Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
In the next chapter, you're going to learn how to paint an adjustment over
any part of your image, but sometimes you need to affect an entire area
(like you need the entire sky bluer, or the sand warmer, or a piece of clothing
to be an entirely different color). In those cases, where you're adjusting large
areas, it's usually quicker to use the HSL adjustments, which not only let you
change color, but also let you change the saturation and the lightness of the
color. It's more powerful, and handier than you might think.
Adjusting or
Changing Ranges
of Color
Step One:
Here's the original image of the washed-
out top of a tugboat's mast against a
bland blue sky. What I'd like to do is tweak
the color of that sky so it's a richer blue,
and then make the red crow's nest on
the boat more vivid so it really stands out.
You t weak individual colors, or ranges of
color, in the HSL/Grayscale panel, so click
on its icon at the top of the Panel area
(it's the fourth one from the left—circled
here in red). Now, click on the Saturation
tab (as shown here) to bring up the Sat-
uration sliders (which control the intensity
of the colors).
Step Two:
We'll start by bringing some richness
and depth back into that bland blue sky.
You can just drag the Blues slider to the
right, and it will get bluer (the color
will get more intense), but most of the
time, the color your eye sees (blue, in
this case) is made up of more than just
that color. So, rather than guessing,
and messing with the individual sliders,
I recommend grabbing the Targeted
Adjustment tool (or TAT, for short) from
the toolbar up top (it's the fifth tool from
the left), then clicking it somewhere in the
sky, and dragging straight upward. As you
do this, it knows which sliders control
that area, and it moves them for you (in
this case, it moved the Blues slider a lot,
but it also moved the Purples slider a
little, too).
 
 
 
 
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