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Lightroom Classic: Targeted HSL Color Adjustments Using the Color Mixer

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Lightroom Classic: Targeted HSL Color Adjustments Using the Color Mixer

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Lightroom Classic: Targeted HSL Color Adjustments Using the Color Mixer

Clip title: Using Color Mixer to Adjust Hue, Saturation, and Luminance in Lightroom Classic Author / channel: Julieanne Kost URL: https://youtu.be/LzqlkBUkINg

Summary

This video tutorial by Julieanne Kost demonstrates how to effectively adjust colors in Adobe Lightroom Classic using the HSL/Color Mixer panel. The primary focus is on manipulating Hue, Saturation, and Luminance (HSL) for specific color ranges within a photograph, providing granular control over an image’s color palette. The video also introduces two different viewing modes for these adjustments: HSL and Color.

In the HSL viewing mode, users have individual sliders for eight primary color ranges (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Aqua, Blue, Purple, Magenta) across three tabs: Hue, Saturation, and Luminance. This allows for precise adjustments, such as shifting a specific green towards yellow (Hue), making a color more or less intense (Saturation), or brightening/darkening a particular color (Luminance). An “All” option conveniently displays all HSL sliders for all color ranges simultaneously. Alternatively, the “Color” viewing mode rearranges the interface, allowing users to select a single color swatch and then adjust its hue, saturation, and luminance independently, or view all color ranges with their respective HSL sliders.

A key feature highlighted is the Targeted Adjustment Tool (TAT), which is particularly useful in HSL mode. Instead of guessing which slider corresponds to a color in the image, users can activate the TAT, click directly on a color in the photograph, and drag vertically to increase or decrease the selected HSL attribute. The video illustrates this by adjusting the saturation of a roof and darkening grass luminance simply by dragging on the image, with Lightroom Classic automatically identifying and moving the relevant color sliders (e.g., both red and orange sliders moving for a reddish-brown house).

The tutorial further showcases the advanced capabilities of the HSL panel by transforming a scenic photo of a lake and trees. Through a series of hue shifts (e.g., reds and yellows towards orange, greens towards yellow), desaturation of most cool colors (greens, aquas, blues, purples, magentas), and selective luminance adjustments (brightening oranges, darkening greens), the image is dramatically altered from a vibrant autumn scene to a more muted, almost monochrome look with striking orange elements. The video concludes by demonstrating an eye icon for toggling adjustments on and off to view before-and-after states, and shares keyboard shortcuts for quickly accessing the Targeted Adjustment Tool for Hue, Saturation, and Luminance, regardless of which panel is currently active.

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