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Step Nine:
The next two sliders down, Vibrance and
Saturation, are also in Camera Raw, but
again, the versions here in HDR Pro don't
have nearly as much power. Basically,
these make the colors more punchy, so
if your image needs more color, try drag-
ging the Vibrance slider to the right. If you
want to take your image to “Harry Potter
land,” then boost the Saturation amount,
as well. Here, we'll set the Vibrance at
60% and set the Saturation at 0%. Be
careful about adding too much Vibrance
or Saturation at this point, because in
the next step, when we add contrast,
that usually makes the colors automati-
cally more vibrant.
Step 10:
Lastly, there is no Contrast slider here
in HDR Pro, so click on the Curve tab
to reveal a point curve like the one in
Camera Raw. You see that diagonal line
going across the curve grid? Well, we
bend that line into a subtle S-curve and
that adds contrast. The steeper we make
this S-curve, the more contrast it adds.
So, start by clicking once in the center
of the line and it adds an adjustment
point there (see bottom left). Now, add
another point halfway between that cen-
ter point and the top right, then click-
and-drag it upward a bit (as seen in the
bottom center). Now, add another point
halfway between the center and the bot-
tom-left corner, click-and-drag it down-
ward a bit (as seen in the bottom right),
and there's your contrast. Remember, if
you need more contrast, click-and-drag
the top point up higher and the bot-
tom point down lower, which makes the
curve steeper.
Click to add a point
to the center
Add a point halfway from
the center to the top, then
click-and-drag upward
Add a point halfway from the
center to the bottom, then
click-and-drag downward
(Continued)
 
 
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