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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Color and tonal correction
Last updated 7/26/2011
Quickly saturate or desaturate isolated areas
The Sponge tool saturates or desaturates areas of the image. You can use the Sponge tool to bring out or mute the color
on an object or area.
1 Select the Sponge tool . If you do not see the Sponge tool, look for the Dodge or Burn tool.
2 Set the tool options in the Options bar.
Brushes pop-up menu 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.
Mode Sets whether to saturate or desaturate.
Flow Sets the strength of the tool with each stroke. In Saturate mode, a higher percentage increases the saturation. In
Desaturate mode, a higher percentage increases the desaturation.
Correcting color casts
Correct color casts by comparing variations of an image
You can make color and tonal adjustments in the Color Variations dialog box by comparing and choosing different
thumbnail variations of the photo. Color Variations works best for average tone images that don’t require precise color
adjustments.
Note: You can’t use the Color Variations command with images in Indexed Color mode.
