Skin Tones ( picture style )

Skin Tones 

Each Picture Style renders skin tones slightly differently so a particular Picture Style may be chosen depending on whether pink skin or tanned skin is preferred.  An example of each Picture Style is shown below, with the Contrast and Saturation levels similarly matched.

Standard 7,-2,0,0.  Standard gives quite natural skin tones.  If you're really picky you'll just notice a hint of pinkness.

Portrait 7,-2,-1,0.  Portrait gives a strong, rosy overtone to skin tones.  It is more of a specialty application if you want rosy skin.

Landscape 7,-2,-1,0.  Landscape overlays a slight orange overtone which gives a slight goldness to skin tones.

Neutral 7,-1,1,0.  Neutral balances all colours evenly so it gives no overtones and accurate colours.

Faithful 7,-1,1,0.  Faithful also gives rosy skin tones but not as intense as Portrait.

Autumn Hues 7,-2,-1,0.  Autumn Hues gives a nice, natural and tanned look to skin tones. 

Final Comparison
Following all of these tweaks you should get much more vibrant and colourful photos now.  Here is a comparison of factory and custom settings (click to enlarge):

Standard 7,0,0,0.

Autumn Hues 7,-2,-1,0.                                Equivalent to Standard 7,-2,0,0.

For even more vibrant grass and folliage I also have a customised Autumn Hues Picture style which can be downloaded from here and used in Digital Photo Professional or in-camera: Autumn Hues Extra Green 3

Enjoy your photos and I wish you well with beautiful colours.


Autumn Hues 7,-2,0,0. Daylight WB.

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