Making the Tone of One Photo Match Another

If you’ve ever tired to make the flesh-tones, or overall tone, of one photo match another photo, it takes somewhat of a color-correction miracle. Actually, I should say it “took” somewhat of a minor miracle, because in Photoshop CS, it’s a total no-brainer. You just tell Photoshop which color to match and it does it. Pretty brilliantly I might add. Here’s how.

Step  One.
Open the photo that you want to repair. In this case, the photo has a very warm yellowish glow, and it looks like it may have been taken at the beach sometime close to sunset.

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Step Two.
Now find and open a photo ...

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