Vibrance affects the least saturated colors more than the most saturated, as if to fill in the saturation gaps. The saturation value impacts color intensity across the board, but does so logarithmically and with an idea toward maintaining luminance levels, or tones. Most of the time, you increase both values, and only slightly. So why might you take the vibrance value very low—into the deep negatives—and send the saturation value up through the roof? This video explains.
- Hey gang, this is Deke McClelland.…Welcome to Deke's Techniques.…Now have you ever wondered, "Gosh Deke…"why in the world would I combine…"a very low vibrance value with…"a very high saturation value,…"either when applying a vibrance adjustment layer…"or inside Camera Raw or Lightroom?"…Now some guys, they'd have an answer for you.…I have two in the form of this…great white shark right here and her buddy.…Here let me show you exactly how and why it works.…Alright, I'm going to start things off…with a kind of great white slideshow.…
Just so you can see a few examples…where I've combined a very low vibrance values,…such as negative 100 in this case…with a high saturation value, in this case plus 60%.…And here we have another one that's a little less radical.…Vibrance negative 80, saturation plus 50.…I captured both of these images…at about 30 feet deep just using natural night.…And then we have this guy who's located…quite a bit closer to the surface, as you can see,…which is why I didn't take the vibrance value…
Author
Deke McClelland
Updated
9/10/2019Released
1/13/2011Note: Because this is an ongoing series, viewers will not receive a certificate of completion.
Skill Level Intermediate
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