Adjusting saturation with the Sponge tool
Next, you'll use the Sponge tool to saturate the color of the tulips. When you change the saturation of a color, you adjust its strength or purity. The Sponge tool is useful for making subtle saturation changes to specific areas of an image.
1. | Select the Sponge tool (), hidden under the Dodge tool ().
| 2. | On the tool options bar, do the following: Again select a large, feathered brush, such as 27 pixels, from the Brush pop-up palette. Choose Mode > Saturate. For Flow (which sets the intensity of the saturation effect), enter 90%.
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| 3. | Drag the sponge back and forth over the tulips and leaves to increase their saturation. The more you drag over an area, the more saturated the color becomes.
| 4. | Save your work. |
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