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Photoshop Tips: The Ins and Outs of Color

Most photographs look better after a little color balancing. Just go to Image > Adjustments > Color Balance, right? Nope. Photoshop's most obvious solutions are rarely its best. Use other methods for standout results.
Written by Deke McClelland on July 26, 2006
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Categories: Graphics, Graphics Image Editing, Photo Image Editing, How-Tos

Excerpted from Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One, published by O'Reilly Media

While Photoshop's Color Balance feature may seem like the right place to go to correct an image's color, your best bets are actually functions that don't even have the words color or balance in their names.

Photoshop expert Deke McClelland will show you how to use Variations, Hue/Saturation, Gradient Map, and Camera Raw. You'll neutralize an image with a widespread color imbalance, increase the saturation of a drab photo, colorize a black-and-white photo, and more.


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Copyright 2006 Type & Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved. "Adobe Photoshop CS2 One-on-One," by Deke McClelland. ISBN 0-596-10096-5. Used with permission from the publisher. This book is available from booksellers or direct from O'Reilly Media, www.oreilly.com

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