Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

5 Click and hold the View
Previous State button to
view the image before
the slider changes were
added to the
adjustment.
The adjustment is
temporarily hidden.
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6 Release the mouse
button to view the
adjustment again.
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7 Click and drag to adjust the
sliders to increase or decrease the
vibrance and saturation.
Note: You can optionally change
the adjustment layer’s blend mode
or reduce the layer’s opacity to
alter the adjustment.
TIPS
Did You Know?
You can selectively increase the
vibrance of an area in an image by
painting with the Sponge tool ( ),
which is grouped with the Dodge
and Burn tools in the toolbar. In
the Sponge tool Options bar, select
Saturate for the Mode and click
Vibrance ( changes to ).
More Options!
You can remove the Vibrance
adjustment layer by clicking the
trash can ( ) in the adjustment
layer Properties panel.
You can reset the adjustments
to the default settings by clicking
the Reset button ( ) in the
adjustment layer Properties panel.
Try This!
An adjustment layer affects all the
layers below it in the Layers panel.
You can restrict the affect of the
Vibrance adjustment only to the
layer immediately below it by
clicking the Clip to Layer button
( ) in the adjustment layer
Properties panel. This is particularly
useful if you made a selection to
be adjusted and placed the
selection on a separate layer.
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