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5 Drag the hue, saturation, and lightness sliders
(or enter values in the text boxes) to change
the color of the selected areas.
6 Click OK to replace the color.
Using the Selective Color command
Like the other color correction tools, the Selective
Color command lets you correct imbalances and
adjust colors. Selective color correction is a
technique used by high-end scanners and
separation programs to increase and decrease the
amount of the process colors in each of the
additive and subtractive primary color compo-
nents in an image.
Selective color correction is based on a table that
shows the amount of each process ink used to
create each primary color. By increasing and
decreasing the amount of a process ink in relation
to the other process inks, you can modify the
amount of a process color in any primary color
selectively—without affecting any other primary
colors. For example, you can use selective color
correction to dramatically decrease the cyan in the
green component of an image while leaving the
cyan in the blue component unaltered.
Note: You must be viewing the composite channel to
use the Selective Color command. (See "Using the
Channels palette" on page 240.)
To use the Selective Color command:
Open the Selective Color dialog box, as
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described in "Using color adjustment commands"
on page 105.
Choose the color you want to adjust from the
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Colors menu at the top of the dialog box. Color
sets consist of the primary additive and subtractive
colors plus whites, neutrals, and blacks.
For Method, select an option:
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Relative to change the existing amount of cyan,
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magenta, yellow, or black by its percentage of the
total. For example, if you start with a pixel that is
50% magenta and add 10%, 5% is added to the
magenta (10% of 50% = 5%) for a total of 55%
magenta. (This option cannot adjust pure specular
white, which contains no color components.)
Absolute to adjust the color in absolute values.
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For example, if you start with a pixel that is 50%
magenta and add 10%, the magenta ink is set to a
total of 60%.
Note: The adjustment is based on how close a color
is to one of the indicated correction points. For
example, a pixel that contains 50% magenta is not at
any exact correction point, and so will get a mix of
corrections.
Drag the sliders to increase or decrease the
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components in the selected color.
Use the Info palette to show before and
after color values.
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