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Petrula
Inspiring
October 27, 2023
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Point Color - What effect does Range slider have?

  • October 27, 2023
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Lightroom Classic 13.0.1  Camera Raw 16.0
Windows 10 Pro, Version 22H2, OS build 19045.3448

The new "Point Color" has a Range slider (with values from 0 to 100) which is supposedly independent of the Hue Range, Saturation Range, and Luminance Range sliders.

It is unclear why the Range slider is even there. It is unclear what values the Range slider represents. For example, if it has a value of 50, what does that mean with respect to the Hue Range, Saturation Range, and Luminance Range?

Once I set my Hue Range, Saturation Range, and Luminance Range sliders I should know precisely my ranges.

However, the Range slider could also be adding something to those ranges so I would not know the actual ranges for Hue, Saturation, and Luminance.

If the Range slider has a value of 0, does it mean that it would not have any effect so one can assume the Hue Range, Saturation Range, and Luminance Range respresent the actual ranges?

Thank you in advance for the feedback.

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    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    October 27, 2023

    The range slider affects what nearby colors are affected by the tool. A bigger number on the range slider affects more nearby colors, a smaller number affects fewer nearby colors. You can see what colors in the photo are affected by clicking on "Visualize Range"; the colors not affected are actually then shown in black and white. By clicking the triangle to the right of the Range slider, you have even more control over what luminances are affected, what saturations are affected and what hues are affected.

     

    There are plenty of videos on YouTube that demonstrate what I just said in motion and in color.

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    PetrulaAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 27, 2023

    With the Visualize Range checked, as one changes the Range slider from 0 to 100, one sees the colors which are effected change. However, there is no visible change to the the Hue Range, Saturation Range, and Luminance Range which seems very strange. Why do they not change to reflect the range change by the Range slider?

    dj_paige
    dj_paige
    Legend
    October 28, 2023

    But you forgot to mention the Hue Range, Saturation Range, and Luminance Range sliders which are independent of the Range slider.

     

    It is like having two managers. One manager tells you to paint the house blue while the other tells you to paint it green. If you do both at the same time, the result will be strange.


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    But you forgot to mention the Hue Range, Saturation Range, and Luminance Range sliders which are independent of the Range slider.

     

    It is like having two managers. One manager tells you to paint the house blue while the other tells you to paint it green. If you do both at the same time, the result will be strange.


    By @Petrula

     

     I disagree. It's like having two different tools that do similar things, some overlap between the tools, but more fine control using the Hue Range, Saturation Range and Luminance Range controls.You can ignore the range slider and only use the Hue Range, Saturation Range and Luminance Range controls, if that works for you. And you can do the opposite to, just use the range slider and ignore the Hue Range, Saturation Range and Luminance Range tools, if that works for you. A clear improvement over having just one tool, and a clear improvement over having the HSL sliders.

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