Lightroom 3: Streamlining Your Digital Photography ... - Ken Gilbert

⌘+Option+Shift+H or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H
Activate the targeted
adjustment for Hue
⌘+Option+Shift+S or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S
Activate the targeted
adjustment for
Saturation
⌘+Option+Shift+L or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L
Activate the targeted
adjustment for
Luminance
⌘+Option+Shift+G or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G
Activate the targeted
adjustment for Black and
White Mix
⌘+Option+Shift+N or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N
To deactivate all targeted
adjustment tools.
Use targeted adjustments in HSL
You can quickly and easily adjust
colors in the photo (including
darkening and lightening them)
with the target adjustment tool,
available in each of the hs l pa nel
sections. Th is is much easier than
adjusting sliders directly. More
importantly, when you use the
targeted adjustment tool in hs l;
several sliders are oft en adjusted
at once. Th is provides much more
accurate adjustments and allows
you to fi ne-tune colors by directly
manipulating them in the preview;
see Figure 4–55.
Simulating a polarizing fi lter
One very useful application of the
Luminance adjustment is darkening
blue skies.
Figure 4-55
Watch for noise
When adjusting colors in the hs l pa nel, keep an eye out for the
introduction of noise as a result. Th is especially applies when lowering
Luminance, such as when darkening skies.
Hiding and showing
panel adjustments
Most of the panels in the Figure 4-56
Develop module include a small button (like a switch; see Figure 4–56)
to temporarily hide and show the eff ects of that panel’s adjustments.
Like a light switch, up is “on” and down is “off ”. Rather than Before and
Aft er or Undo/Redo, you can use this to show all the eff ects of a single
panel. Th is is especially useful with the hs l pa nel. Turning on and off a
panel’s adjustments is tracked in history, is undoable, and can be saved
as part of a preset.
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