Inngirl Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 I am trying to even out the skin tone on the arm of my son. This photo was taken at the Salt Flats in Utah with a manual lense, so there is glare and a lack of super sharpness in the original photo. It was a quick spontaneous moment that I was lucky to catch. I am not that concerned about those issues. My concern is the abrupt skin tone change on my son’s arm due to the taning of the lower arm. My attempts to match the skin tone only succeed if I allow the tatoos to fade dramatically. I would like to have the tatoos remain dark but the skin tone lighten up. I would prefer to know the proper steps to do this as opposed to someone doing it for me. I am asking for help so that I learn more about using Affinity Photo on my iPad. Thank All. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Cartwright Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 There might be a more elegant way to accomplish the feat, but since no one else chimed in I will post how I attacked the photo. These adjustments were applied to a duplicate layer and then masked to contain just the problematic "farmer's tan" portion of the photo. Effects stacked from top to bottom. HSL: Saturation Shift -60% Luminance Shift -10% Brightness/Contrast: B= 44% C =90% Curves: Trickiest to describe. In the bottom left square create a node at about the midpoint of that square and pull diagonally (down and to the right) to darken tattoos. Levels: Black 4% White 97% Gamma 0.737% Color Balance: Shadows C/R 13 M/G 5 Y/B 36, Midrange C/R 12 M/G 15 Y/B -24, Highlights C/R -26 M/G -12 Y/B -24 Mask Layer: I used an Empty Mask Layer and painted it using White in the mask layer (with some feathering). Hope this helps! ETA: Done on Mac, not iPad. Hope all translates. Bill carl123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrb Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 That's well done Bill Great write up too ! I used to find a similar problem with women applying makeup [often the wrong sort] to their face and nowhere else; yet they turn up dressed with lots more natural skin on show than normal, like lilly white boobs [but ya not to look lol!!] so glad to be out of all that ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianrb Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 That's a pretty good photo too Inngirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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