#itsphotosho

[danwilds]

could you explain how you managed to make this edit look pale but not whitewashed? i seem to always whitewash the skin color when i try to make it pale.... /post/149036828153/she-wanted-a-storm-thunder-wind-a-deluge-she

yeah sure !! here you go

basically you can edit a poc edit the same way as an other edit, you just have to do a few layers differently

with other edits i often edit the red and the yellow colors in ‘selective color’ and basically drag the bottom black tint all the way to the left so it becomes a lot whiter. DON’T DO THIS WITH POC. 

instead you can actually increase the red and yellow tint, look at the example below (my photoshop is in dutch lmao so i hope you understand)

last but not least: just keep an eye at the brightness. if a pic is too dark, add curves rather than brightness, if you play around with the curves you can easily make the picture brighter without whitewashing the skin.

a psd to my non whitewashed edit