ONLY the subject while protecting everything else in the image while directly targeting the subject’s skin tones.

By: Scott Kelby

Scott Kelby — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 20:44:09 +0000

In reply to photoMaldives. OK, I gotta try that one. Thanks for sharing. :)

By: photoMaldives

photoMaldives — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 19:01:17 +0000

Yes, great tips!
For reddened skin, or dark skin tones, you can also try :
– nudge the wb towards blue,
– slide red hue a little towards orange,
– decrease saturation of red & orange.
Thanks for all you do, Scott.