Photoshop Top 40, Feature #28: Hue/Saturation

Were I inclined to be purely objective, I would tell you that the ages-old Hue/Saturation command is growing somewhat long in the tooth. For example, if your primary purpose is to increase the saturation of an image, you're better off exploiting the Vibrance command or the Lab mode.

Even so, Hue/Saturation continues to do something that no other feature does: It lets you edit one range of colors independently of all others--without defining a selection or mask--all from inside a single dialog box or palette. And it does this so very easily and so very credibly, that you can get in and out of an image without anyone being the wiser.

The upshot: I can take this photo of a woman holding a mirror-image hue wheel (from T. Tulic of microstock image vendor Folotlia):

And warm up nothing but her chartreuse sweater and the green highlights in her hair, as demonstrated below:

Between you and me, I did add an itsy-bitsy layer mask. But what's a little masking between friends? And besides, just look at those edges--they're impeccable!

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