Temperature Slider
The Temperature Slider is a control within the Color and Vibrance tool introduced in Adobe Photoshop 2025. It enables users to shift the color temperature of images along a spectrum from cool (blue) tones to warm (yellow/orange) tones. This adjustment affects the overall thermal cast of an image, making it useful for correcting white balance issues or applying intentional color grading to match a desired aesthetic.
Functionality and Workflow
The slider operates on a linear scale, allowing precise adjustment of color temperature in either direction from a neutral baseline. Users can apply these adjustments non-destructively through adjustment layers, preserving the original image data while enabling further refinement or reversal of changes. The tool integrates directly into Photoshop’s existing adjustment layer architecture, making it accessible alongside other color correction features.
Common Applications
The Temperature Slider addresses typical photo editing scenarios such as correcting images shot under tungsten or daylight lighting conditions, adjusting skin tones in portrait photography, and establishing consistent color grading across image series. By centralizing temperature control within the Color and Vibrance tool, Photoshop 2025 consolidates thermal color adjustments alongside vibrance and saturation controls in a single interface.
Source Notes
- 2026-04-21: Adobe · ▶ source