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Saturate and Desaturate. Brian Lauer and Brooke Thomas. Original Image. “Saturation” is basically the level of a certain color in an image. More saturation = more intense color. Less saturation = closer to shades of grey.
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Saturate and Desaturate Brian Lauer and Brooke Thomas
“Saturation” is basically the level of a certain color in an image. • More saturation = more intense color. Less saturation = closer to shades of grey. • Saturation and desaturation are useful for correcting color levels in an image. • In GIMP, click “colors” and then “hue-saturation” -This is the options menu for hue-saturation. -You can select individual colors to change or “master” for all of them at once. -Hue adjusts all of the colors in the image towards one color. -Lightness affects how bright or dark the image is. -Saturation is the level of each color.
Review Questions • How could you use saturation or desaturation to fix red eye in a photo? • How could you use saturation or desaturation to focus on one part of a picture?