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What is the HSL tab in Lightroom?
The colors that you see in the Hue/Saturation/Lightness (HSL) tab in Lightroom are based on three separate measures: Hue, Saturation, and Lightness.
The HSL tab allows you to adjust the color in a photograph. It is found in the Adjustments panel (Image > Adjustments) and is accessible in many ways. You can adjust the Hue, Saturation and Luminance separately or combine them. The Hue slider is a color wheel that allows you to choose a hue (red, yellow, green etc). The Saturation slider is a dial that controls how much of the color has been changed. The Luminance slider is similar to the brightness setting on a camera and controls the overall lightness or darkness of the image.
When you use the Hue, Saturation and Luminance sliders, you can see the effect on your image by clicking the preview thumbnail in the Layers panel. You can adjust these settings by using the keyboard shortcuts shown below, or by selecting one of the sliders and pressing Shift+Up Arrow to select a different setting, or pressing Shift+Down Arrow to reverse the setting.
How do I use HSL color in Lightroom?
HSL (Hue Saturation Lightness) is a color system that helps us to adjust lightness, saturation and hue. HSL Color is a color system that helps you adjust the lightness and saturation of your image while keeping the hues constant. This enables you to edit the color of your photo in Lightroom without affecting the overall look of the picture.
Lightroom comes with a basic HSL Color adjustment panel in the Adjustment Panel window. The Hue Saturation Lightness (HSL) Color panel enables you to control the lightness, saturation and hue of your image. You can adjust the color of your image using the sliders on the panel, with the following three adjustments.
1. HSL/Color – This option lets you adjust the colors of your image by adjusting its lightness, saturation and hue.
2. Saturation – This option adjusts the saturation of your image.
3. Saturation – This option adjusts the saturation of your image.
In order to use the sliders on the HSL Color panel, you must first set the Color Mode to HSL Color. To do this, simply click on the Color Mode menu on the left side of the panel, and select HSL Color.
Now, when you adjust the color of your image, the sliders will be displayed on the right side of the panel. The sliders move in the direction of the axis. They are labeled with the letters A, B, C and D.
Each slider represents a different color channel, which can be adjusted independently. For example, the A slider controls the red color channel, the B slider controls the blue channel, and the C slider controls the green channel.
The A slider has three positions: -50%, 0% and +50%. The -50% position sets the color of the image to pure black, whereas the +50% position sets the color of the image to pure white. Similarly, the B and C sliders have two positions each: -100%, 0% and 100%. The -100% position sets the color of the image to pure black, whereas the +100% position sets the color of the image to pure white.
To access these sliders, you must first set the color mode to HSL Color.
HSL Color does not work for every image, as it relies on the colors of the subject in the image. If your image is composed of a single solid color (for example, a piece of clothing in the photo), then you can adjust the colors of the image using the Basic Panel Adjustments.
How do I master color and tone in Lightroom?
What do you do when you see the same picture of a subject in different colors? How do you choose the right settings for photos taken at sunset? Or for the blue hour? In this article, we’ll explain how to master color and tone in Lightroom.
The easiest way to achieve a specific color look in a photo is to use a preset in Lightroom. Presets contain a range of options, including camera profiles. The default white balance settings for your camera will determine the colors in your photo. In fact, many photographers spend much of their time fine-tuning their camera settings.
If you shoot in RAW format, you can adjust the white balance of your camera settings, and the RAW file will include the changes. With the right setting, a photo will appear as though you took it with a different camera.
To create the right look in Lightroom, open your image in Develop Mode (see How to shoot in Lightroom). Use the Tone Curve tool to add or subtract highlights, shadows, midtones and highlights. To make a photo look warmer or cooler, use the Temperature slider to add or subtract heat to the highlights and shadows.
The Hue slider changes the overall colors, adding yellow or orange to one area or red to another. This is a great way to change the colors in a picture without changing the saturation.
Saturation allows you to make changes in the amount of color in a photo. If you lower the Saturation setting, the photo will become softer.
With the Sharpness slider, you can sharpen an image or make it look more blurry. You can also sharpen the edges of your photo, which will make it look sharper.
To add contrast, use the Contrast slider. A high contrast level will make your photo more vivid.
The Vibrance slider lets you add or subtract color. Vibrance adds color, and desaturates the colors in a photo.
You can add color to a photo by using the Color Balance tool in the Develop menu. There are seven presets for color balancing. If you don’t find a particular color that you want in a photo, you can use a custom color balance.
Using the Histogram, you can quickly see the color and exposure range in a photo. In Lightroom, the histogram shows the exposure, color balance, and brightness. You can use it to find the right settings for color, tone and exposure.
How do I enable HSL in Lightroom?
To enable HSL in Lightroom, follow these steps:
1. Open Lightroom.
2. In the Library module, select the photo you want to adjust.
3. Click the HSL tab located at the bottom of the screen.
4. In the tab, you can adjust the following settings: -Warmness: Use the slider to adjust the warmth of the colors. -Saturation: Use the slider to adjust the saturation of the colors.