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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
3 From the Source menu in the Image Statistics area of the Match Color dialog box, choose the source image whose
colors you’ll be matching in the target image. Choose None when you don’t want to reference a different image to
calculate the color adjustment. With None chosen, the target image and the source image are the same.
If necessary, usethe Layermenutochoosethe layerfromthe source imagewhose colors youwanttomatch.You can
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o choose Merged from the Layer menu to match the colors from all the layers in the source image.
4 If you made a selection in the image, do one or more of the following:
• In the Destination Image area, select Ignore Selection When Applying Adjustment if you’re applying the
adjustment to the entire target image. This option ignores the selection in the target image and applies the
adjustment to the entire target image.
• In theImage Statistics area,selectUse SelectionInSourceToCalculate Colors if youmadeaselectioninthe source
image and want to use the colors in the selection to compute the adjustment. Deselect this option to ignore the
selection in the source image, and use the colors from the entire source image to compute the adjustment.
• In the Image Statistics area, select Use Selection In Target To Calculate Adjustment if you made a selection in the
target imageand want to usethe colors in theselection to calculatethe adjustment.Deselectthisoptiontoignore
the selection in the target image and compute the adjustment by using the colors of the entire target image.
5 To automatically remove a color cast in the target image, select the Neutralize option. Make sure the Preview
option is selected so that your image is updated as you make adjustments.
6 To increase or decrease the brightness in the target image, move the Luminance slider. Alternatively, enter a value
in the Luminance text box. The maximum value is 200, the minimum is 1, and the default is 100.
7 To adjust the color saturation in the target image, adjust the Color Intensity slider. Alternatively, enter a value in
the Color Intensity text box. The maximum value is 200, the minimum is 1 (which produces a grayscale image), and
the default is 100.
8 To control the amount of adjustment applied to the image, move the Fade slider. Moving the slider to the right
reduces the adjustment.
9 Click OK.
To match the color of two layers in the same image
1 (Optional) Make a selection in the layer you want to match. This is useful when matching a color region (for
example, facial skin tones) in one layer with a region in another.
If you don’t make a selection, then the Match Color matches the colors of the entire source layer.
2 Make sure the layer you want to target (apply the color adjustment to) is active, and then choose Image >
Adjustments > Match Color.
3 From theSourcemenuinthe ImageStatisticsareaofthe MatchColor dialog box, make sure that theimage in the
Source menu is the same as the target image.
4 Use the Layer menu to choose the layer whose colors you want to match. You can also choose Merged from the
Layer menu to match the colors from all the layers.