Maybe you have been frustrated dialing in skin tones whilst still composing? You are not alone. Don’t let it get under your skin. We are here to help! Every other week, our Founder Kirk Mastin hosts a Facebook Live Editing session that will assist you overcome editing challenges. Within this live edit, Kirk walks you through how to dial skin tones to perfection. During our Live Edits, Kirk edits photographs submitted from the Mastin Labs – Community on Facebook, visit our Mastin Labs Facebook Page to learn about our edit and how to submit your photos. The way to Edit Skin Tones in Lightroom with Mastin Labs Presets What we cover in this movie: The essential factors of great skin tone Selecting the greatest preset for the skin tone Skin tones at the gold hour Keeping your personality, and a whole lot more! Temp & Tint sliders at Lightroom The Key Factors of skin tone. (5:05) What happens in front of the camera with your subjects, location, and light, thing MORE than what preset you use for post-processing. Your ability to see color. This is a learned skill that requires practice. Both axes of color are cool & warm and green & magenta, these will be the color building blocks of natural skin tones. (In Adobe Lightroom, these Mastin Lightroom presets is axes are represented just 2 sliders at the Peak of the toolbar; Temp and Tint. ) A concise History of the connection between Film Types and Skin Tones (8:30) Mastin Labs presets are based on film scanned with a Fuji scanner, therefore everything covered applies both to movie and also our presets. When Kodak first developed their movies, they mostly tested them on Caucasian skin. In precisely the same way that makeup is made for various skin tones, picture is suited for skin tones. Kodak films generally have more yellow and orange in them, making Caucasian skin look healthy and warm. Fujifilm created their movie in a completely different environment and with distinct aesthetic goals in mind. Their films, in general, have a cyan-heavy base and appear really well on darker skin tones in addition to lighter ones. Using Mastin Labs Kodak Portra 400 Presets on moderate Skin Before and after. Edited with Mastin Labs Portra 400 preset Using Mastin Labs Kodak Portra 400 Presets on Black Skin Care Portra 400 Left Kodak Fuji 400H Right on Darker Skin Mastin Labs Kodak Portra 400 Presets vs. Mastin Labs Fujicolor 400H Presets on Dark Skin (13:52) Portra creates too much orange for darker skin. Dragging down the temp may help the skin would discolor the rest of the picture