Adobe 65045315 - Photoshop Elements Use Manual page 96

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
Camera raw files
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Correcting the white balance
A. Moving the Temperature slider to the right corrects a photo taken at a higher color temperature of light. B. Moving the Temperature slider
to the left corrects a photo taken at a lower color temperature of light. C. Photo after the color temperature has been adjusted.
Fine-tunes the white balance to compensate for a green or magenta tint. Move the slider to the left (negative
Tint
values) to add green to the photo; move it to the right (positive values) to add magenta.
To adjust the white balance quickly, select the White Balance tool, and then click an area in the preview image that
should be a neutral gray or white. The Temperature and Tint sliders automatically adjust to make the selected color
exactly neutral (if possible). If you're clicking whites, choose a highlight area that contains significant white detail rather
than a specular highlight.
Using White Balance to click a neutral white area, and resulting correction
Tonal and image adjustments in camera raw files
Adjusts the brightness or darkness of an image. Move the slider to the left to darken the image; move it to
Exposure
the right to brighten the image. The values are in increments equivalent to f-stops. An adjustment of +1.50 is similar
to widening the aperture one and one-half stops. Likewise, an adjustment of -1.50 is similar to reducing the aperture
one and one-half stops.
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