Adjusting hue/saturation
The Hue/Saturation tool allows you to make
color adjustments in hue, saturation, or vibrance.
All adjustments are relative.
- Hue: The color of pixels.
- Saturation: How vivid all colors are.
- Vibrance: How vivid primary colors are.
The Vibrance slider is better than the Saturation slider
when you want to adjust only the saturation
of foliage, the sky, water, clothing, make-up
(things that contain reds, greens, and blues),
but leave the saturation of skin and earth tones largely unchanged.
For example, compare the photos below.
In (b), the vibrance has been increased by 50
resulting in more vivid make-up,
but with the hair and background largely unchanged.
In (c), the saturation has been increased by 50 instead
resulting in unnaturally vivid colors overall.
To adjust the hue/saturation of your photo:
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Click the hue/saturation tool button in the
tool bar.
(A new hue/saturation tool will appear at the top of the
tool stack.)
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Use the sliders to make adjustments:
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The Hue slider adjusts around the wheel.
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The Saturation slider adjusts along the radius of the wheel
from the center to the edge for all colors.
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The Vibrance slider adjusts along the radius of the wheel
from the center to the edge,
but only for the primary colors of red, green, and blue.
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Optionally: