Use calculations to whiten and polish distorted pictures of people

Author：Eve Cole Update Time：2013-01-23 17:27:41

Source: Internet Author: Doudou
The method of using selected areas to whiten is very practical, but it may be a little troublesome to operate. You need to use calculations and channels to adjust the dark parts or highlights of the character's face, pink and other parts, and then use color adjustment tools to whiten it appropriately. The pictures after whitening are very natural.
Original picture

final effect

1. Open the original image material and press Ctrl + J to duplicate the background layer.

2. Execute: Image > Calculate, and set the parameters as shown below (use the calculation method to calculate the desired selection, and then adjust the brightness to make the skin look more transparent). Observing the original image, it is found that the middle color of the character's skin color is mostly red, so Calculate using the red channel and gray.

3. The Alpha1 channel processed by the operation, the highlight part of the face is darker, which is the desired selection.

4. Execute again: Image > Calculate, and set the parameters as shown below. The purpose is to increase contrast.

5. Calculate the Alpha2 channel, press Ctrl and click the Alpha2 channel to load the selection. A warning appears: Any pixels not larger than 50% of the selected selection will be invisible and click OK.

6. Return to the RGB channel, switch to the layer panel, create a curve adjustment layer, and adjust the RGB and red channels. The parameter settings are as shown below.

7. It has little effect on the background. If you feel that the background has also been brightened, you can mask the curve layer and use a black brush to paint the parts other than the characters.

8. Create a new layer and press Ctrl + Alt + Shift + E to stamp the layer. Make detailed adjustments such as skin grinding and sharpening.

9. Create a level adjustment layer and set the parameters as shown below.

Final effect:

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