ABSTRACT
Levels is a powerful adjustment feature for controlling tonality and overall color balance. It cannot, however, target and control the hue of specific color values or the saturation of color in general. For this final level of control photographers need to master the powerful Hue/Saturation adjustment feature. This chapter focuses on specific colors and changes the hue and saturation of these targeted colors to creatively enhance an image. The third slider in the Hue/Saturation dialog is the Lightness slider and this is so useful, that Adobe decided to leave its name off the name of the adjustment layer. It doesn’t matter whether photographers decide to make the selected color lighter or darker, the slider always desaturates the target color. The chapter explores how to adjust how bright the color appears without desaturating it. In Photoshop Elements it is possible to paint with adjustment presets using either the new Smart Brush tool or Detail Smart Brush tool.
