Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
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Levels
gives you the finest control of all. You can often eliminate a color cast by adjust-
ing the image's individual color channels (as explained in the previous section) till the
unwanted color is gone. The drawbacks are that Levels can be very fiddly for this sort of
work; sometimes this method doesn't work if the problem is severe; and it can take much
longer than the other methods.
▪
Remove Color Cast
is a command designed to correct a color cast with one click. The
next section explains how to use it.
▪ The
Photo Filter command
gives you much more control than the Remove Color Cast
command, and you can apply Photo Filters as Adjustment layers, too. See
Photo Filter
for details.
▪ The
Average Blur filter
, used with a blend mode, can fix color casts, too. As you'll read
on
Color Correcting with the Average Blur Filter
,
it's something like creating a custom
photo filter.
▪ The
Adjust Color for Skin Tone
feature makes Elements adjust a photo based on the
skin colors of people in the image. In practice, this adjustment is often more likely to
in-
troduce
a color cast than to correct one, but if your photo has a slight bluish cast that's
visible in the subject's skin (as explained on
Adjusting Skin Tones
)
, it may do the trick.
This option works best for slight, annoying casts that are too subtle for the other tech-
niques in this list.
NOTE
If you're a fan of Color Variations from older versions of Elements, sorry, but Adobe re-
moved that feature back in Elements 12.
You can use any of these methods, but a good bet is to start with Levels and then move on to
the Remove Color Cast or Photo Filter command. To practice any of the fixes you're about to
learn, download the photo
crossover.jpg
from this topic's Missing CD page at
