Lynn Smith , Feb 07, 2012; 11:05 p.m.
Sometimes my pictures don't have that skin tone that I won't. What I'm asking is.....is there anyway to add almost a white tint to a persons skin tone? Nothing over blown.....but just a nice warm filling to it if my camera didn't capture it? As you could see I have Adobe Photoshop CS5. Any other tricks you could share about PS and skin tones I would be MOST gracious! Thanks for any responses that I receive!!!!!!!!!
Monika Epsefass , Feb 08, 2012; 03:58 a.m.
A white tone?
Warm filling?
Could you please be more specific and enlighten us about what exactly the problem is? Maybe add a photo to show what you mean?
Juergen Sattleru 
, Feb 08, 2012; 08:17 a.m.
Sounds like you need to read up on "White Balance".
Wouter Willemse 
, Feb 08, 2012; 08:47 a.m.
Relatively trivial tasks like these is where Photoshop Elements has a huge advantage over the full Photoshop: it actually tries to help you out. Frankly, if you need tricks in Photoshop for a colour correction like this one, I'd suggest a good book on Photoshop and learn its real potential.
You may want to create a mask to select the skin parts, and then adjust warmth/colour there.
Richard Sperry 
, Feb 08, 2012; 11:34 a.m.
Bob Bill , Feb 11, 2012; 12:09 a.m.
Like above responses, not sure what you are trying to accomplish. If you are looking for natural skin tones, consider using a meter or gray card in capture. If you are after the a white, blown out look, try over exposing/and or bumping exposure in post. If you are after adding warmth, adjust the temp in raw. If you are looking for more specular highlights, use a specular modifier or have more specularity to the skin. As a photographer, these variables are at your control depending on the result you have envisioned. But if you can post a photo or a link to what you want to achieve, it will help.
Adrian Niculescu , Feb 20, 2012; 01:00 a.m.
Adobe Photoshop has some very quick
fixing options under Image menu, like
auto color, auto balance, etc. You can
also use some filters too. If you want to
apply theae changes only to certain
parts of the picture, you will have to
select that portion and then apply
changes.
As mentioned above, a good book or
video tutorials would help you better
because it is hard to understand
exactly what are you trying to
acomplish.
Jolie Dickson , Mar 25, 2012; 09:43 a.m.
Hi Lynne,
Sometimes I find using actions can really help. It is a very quick and easy way to smooth out skin and add warming tones. You can download some for free to try them out. A great site for this is MCP Actions. It has tutorials and has free actions to try. Also, you might want to try a yellow filter for warming or blue filter for cooler colors. You can also just grab the face with the quick selection tool and go into color balance, levels or brighten. Hope this helps. Jolie
Jolie Dickson , Mar 25, 2012; 09:43 a.m.
Hi Lynne,
Some of the actions to look for are the ones specifically for skin tones. If you go to MCP actions (you can also find it on Facebook) you can email them and ask them what they recommend. They are so helpful and will respond right away. Good luck.
