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Adobe Photoshop CS2 |
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Lesson 16 |
Learning how to change the
saturation of color in specific
areas using the Sponge tool |
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Introduction |
The Sponge tool, when set to Desaturate,
decreases saturation of color in a
color image or decreases contrast in
a grayscale image; when set to
Saturate, increases saturation of
color in a color image or increases
contrast in a grayscale image.
The following lesson will teach you how to
increase saturation of color in
specific areas by using the Sponge
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In Lesson #15, we have darkened some areas in the
photo.
In this lesson, we will increase the saturation
of color in the red building.
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Step #1: |
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From the
“Toolbox”:
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Select the
[ Zoom ]
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Step #2: |
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Drag a rectangle to enclose the top
of the red building. |
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The image enlarges so that the top
of the red building fills the
document window. |
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Step #3: |
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From the
“Toolbox”:
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Look for
“Retouching tools”.
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Over
“Dodge”
tool,
hold down the mouse button above the
small triangle to show all the
hidden tools.
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Click to select the
[ Sponge ]
tool. |
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Step #4: |
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In the “Options bar”:
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Click the small triangle next to
“Brush”
to show the brush pop-up palette.
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Select a small, hard-edged brush, such as 3.
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After that, click outside the palette to close
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Step #5: |
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Select Saturate in the
“Mode”
pop-up menu.
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Enter 70 in
“Flow”. |
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Step #6: |
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Using the Sponge tool, drag over the
green spike on the red building.
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Step #7: |
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In the “Options bar”:
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Click the small triangle next to
“Brush”
to show the brush pop-up palette.
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Select a large, soft-edged brush, such as 21.
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After that, click outside the palette to close
it. |
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Step #8: |
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Using the Sponge tool, drag with
smooth, broad sweeps over the red
building.
Notice:
Repeated sweep will intensify the
effect and make the colors appear
unreal. |
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Step #9: |
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From the
“Toolbox”:
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Select the
[ Hand ]
tool. |
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Step #10: |
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Drag with the hand to scroll the
document window so we can see other
areas of the red building.
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Select the
[ Sponge ]
tool
again.
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Using the Sponge tool, continue to drag over the
red building. |
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Step #11: |
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Go to the
“Menu bar”.
Choose View > Fit on Screen |
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The colors on the red building are
strengthened. |
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Step #12: |
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Go to the
“Menu bar”
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Choose File > Save
Save our work and then go to the
next lesson. |
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Before |
After |
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Conclusion |
In this lesson, we learned to
increase the saturation of color in specific
areas in an image by using the
Sponge tool. |
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