{"id":21622,"date":"2020-04-18T15:40:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T19:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=21622"},"modified":"2020-04-18T15:40:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T19:40:50","slug":"6-reasons-need-photoshops-selective-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/21622\/6-reasons-need-photoshops-selective-color\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Reasons You Need Photoshop\u2019s Selective Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21626 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SelectiveColor_original.jpg\" alt=\"SelectiveColor_original\" width=\"425\" height=\"479\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Original\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21627 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SelectiveColor_pastels.jpg\" alt=\"SelectiveColor_pastels\" width=\"425\" height=\"479\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Tints\u00a0with less black<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21625 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/SelectiveColor_blacks.jpg\" alt=\"SelectiveColor_blacks\" width=\"425\" height=\"479\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Shades\u00a0with more black<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Either it\u2019s because it\u2019s old school (It\u2019s one of the first tools introduced in Photoshop.) or because it\u2019s subtle (And it\u2019s wonderfully precise.) or because it\u2019s misunderstood (Is this really an issue with CMYK?), Selective Color is one of the most overlooked color adjustment tools in Photoshop. But I consider it an\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">essential tool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Photoshop\u2019s Selective Color image adjustment feature is great for two things.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>First, it\u2019s great for cleaning color casts selectively out of highlights, shadows, neutrals - or for adjusting specific ranges of colors with great precision. Second, it\u2019s great for turning colors into pastels, either lighter or darker, which can soften a palette exquisitely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here are six reasons to use Selective Color.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<br><script src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js\"><\/script><form method=\"post\" id=\"los-pp-form\"><table cellpadding=\"7\" style=\"background-color:#eee;border:1px solid #C0C0C0\"><tr><td colspan=\"2\">Insights Members can login to read the full article.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Email:<\/td><td> <input name=\"los_pp_email\" type=\"text\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><button class=\"g-recaptcha\" type=\"submit\" data-sitekey=\"6LecTYkqAAAAAHJvkyBxFs7D81oS4wjaoHknShEt\" data-callback=\"onSubmit\">Login<\/button> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/get-news\/\">Sign up<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/form><script> function onSubmit(token) { document.getElementById(\"los-pp-form\").submit(); } <\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original\u00a0 Tints\u00a0with less black Shades\u00a0with more black Either it\u2019s because it\u2019s old school (It\u2019s one of the first tools introduced in Photoshop.) or because it\u2019s subtle (And it\u2019s wonderfully precise.) or because it\u2019s misunderstood (Is this really an issue with CMYK?), Selective Color is one&#8230;<\/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":[1428],"tags":[136,3975,116,3131,141],"post_folder":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.8 - 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