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Hue/Saturation Method

You can use a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to change individual colors in a photograph.

Making a change to a single color only changes that color.

The complementary color is not changed.

In contrast, if you use a Levels adjustment layer to change a single color, the complimentary color is also changed.

That's often a disadvantage.

So, you may want to use a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.

Here's the Hue/Saturation window.

Be sure to check off as you go along.

Color Correction

1) Create a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.

Click the Create adjustment layer icon, the half-dark, half-bright, circle at the top of the Layers palette, and select Hus/Saturation.

The Hue/Saturation window (above) will open.

Make the adjustments described below, and click OK.

If you need to make further adjustments, double click the Hue/Saturation window thumbnail in the Hue/Saturation adjustment layer to reopen the Hue/Saturation window.

2) Select a color in the Edit box.

Use the Saturation slider to change the color.

To learn how to determine which color to change, go to Measure Color.