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Skin tones and C86 Sliders

2005-04-16 by Scott McLoughlin

I'm staring at some skin tones on an arm. Light is low and even (living
room). Skin tone is caucasion, but tanned. I'm printing on EEM, and
there's a ton (relatively) of contrast in this arm/wrist. It's also 
relatively
too bright compared to the monitor.

I've futzed with the brightness/contrast sliders quite a bit. They have
a good effect on some other parts of the photo - a dark shoe, some
jeans, a white radiator and whiter television screen. But the skin's
midtones seem to change only slightly, and retain a rather contrasty
appearance on the print that's not on the screen.

I also futzed with my monitor settings, to see if I could duplicate the
contrasty arm/wrist on the print. No go. Even with B0% and C100%,
the skin tone retains a relatively tan/dark/smooth low contrast appearance
on the screen.

So my question. Might I profiftably futz with the CMY sliders to somehow
adjust midtone contrast?  If so, where might my trials begin?  In this 
photo,
the hand is pretty much the subject of the photograph.

Thanks!

Scott

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