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Contents
Inside Photoshop
  The Photoshop work area
Working with files
  Opening, saving, and creating new files
   File size
  Size and resolution
Working with images
  Selecting
  Copying and pasting
  Layering
  Manipulating and editing
Adding text
Saving
 
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Assignment
  Working with images
 
Contents

Moving the image : Transforming the geometry of an image : Transforming hue, saturation, and brightness : Using filters
 
Tranforming hue, saturation, and brightness

Transforming color is one of the most useful and powerful features Photoshop contains. It is also one of the most complex. In this section, we will introduce you to only two of the operations you can use to change the hue, saturation, and brightness of an image.

Under Image>Adjust there are several simple commands you can use to control the color of your image. For example:

 
  Brightness/Contrast
  This command is easy to use and, as the name implies, can be used to adjust the overall brightness and contrast of your image. Adjust the sliders, and watch the affect they have on your image.
   
  Color Balance
  Color Balance controls the overall hue of your image. Hue is "pure color" and is measured on a continuous 360 degree circle. It is probably what you envision when someone uses the word "color." The Color Balance dialogue box looks like this:
   
 

 
On the right-hand side of the dialogue box are the primary colors: red, green, blue. On the left are the secondary colors: cyan, magenta, yellow. Adjusting the sliders changes the overall balance of color in your image. Want to know more about how primary and secondary colors relate to one another? Have a look here.