Changing a Photo’s Colors

The Adjust pane provides ways to perform several types of color-related adjustments. With the Saturation slider, you can adjust the vividness of a photo’s colors. Turn down the saturation to create a muted, pastel look or to compensate for a camera’s overly enthusiastic built-in color settings. Or turn up the saturation to make a photo’s colors more intense.

With the Temperature and Tint sliders, you can change a photo’s color balance, fix a color cast introduced by artificial light or caused by fading film, or create a special effect to make a photo feel warmer or colder.

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