Open michmill1970 opened 1 month ago
Previously discussed in #11467, along with alternatives. There is in fact not a common tone among all ethnicities.
btw: darktable 4.4 added color harmony indicators to the vectorscope - so it’s quite easy to show something like a skin tone value line using a monochromatic indicator, rotating it to a proper value and reducing the width according to user’s preferences
Add a skin-tone line to the vectorscope in the darkroom view.
All skintones fall along a straight line in a vectorscope view. The paler the complexion, the closer to the middle of the scope, and darker complexions will have an elongated distribution, but all complexions will fall along a very similar line. Some may be slightly above the line, and some complexions may fall a very small amount below.
This line will help considerably when color grading portraits, especially when dealing with odd lighting.
I use this in Davinci Resolve, and it's an incredibly useful feature.