Color

Selective color

Edits one colour range and shows you exactly what it selected.

Selective color: a color effect on the built-in sample photograph. Computed on your machine right now.
Open Selective color in the studio

Controls

target
The colour to work on, picked by eye from the frame rather than by degrees on a wheel
range
How wide a band of hue is taken. Past half the wheel there is nothing left to select — everything is in
softness
Softness of the band edge. At zero a line appears across smooth colour transitions that was never in the frame
min color
How colourful a pixel must be to be selected. Grey has no hue, and editing it would just paint the noise in the shadows
hue shift
Turns the hue of everything selected. Small moves are what makes grass go golden without touching the sky
saturation
A number from 0 to 2, 1.3 by default.
lightness
A number from 0.4 to 1.6, 1 by default.
show selection
Paints the selection white and everything else black. Without it a narrow band cannot be aimed — the edit alone is too faint to judge
contrast
A number from -1 to 1, 0 by default.

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