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April 30, 2017
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How to make a blue sky bluer? Or darken any other specific color in a photo? [was: Dave P.]

  • April 30, 2017
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I'm sorry, but I've totally forgotten how to do this.     What do I do pr where do I go in Elements to make a blue sky bluer?   Or darken any other specific color in a photo?

Thanks...................

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April 30, 2017

depvisionquest  wrote

I'm sorry, but I've totally forgotten how to do this.     What do I do pr where do I go in Elements to make a blue sky bluer?   Or darken any other specific color in a photo?

Thanks...................

  1. Make a selection of the sky or the object using one of the selection tools, e.g. lasso, selection brush
  2. Place the selection on its own layer (CTRL+J)
  3. Open a Hue/saturation adjustment layer above this, and link these 2 layers (CTRL+G)
  4. Work the 3 sliders to best advantage