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Adjust color saturation in image areas

Use the Sponge tool to change color saturation of areas in an image.

The Sponge tool subtly changes the color saturation of an area. When an image is in Grayscale mode, the tool increases or decreases contrast by moving gray levels away from or toward the middle gray.

Adjust color saturation with the sponge tool

  1. Select the Sponge tool   (O) in the toolbar.

    Sponge tool

  2. In the Options bar, set the following:

    • Choose a brush tip and set brush options.
    • Choose the way you want to change the color from the Mode menu:
      • Saturate: Intensifies the color's saturation
      • Desaturate:  Dilutes the color's saturation
    • Specify Flow to set the rate of saturation change.
    • Select the Vibrance option to minimize clipping for fully saturated or desaturated colors.
  3. Drag over the part of the image you want to modify.

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