The Hue Balance filter is a color correction tool
that uses our new state of the art Color Matching Technology. Unlike how any other Hue
filter works, the Hue Balance filter is based on a selected color rather
than the entire color spectrum. This method of working with Hues, offers a
new level of adjusting specific areas in a photo without having to use any
selection tools, resulting in an extremely fast workflow. The images below
show how a very colorful panoramic photo is converted to a black and white
photo but leaving the sky color completely unaffected or changing the sky
color to something much more dramatic and moody.
Controls
All controls only affect the
selected Hue and any other Hue within a Threshold range.
Invert - Makes all other
controls affect all Hues except the selected Hue.
Brightness - The most common of
Exposure options simply
adjusts the overall brightness of a photo by uniformly adjusting the pixel
values.
Saturation - Controls how
bright colors are by working on all 3 main color channels at the same
time.
Threshold - Controls how
different a Hue can be from the selected Hue. The higher the value the
more Hues are effected until the entire color spectrum is affected.
Red, Green, Blue - Controls
adjust the brightness of individual channels allowing the selected Hue to
be corrected to a preferred Hue such as making a sky blue more pure.
Quick Step by Step
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Once your photo is loaded go to
Modify > Hue Balance...
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The first step should allows be
to select your Color by clicking anywhere in your photo.
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Adjust the Threshold slider
until the range of Hues are being effected. It maybe necessary to
adjust this option a couple of times before the wanted Hue range is
achieved.
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Lastly adjust other options
until you get your desired result.
