Correcting Tan Lines and Skin Tone Shifts – Professional Photoshop Portrait Retouch Series – Part V

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Welcome to Part V of the Professional Photoshop Retouching Series on SLR Lounge.

In this Photoshop we are going to be working on correcting skin tone shifts which can be caused by tan lines, makeup or blemishes such as birth marks.

If you haven’t watched the previous parts to the PPR Series, then please catch up by watching the prior videos below:

Professional Photoshop Portrait Retouch Series

Part I – Adobe Camera Raw Editing and Importing into Photoshop
Part II – Learning and Setting the Healing Brush Presets
Part III – Healing Blemishes and Unwanted Detail
Part IV – Diminishing Eye and Age Lines
Part V – Correcting Skin Tone Shifts and Tan Lines
Part VI – Softening Skin When Necessary
Part VII – Retouching the Eyes
Part VIII – Cleaning Up Stray Hair and Other Detail
Part IX – Enhancing and Sharpening Image Details
Part X – Final Color Adjustments

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Note: These images have been provided to the SLR Lounge users curteousy of Lin and Jirsa Photography for educational purposes only. They may not be used in any other manner outside of these SLR Lounge learning videos without the express written consent of Lin and Jirsa Photography. Thank you.

Full RAW Exercise File (13MB) – This full RAW file will allow you to follow the tutorial while achieving the exact same results as shown.

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