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SHA DOW SATUR ATION

AND HUE

Now let’s head to the Shadows section

of the Split Toning adjustments. Set the

Saturation slider to 48, so we can see the

change when we move the Hue slider.

Now move the Hue slider right and left to

see how the colour of the shadow tone

changes. We’ve used a Hue setting of

200, a slightly greener version of the blue

we used for the highlights.

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THE RIGHT BALANCE

To complete the split toning effect, the Balance slider in the middle lets

you control whether the settings you chose for the Highlights or the

Shadows are more dominant. Move the slider up to its maximum of +100

and the image will apply your Highlight colour to the entire image. Move

it to -100 will it will apply your Shadow colour to the entire image. In this

project I’ve selected a setting of +20 to apply slightly more of the bluer

highlight colours to the shadows in the image.

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FINISHING TOUCHES

To finish, scroll up to the Basic

adjustments (near the top of the

panel) and tweak these settings

to give the image a bit more

punch. We used the following

settings: Exposure +0.6, Contrast

+28, Highlights - 8 7, Whites

-44, Clarity +28, Vibrance +40,

Saturation +9. Use the crop

tool to remove the railing at the

bottom of the image and zoom in

on the pool.

Tip: To export your image, right-

click and choose Export to select

your save settings and file format.

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