How to use the HSL Panel in Lightroom to get good skin tones

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before and after Lightroom edit using the HSL panel by Danielle Hatcher
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before and after Lightroom edit using the HSL panel by Danielle Hatcher

If you’ve never played with the HSL panel in Lightroom, you are missing out on quite a powerful tool!

Jennifer Dell has already written a great article on the power of the HSL and Color panel but today I wanted to talk about using the HSL panel just in reference to skin tones.

This video will show you my basic edit, plus you will learn how to tweak the HSL panel to get glowing skin and get rid of pesky green shadows in just a couple of clicks. Watch the video to learn more, and let me know if you have any questions!

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Danielle Hatcher is a wedding and family photographer serving Sacramento, CA and surrounding areas. She is a native Californian currently residing in Roseville with her husband, two great kids (soon to be three), and their mutt Jake-the-wonder-dog. Danielle shoots with a Nikon D700 and an ever growing list of lenses (just don’t tell her husband that). Her kids always beg her to stop singing along to the radio so she has given up on her pursuit for American Idol.

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13 thoughts on “How to use the HSL Panel in Lightroom to get good skin tones”

  1. Bethany

    I LOVED this tutorial! I learned so much from it! I am just starting a business and this was very helpful!

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  3. Michele Kendzie

    Very helpful! Thank you! I’d like to know more about how you decide how far to go with the sliders. Does it depend more on personal preference or is there a “correct”? I don’t trust my eye yet. Until you put the two versions of the photo side by side at the end, I couldn’t tell the difference!

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    1. Danielle

      Hi Michele! There is definitely no “correct” number… for me it’s just personal preference. I would start by just sliding the slider, rather than typing in numbers like I did, to see the difference. Fiddle around with it and play, and see where you end up. 🙂

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  7. Eliza

    Hi, I love this tutorial! I might explore on HSL more. I am new in using Lightroom and in blogging (in general) so I was wondering where did you get your presets? I’ve been looking for presets that will make my photos look like that. Hope you can help!

    Love,

    Eliza from the Philippines

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  8. Gary

    Hi – just wondered what the presets were – and where I could get them – you do mention in the video, but I can’t quite catch it …

    Thanks

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