Nikon 25385 User Manual - Page 195

Color Lightness The Color Lightness channel enables you to control the brightness of colors in the image without affecting chroma or hue. You can use this channel to target and brighten specific colors, such as lightening a person's skin tone, or darkening the sky of a landscape without affecting other objects. Shortcut (while a LCH step is active): Ctrl + 1 (Windows) command + 1 (Macintosh) The Color Lightness channel provides you with the following controls: w e r t q q Hue Map The hue map represents the full spectrum of colors on the horizontal axis, with the brightness of the colors on the vertical axis. A color lightness curve, superimposed on the hue map, can be used to isolate and adjust the lightness of individual colors. Clicking on the curve will create an anchor point. Moving that anchor point upward makes colors in the affected portion of the color range brighter. Taking that same anchor point and moving it downward makes the affected colors darker. Using the width slider increases or decreases the range of similar colors affected by the color identified with the anchor point. Anchor points can be removed by simply clicking and dragging the anchor point off of the hue map or by clicking on an anchor point to select it and pressing the delete key. Chapter 20 - Adjust Menu | Color > LCH 193