Explore these invaluable tools in Camera Raw, and make stunning color shifts in photos

Available in both Lightroom and Photoshop’s Camera Raw filter, the Hue, Saturation and Luminosity tools within the Color Mixer box give you a fine degree of control over colors and tones in your images, giving you creative options whether you want to subtly alter a color or change it completely. Here we’ve made use of the Color Mixer tools to re-color the backdrop without affecting the subject.

This task takes mere seconds with a targeted Hue adjustment, and doesn’t require any complicated selections or cut-outs. You simply enable the Hue sampler, then drag over the backdrop to alter the color. If you want to delve deeper into controlling the hue, saturation and luminosity of colors in the image, you can experiment with Camera Raw and Lightroom’s local adjustment tools, which enable you to change colors over a specific part of the image. We’ll progress to using those tools here as we create a vibrant multicolored backdrop for a photoshoot portrait.