How to Use The HSL Tool In Lightroom?
In this article we are going to discuss how the lightroom HSL tool works and why we use the HSL tool in Lightroom. The HSL tool is the most powerful editing tool provided by lightroom. The interface of the HSL tool is very easy to learn, and it is very effective and perfect for color adjustments in images. I’m using the lightroom HSL tool for basic color adjustment in my edits. It also brings dramatic changes in color during comprehensive editing’s.
What is the HSL Color Panel?
HSL is designed in such a perfect way, that it makes selective color correction within images. Sliders in the basic panel affect the whole image at once when you apply any color change in images, while sliders in HSL/Color only affect selective or individual color.
In this panel you are able to fully control the Hue, Saturation and Luminance of any color in your images. Lightroom provides this control on eight different colors, red, orange, yellow, green, aqua, blue, purple and magenta. The HSL tool is available in both Latest and old version of Lightroom mod APK
HSL Target Tool
HSL target tools allow you to select or target a specific color in your images. This tool will be helpful when you are confused about which color pallet or group is perfect for my selective object. (For example aqua or blue for sky ).
How to use Target Tool?
To use HSL tool simple follow these few steps
Using The HSL/Color Adjustments
Identify the color
Before adjusting any color it’s essential to identify the specific color which you want to target. However it’s an easy task to identify the color, but sometimes it’s very difficult to target the color which is a mixture of 8 colors. So it’s very impotent to target a specific color in such a way. If you are facing issues regarding color identifying, try to use the target tool located in HSL view.
Make Small Changes
Most of the photos need small changes, so the sliders are perfect for these types of changes. Adjusting a hue slider in a small amount can change dying grass into a fully green grass.
It’s easy to adjust hue to a point,That brings a next level and fantasy look in your edits.
Make Global Adjustments First
I recommend you do most of the color correction or adjustments like( temperature, tint, vibrance ) in the basic color panel, because HSL too is not sufficient for over color adjustment within your images.
So, don’t think of the HSL tool as a way to fine-tune and perfect color modifiers in the images. First make your overall color correction in the basic panel, after this use the HSL tool to fine-tune the remaining small and necessary color correction. In this way you will get better results in your edits. you can download lr pro apk latest version above here.
Use HSL to Save Time
Sometimes it takes many times to edit a picture in lightroom and photoshop by creating masking layers to edit a target part of pictures. But when you are able to use the HSL tool in a perfect way it can save your valuable time.
For example you are editing an image in Lightroom which has only green color in grass. In this case you have to only change the luminance section of HSL to make your green color dark or light. In this way you have no need to do masking to change the color. It’s hard to beat the speed and proficiency of the HSL tool of Lightroom.
The HSL/Color Panel for Black and White images
When you convert an image into black and white with the help of switching mode in the basic panel, you will see an interesting change in the HSL panel that automatically changes into Black and white.
On the other hand black and white panel contains sliders for 8 colors and you have to control each color’s lightness/darkness to convert it into a graycycle.
But if you do this with an HSL panel it will change images into black and white in a digital way.
When to Use an HSL Tool?
Here are some examples for your understanding when to use an HSL panel in a lightroom.
Conclusion
I hope you are able to understand the use of HSL tools in Lightroom.
HSL tool provides you a perfect and accurate control on color adjustments. its available on Lightroom mobile and pc version
Once you start editing with the HSL tool you will learn more and more things in the HSL tool. Now it’s very easy and fast to use HSL tools for an outstanding look in your images. Click here to read about Lightroom HSL quick and advance guide.