Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Use any of the selection tools (see
Chapter 5
). If you don't make a selection before
creating the Adjustment layer, it'll change your whole photo.
2.
Create a new Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer
.
Go to Layer→New Adjustment Layer→Hue/Saturation. The new layer affects only
the area you selected.
3.
Use the Adjustments panel's sliders to tweak the color until it looks good, and
then click OK
.
Use the Hue slider first to pick the color you want. Next, use the Saturation slider to
adjust the color's vividness, and then the Lightness slider to adjust its darkness.
This method is fine if it's easy to select the area you want to change. But what if there are a
bunch of widely scattered areas of color that need changing, or you want to change one shade
everywhere it appears in a photo? For that, Elements offers the Replace Color command, ex-
plained next.
Replacing Specific Colors
Take a look at the green-and-white vase in
Figure 9-19
again. Do you have to tediously select
each green area if you want to make it a red-and-white vase? You
could
do it that way, but
it's far easier to use the Replace Color command, which changes every instance of the color
you select, no matter where it appears in the image. When you run this command, you'll see
one of those Elements dialog boxes that looks a bit intimidating, but it's a snap to use once
you understand how it works.
You don't need to start by making a selection when you use this command but, as usual, you
should run it on a duplicate layer (Ctrl+J/
⌘
-J) if you want to keep your options open for fu-
ture changes. And before you start, be sure the active layer
isn't
an Adjustment layer, or Re-
place Color won't work. Then:
1.
Open the Replace Color dialog box
.
Go to Enhance→Adjust Color→Replace Color. The Replace Color dialog box in
Fig-
ure 9-20
appears. You may need to drag it out of the way so you can see your whole
photo.
2.
Move your cursor over your photo
.
