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Wouldn\u2019t it be great if you could selectively adjust colors based on how saturated they are in Photoshop? You can! How? With a free plug-in, Adobe provides called Multiplugin; it hasn\u2019t been updated since Photoshop CS5 but it still works with current versions.<\/p>\n
Why would you want to do this? <\/strong> You might ask yourself, \u201cIsn\u2019t relative saturation adjustment what Vibrance does?\u201d Yes and no. Yes. Vibrance does saturate the less saturated colors more than the more saturated colors and it prevents clipping in the most saturated colors. No. Vibrance offers no control over which ranges of saturation are affected; it can only adjust saturation but not lightness or hue, and it limits how strong an adjustment you can make \u2013 it won\u2019t produce effects as strong as Hue\/Saturation. Semi-neutrals not interesting enough? Try selecting the low levels of saturation and shifting their hue. Cool them with cyan and\/or blue. Warm them with yellow and\/or red. Or, try a Renaissance painting technique and add brown.<\/p>\n Throughout the history of photography, most people didn\u2019t think about color this way because they didn\u2019t have the ability to do it. Now you can. It\u2019s well worth your time to explore this new way of seeing, thinking about, and adjusting color.<\/p>\n How do you install Photoshop\u2019s Multiplugin ?<\/strong> Take these steps on Windows.<\/p>\n Or \u2026 Among other things, the Multiplugin will add a filter to the menu Filter > Other called HSB\/HSL. The image converted to HSB exhibits color distortions.<\/p>\n The image filtered to HSL exhibits different color distortions.<\/p>\n The saturation mask made from the Green channel<\/p>\n There are small differences between choosing to simulate HSB or HSL. When in doubt, test both and then pick the one that give you the most useful Green channel tonal structure.<\/p>\n Selections based on the Green channel will target more saturated values. The more saturated the color is in the original, the lighter the values will be in the channel, the more it will be selected \u2013 and vice versa. You can invert the channel or mask to target less saturated values instead (Image > Adjustments > Invert). And you can adjust the relative brightness or contrast of the values in a mask by applying Curves to the channel or mask (Image > Adjustments > Curves). By adjusting the contrast of the channel or mask you\u2019ll find you have an extraordinary ability to very precisely target all colors with specific ranges of saturation.<\/p>\n Can you target only medium ranges of saturation ?<\/strong> Using these same techniques you can target both high and low but not mid ranges of saturation \u2026<\/p>\n Can you target specific ranges of saturation in specific hues only?<\/strong> Remember, if a tool like Hue\/Saturation offers the ability to target a specific range of hues then this type of mask is unnecessary. Save yourself time and preserve future flexibility in your file structure by using the selectivity of the tool instead.<\/p>\n Can you target specific ranges of saturation in specific tonal values only?<\/strong> When you combine multiple types of masks (as in the last two examples) you can create a more flexible file structure by using two masks for one layer. Instead of filling the saturation mask when the second hue or luminance selection is active, first put the layer or adjustment layer with the saturation mask into a Group (Layer > New > Group from Layers) and then use the second selection to mask the Group. By doing this, you\u2019ll be able to adjust the selections\/masks independently of one another.<\/p>\n Do you have enough control yet?<\/p>\n This all sounds more complicated than it is. Despite my efforts to make this sound as simple as possible, but not simpler than necessary, if you actually saw this done you\u2019d realize how simple it is. While you might take this on faith, I doubt that you\u2019ll truly believe me until you try it yourself. So, try it. When you actually practice it, you\u2019ll realize that you\u2019re doing what was previously impossible in photography with as few as five steps in Photoshop. The time it takes to do this can be measured in seconds. It\u2019s not the technique that is challenging.<\/p>\n The real challenge is learning to see in new ways. Start by training your eye through experimentation. Try it. Experience it first-hand. See what happens. While you\u2019re testing these waters, say what you\u2019re seeing. There\u2019s no better way to train your eye. If you learn this technique you\u2019ll see with more sensitivity and sophistication.<\/p>\n Read more about Selections & Masks.<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Original Increased saturation in high ranges of saturation only Red and blue added to high ranges of saturation only Wouldn\u2019t it be great if you could selectively adjust colors based on how saturated they are in Photoshop? You can! How? With a free plug-in, Adobe…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[2725],"tags":[245,1601,141],"post_folder":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDo you have images where semi-neutrals not saturated enough, but you don\u2019t want other colors to get too saturated? Select the less saturated colors before adjusting them. Do you have images where you\u2019d like to reduce the saturation of very saturated colors without affecting other levels of saturation? Select the more saturate colors before adjusting them. You can even select colors with medium saturation, separating them from both the high and low range of saturation. Using this technique, you can produce subtle color effects that aren\u2019t possible with any other method.<\/p>\n
\nSaturation masks aren\u2019t for saturation adjustments only. This simple selection\/mask can be used with any color adjustment tool in Photoshop, greatly expanding your ability to adjust color. Imagine adjusting the lightness and\/or hue of high, medium, or low ranges of saturation independently of one another.<\/p>\n
\nWhere do you find Photoshop\u2019s Multiplugin ?<\/strong>
\nFind the Mac version here – http:\/\/adobe.ly\/1A3WIRp<\/a>.
\nFind the Windows version here – http:\/\/adobe.ly\/1JLsjrf<\/a><\/p>\n
\nTake these steps on Mac.<\/p>\n\n
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\nHow do you Photoshop\u2019s Multiplugin ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
\n6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With the selection active make a mask (Highlight a desired layer and click the mask icon in the Layers palette.) or make an adjustment layer (Here, the mask will be automatically made.)<\/p>\n
\nThe plug-in works by simulating the HSL color space, which uses one channel for Hue, one channel for Saturation, and one channel for Luminosity; it doesn\u2019t actually convert files into the HSL color space, instead they stay in RGB. (The filter only works with RGB files; it doesn\u2019t work with Lab or CMYK files.) After filtration, the Red channel maps Hue, the Green channel maps Saturation, and the Blue channel maps Luminosity. Typically this causes gross color distortions. So, apply the filter to a duplicate copy of the file you want to use it on.<\/p>\n![\"Incubation](\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4_HSB.jpg\")
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\nYes! Here\u2019s how.<\/p>\n\n
\nYes! Add a selection of a hue into the mix. Here\u2019s how.<\/p>\n\n
\nYes! Add a selection of a range of luminosity into the mix. Here\u2019s how.<\/p>\n\n
\nLearn more in my digital photography\u00a0and digital printing workshops.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"