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To use the Limit Effect controls to change a specific color

1

With the Color Corrector filter already applied, click the Select Color eyedropper.

Click the Select
Color eyedropper.

2

In the Canvas, click the eyedropper in the man’s red pants to select a primary key color.

Try to pick a color value that lies somewhere between the brightest and darkest areas to
which you’re trying to limit the effect.

Click a color in the pants
to get a good starting
value of red.

The Limit Effect controls
change to include the
selected color range.

Now, you’ll make a hue adjustment so that you can see the area you’re trying to isolate.

3

To make the pants pink, rotate the Hue control toward magenta.

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Chapter 82

Color Correction Examples