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Step Three:
By the way, dragging upward with the
TAT increases the saturation amount s,
and dragging downward decreases
them. Just so you know. Okay, now that
the sky looks pretty decent, let's work
on that red crow's nest (or mini-light-
house). So, take the TAT, click it on the
side of it (I clicked between the walk-
way and the horn), and drag straight
upward to increase the color saturation
(intensity) of those reds. Go look at the
sliders, and you'll see it moved the Reds
and Oranges sliders (so that color was
made up of red and orange), but be-
yond that, the TAT knows the right
percentage of each, which is why using
it gives you such an advantage (in fact,
I don't use these HSL sliders without
using the TAT).
Step Four:
If you think the red color looks too bright
now, then all you have to do is click on
the Luminance tab (it controls how bright
the colors appear), click on a bright area
of red, and drag downward (as shown
here, where I clicked below the walk-
way), and now the red tower isn't nearly
as bright (compare it with what you see
in Step Three). It kind of helps make the
harsh light not as harsh, in this case. So,
that's how it works for tweaking Saturation
and Luminance. However, if you want
to actually change a color (and not just
tweak the existing color), then click on the
Hue tab. The controls are the same: click
your TAT on the tower and drag upward
to change the color (as I did here in the
inset). Again, you could always drag the
sliders around, and eventually you'd find
out which slider controls which part of the
image, but I think you can see why Adobe
invented the TAT—to make our lives in
this panel easier.
