greyflash said:
The model I shot yesterday does not like the red or copper color that cropped up in her brown hair. If I attempt to remove it by desaturating the red in PS, it affects her lovely skin tone and lipstick. Is there some way to desaturate only a small area of an image other than layer masking.
It's definitely a job for a selective colors adjustment layer.
If layer masking is the only way, how would you go about doing this as I don't want to "paint" over the whole image just to change the color of a small area.
No problem! Zoom in on the problem hair area, and adjust the red channel until it's acceptable. It'll mess up the skin tones, but we'll fix that in a second. Click [OK].
Then, making sure the mask is selected, click [ctrl + i]. That will hide the effect of the adjustment layer.
Now, using a white paintbrush, and making sure the mask is still selected, paint over the small problem areas only.
Flatten the image, give it to the bride, and get a big hug in return. :lol: