Apple Aperture 3.5 - Manual (Page 324)

Chapter 7 Make image adjustments 324
Brush the Vibrancy adjustment on an image
You use the Vibrancy Quick Brush adjustment to add saturation just to desaturated colors in a
specific area of an image. Skin tones are not affected.
Before Vibrancy adjustment After Vibrancy adjustment
(added saturation to desaturated colors
in the green wave)
Note: You can also apply a Vibrancy adjustment by brushing the Enhance adjustment on an
image. However, brushing the Enhance adjustment on an image applies the Contrast, Definition,
Saturation, Vibrancy, and Tint parameter settings. You use the Quick Brush equivalents when you
need to apply each of these adjustments in different ways to different parts of the photo. For
more information about the Enhance adjustment, see
Adjust contrast, clarity, and saturation on
page 273.
Selectively adjust desaturated colors in an image
1 Select a photo.
2 Do one of the following:
•
In the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Quick
Brushes > Vibrancy from the Add Adjustment pop-up menu.
•
In the tool strip, choose Vibrancy from the Quick Brush pop-up menu .
The Vibrancy Brush HUD appears, and the Vibrancy adjustment controls appear in the
Adjustments inspector and the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, if both are shown.
3 Specify the brush stroke settings using the controls in the Vibrancy Brush HUD.
For more information, see Apply Quick Brush adjustments on page 231 and Work with brush
strokes on page 232.
4 Brush the adjustment on the area of the image where you want to add saturation to desaturated
colors only.
Modify the Vibrancy adjustment after it has been applied to an image
1 Select a photo with the Vibrancy adjustment applied to it.
2 In the Vibrancy area of the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD,
use the Amount parameter controls to modify the strength of the adjustment.
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