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March 28, 2017 | Digital Scrapper News | Volume 15 Issue 13
Hi ,
It’s not freakishly wowsy.
It’s not Photoshop’s best kept secret.
It’s not even a tool you think to pull out on a consistent basis.
But, when you do pull out this tool, great things happen!
Here’s an image that went from “pretty!” to “OOOH, PRETTY!” in 3.9 seconds, all because of the Sponge tool.
The Sponge tool does two things. It saturates (soaks color up) and it desaturates (squeezes color out). That’s it. No bells, no whistles, just pure joy at the thought that something works as it should without needing a degree to figure it out.
Here’s what you do:
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Get the Sponge tool. It’s nested with the Dodge tool.
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In the Tool Options, get a soft round brush. Set the Mode to Saturate and the Flow to 50%.
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On an image, brush over a place you want saturate.
As you might have guessed, desaturating part of an image works the same way.
So, next time you have an image that could use a quick color pop, grab the Sponge tool.
Have a great week.
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