Make colour adjustments
How to adjust the hue, saturation and lightness of specific colours
BEFORE
AFTER
IT WILL TAKE
> 15 minutes
YOU WILL LEARN
> How to use the Selective Color and Color Balance panels, and Desaturate brush
YOU’LL NEED
> Pixelmator Pro 2.1.2, macOS 10.14 or later
By default, your iPhone’s Camera app can capture true colours in a range of different lighting conditions such as direct sunlight or under artificial tungsten lights. However, there are times when you might want to adjust a particular colour’s hue, saturation, brightness and balance to produce more creative looks. By selectively darkening the brightness of a sky you can make it look more dramatic and cause clouds to stand out in contrast for example. Or by reducing the saturation of a range of colours you can draw the eye to a fully saturated subject, such as a red bus against a black-and-white background. This is known as the spot colour effect. You can even fast-forward the seasons and turn summer into autumn by tweaking the hue of a tree’s yellows and greens.