Hue/Saturation lets you adjust the hue, saturation, and lightness of a specific range of colors in an image or simultaneously adjust all the colors in an image. This adjustment is especially good for fine-tuning colors in a CMYK image so that they are in the gamut of an output device.
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In the Properties panel, choose the following options:
- From the Preset menu, choose a Hue/Saturation preset .
- From the menu to the right of the On-image adjustment tool
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- Choose Master to adjust all colors at once.
- Choose one of the other preset color ranges listed for the color you want to adjust -
To modify the color range, see Specify the range of colors adjusted using Hue/Saturation.
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To adjust the hue, do any of the following:
- Drag the Hue slider or enter a value until you are satisfied with the colors.
The values displayed in the box reflect the number of degrees of rotation around a color wheel from the original color of the pixel. A positive value indicates clockwise rotation; a negative value indicates counterclockwise rotation. Values can range from ‑180 to +180.
- Drag the Hue slider or enter a value until you are satisfied with the colors.
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Apply a Hue/Saturation adjustment.
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In the Properties panel, choose a color from the menu to the right of the On-image adjustment button
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The adjustment sliders and their corresponding color wheel values (in degrees) appear between the two color bars.
- The two inner vertical sliders define the color range.
- The two outer triangle sliders show where the adjustments on a color range 'fall off' (fall‑off is a feathering or tapering of the adjustments instead of a sharply defined on/off application of the adjustments).
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- Click or drag in the image with the Eyedropper tool
to select a color range.
- To expand the range, click or drag in the image with the Add To Sample Eyedropper tool
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- To reduce the range of color, click or drag in the image with the Subtract From Sample Eyedropper tool
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- While an eyedropper tool is selected, you can also press Shift to add to the range, or Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to subtract from it.
- To expand the range, click or drag in the image with the Add To Sample Eyedropper tool
- Drag one of the white triangle sliders to adjust the amount of color fall‑off (feathering of adjustment) without affecting the range.
- Drag the area between the triangle and the vertical bar to adjust the range without affecting the amount of fall‑off.
- Drag the center area to move the entire adjustment slider (which includes the triangles and vertical bars) to select a different color area.
- Drag one of the vertical white bars to adjust the range of the color component. Moving a vertical bar from the center of the adjustment slider and closer to a triangle increases the color range and decreases the fall‑off. Moving a vertical bar closer to the center of the adjustment slider and away from a triangle decreases the color range and increases the fall‑off.
- Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) the color bar so that a different color is in the center of the bar.
Hue/Saturation adjustment slider
A. Hue slider values B. Adjusts fall‑off without affecting range C. Adjusts range without affecting fall‑off D. Adjusts range of color and fall‑off E. Moves entire sliderIf you modify the adjustment slider so that it falls into a different color range, its name in the menu (to the right of the On-image adjustment button
) changes to reflect this color range. For example, if you choose Yellow and alter its range so that it falls in the red part of the color bar, the name changes to Red 2. You can convert up to six of the individual color ranges to varieties of the same color range (for example, Red through Red 6).
By default, the range of color selected when you choose a color component is 30° wide, with 30° of fall‑off on either side. Setting the fall‑off too low can produce banding in the image.
- Click or drag in the image with the Eyedropper tool
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Apply a Hue/Saturation adjustment.
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In the Properties panel, select the Colorize option. If the foreground color is black or white, the image is converted to a red hue (0°). If the foreground color is not black or white, the image is converted to the hue of the current foreground color. The lightness value of each pixel does not change.