User Guide

Using Image Effects266
Original image
Color correction using Contrast.
Brightness moves all values on a curve
to a brighter tone or darker tone.
Color correction using Brightness.
To correct colors using contrast
and brightness:
1 Choose Effects menu > Tonal
Control > Correct Colors.
2 In the Color Correction dialog box,
choose Contrast and Brightness
from the pop-up menu.
3 For each color you want to adjust,
click the color icon and adjust the
Contrast and Brightness sliders.
Color icons in the Color Correction dialog box.
Tip
Click the gray Master icon to adjust all
color curves at once.
Correcting Colors Using
Curve
The Curve method lets you drag the
color curves to reshape them. This lets
you to create very specific changes in
color values.
Color correction using the Curve method.
You can control the overall effect of
your changes using the Effect slider.
The slider controls how much of the
curve moves in response to your
dragging. When the slider is all the
way to the right, the entire curve
moves. As the value is reduced, a
smaller portion of the curve moves.