Select Select area > Tap select to make a selection.
Last updated on
Feb. 25, 2025
Enhance details, correct color imbalance, and create dramatic effects in specific parts of the photo.
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Watch this video and learn how to select an area of an image and adjust the hue, saturation, and more.
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Tip:
You can use any other selection tools available in the Select area tool group.
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Select the checkmark if the selection looks good.
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Select Adjust area and choose from the following as needed:
- Hue and saturation: Change colors, saturation, and lightness.
- Brightness and Contrast: Make simple adjustments to the tonal range.
- Black and white: Change color to black and white.
- Color balance: Adjust the balance of color throughout.
- Exposure: Make adjustments to the amount of light.
- Curves: Adjust the lightness and darkness of an image using a curve.
- Vibrance: Enhance muted colors.
Note:Any edits you make using the listed options will be applied to a new adjustment layer and will be non-destructive in nature.
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To make further adjustments, make a selection and then select Fill area > Color fill to colorize the image and create a similar non-destructive adjustment layer.
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Open Layers panel. Then, select the adjustment layer that you’d like to refine further.
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Select Layer properties and adjust the following as needed:
- Blend and opacity: Create subtle or dramatic blends and control the transparency of layers.
- Edit mask: Finetune the mask to add or subtract areas.
- Modify mask: Refine the mask using options like Expand/Contract, Feather, Smooth, Make Border, and Transform Mask.
- Transform: Resize, rotate, or skew the layer.
