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OK, can someone explain the skin tone tool?

johnkraus Kraus
I thought I had it- shoot a grey card and then click on it using whatever skin tone or other color you wish. Makes total sense, but doesn't work most of the time.
Anyone have the answer?
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  • johnkraus Kraus
    OK, what I've found so far is that using the skin tone tool and copying a color that way, and then applying the color by clicking on the same color in another image, does, in fact, create a closer color than matching color temperatures. In fact the color temperatures change. Why? Only The Shadow knows.
    I believe this works only under the same lighting- copying outdoors and applying indoors in a mixed tungsten environment, for example, doesn't seem to work.
    Also applying the preset skin tones doesn't work, however it might under flash- perhaps those presets are just meant for flash.
    These are my findings so far. Phase One, please confirm or clarify! Thanks
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  • Jonathan Gilbert
    Skin tone tool is for times when you dont have a grey card. You select the skin tone color that relates to the subject and then click on the skin to balance the image. Basically you are "skin" balancing instead on "grey" balancing. You can also add your own color swatches to balance to.
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  • johnkraus Kraus
    Hi Jon,

    Thanks for getting back. Unfortunately doesn't work that way for me, especially with the canned tones. UNLESS they work in strobe light only, perhaps. Certainly doesn't work in mixed lighting like the job I shot yesterday.

    Though very good to match color shot to shot in images shot in same lighting conditions.
    Actually changes the B/Y C/M CTs, but colors match more exactly. Even with images shot within minutes of each other. Strange, but true.

    Jon, anyone, know if you can copy and paste skin tone adjusts to a group of images without needing to click each one? Thanks
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  • johnkraus Kraus
    Correction- I'm getting the canned profiles to work OK by choosing one and clicking on a face. You sometimes have to click several times and on several parts of the face but then it does work.

    Still, the best is to choose a skin tone, wall color etc, you like on a shoot, especially shooting a series and you can apply that to other images to match. It's a pretty cool tool, once you play with it.
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  • Jonathan Gilbert
    True, the canned examples here are sort of generalizations. Since everyone's skin tone is different it will not be perfect, but it should get you close. While the best solution is always a grey card, this can work in a pinch.
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