Adobe 29180155 - Photoshop Elements 4.0 Tutorial page 72

Original (top), and after adjusting skin tone (bottom)
1. Open the photo and select the layer that needs correction.
2. Choose Enhance > Adjust Color > Adjust Color For Skin Tone.
3. Click an area of skin.
Photoshop Elements automatically adjusts the colors in the image. Changes might be subtle.
Note: Make sure Preview is selected so that you can see the color changes as they occur.
4. (Optional) Drag any of the following sliders to fine-tune the correction:
Tan Increases or decreases the level of brown in skin tones.
Blush Increases or decreases the level of red in skin tones.
Temperature Changes the overall color of skin tones.
5. When you're finished, click OK. Or, to cancel your changes and start over, click Reset.
Adjust saturation in isolated areas
The Sponge tool changes the color saturation of an area.
Increasing saturation by scrubbing with the Sponge tool
1. Select the Sponge tool.
2. Set tool options in the options bar:
Mode Increases or decreases color saturation. Choose Saturate to intensify the color's saturation. In grayscale, Saturate
increases contrast. Choose Desaturate to dilute the color's saturation. In grayscale, Desaturate decreases contrast.
Brush Sets the brush tip. Click the arrow next to the brush sample, choose a brush category from the Brushes pop-up menu,
and then select a brush thumbnail.
Size Sets the size of the brush, in pixels. Drag the Size slider or enter a size in the text box.
Flow Sets the rate of saturation change. Drag the Flow pop-up slider or enter a value in the text box.
3. Drag over the part of the image you want to modify.
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