Color Adjustment Tab

The Color Adjustment tab provides some basic tools to manually adjust the output color.

Each color channel is listed separately as a linearization curve that determines what percentage of coverage is used (output) for a specified percentage in the original image (input).


Preview	Shows the changes in your color settings reflected in the preview pane.
Channel	Select the color channel you want to edit.
Output	The value for the point that is selected on the linearization curve. Click on the curve to select a different point to edit. You can also select a point by clicking on the input axis label. To change the value at a given point on the curve, edit the value in the Output field, or click and drag the point up or down.
Contrast	Adjusts the amount of contrast in the image. This setting is only available when All color channels are selected.
Vividness	Adjusts the vividness of the image. Higher settings boost color saturation and brightness at the expense of color fidelity and detail. Lower settings decrease color saturation and brightness, but increase contrast. This setting is only available when All color channels are selected. Also, you must have an ICC profile selected in the Color Management tab.
	Click the Variations button to open the Variations dialog. See Working with Variations for more information.
Advanced	Click to edit the color settings in the image using a more advanced model. This setting is only available when All color channels are selected. Also, you must have an ICC profile selected in the Color Management tab.
	Brightness	Higher values make all colors in the image lighter in shade. Lower values darken the colors in the image.
	Global Hue	This setting adjusts the overall hue of the picture. It can make the image bluish, or sepia-toned. For this setting, the range of values from -100% to +100% represents the spectrum of colors that you can apply to the image.
	Saturation	Higher values increase the amount of color in the image, but can reduce the contrast and detail. Lower values reduce the amount of color.
	Reset	Click to reset all sliders to their defaults.
	Click OK to accept changes and return to the Color Adjustment tab.
Delete	Deletes the selected point from the linearization curve.
Reset	Restores the values and settings for the current channel to its original states.
Reset All	Restores the values and settings for all channels to their original states.