How to Get Great Skin Tones in Your Photos

You are here because you would like to know how to get great skin tones using ACR or Lightroom! You are in the right spot. Read on or watch the video tutorial below to find out how to?get great skin tones using ACR and Lightroom.

Getting great skin in ACR or Lightroom is easy if you follow these three simple tricks!

1. Make sure your white balance is correct
2. Check you exposure
3. Adjust the orange luminance slider

Still unsure what to do? It’s easier to figure out if you see it in action! Watch the tutorial below and in about six minutes you will understand the tricks to get your skin looking great before you even open up Photoshop!

This section of my blog is for photographers of all skill levels looking to learn a few new things about Photoshop, Lightroom or ACR.  In this video tutorial, you will learn how to get the skin tones of your subjects to look great in just three easy steps. You won’t even open up Photoshop! Watch here to learn three simple things you can do in ACR to get pleasing skin tones (these can also be done in Lightroom too!)

This tutorial is a complement to an article I wrote for Digital Photography School a few weeks back. You sent me so many comments, questions and emails?about achieving great skin tones that I thought I would show you step by step here the process that I use. Please note that these steps may not?work for every photo you work with, but area good starting point to get the skin looking nice.

To learn more about skin editing, please join me in my online eCourse Skin Deep: The Complete System for Mastering Skin in Photoshop. For more comprehensive techniques for getting beautiful, glowing, soft and dimensional skin-check out the course! (details above)

Make sure to subscribe to my Youtube channel so you can be the first to see the newest tutorials! Thank you so much to everyone who watches! I’d love to hear your comments or questions. Leave me a comment below and let me know any tricks you use to get skin looking great!

Emily

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