Adjust Hue, Saturation and Lightness in the GIMP App

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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to adjust the hue, lightness, and saturation of an image in GIMP in Windows 7.

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   You should have the program open and an image ready to use

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   You can refer to our other tutorials to find out exactly how to do that.

   

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   Click "Colors" in the horizontal menu at the top of the screen

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   You may need to move the "Toolbox" window out of the way to see the menu.

   

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   Then, click "Hue Saturation..."

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   A dialogue box will appear where you can adjust the hue, lightness, and saturation of the image.

   

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   The first option to click is "Preset"

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   Click its drop-down menu if you already have a preset saved.

   

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   In order to add a preset later, click the plus icon once you have selected your settings

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   First, click the color you want to adjust

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   For this tutorial, let's select "B" (blue) by clicking it once.

   

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   Next, you can adjust the "Overlap" value by clicking or dragging the scroller

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   You can also use the up and down arrows or type a number next to "Overlap"

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   After that, you can adjust your selected color by using the "Hue", "Lightness", and "Saturation" scrollers in the same way

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   Experiment with these scrollers to view the different effects. The changes will be reflected both on the preview and on the selected color at the top. Make sure that the "Preview" button is checked. It is in the lower left-hand corner. You will see the changes as you make them.

   

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    If you want to start over, you can click "Reset Color" below the "Hue", "Lightness", and "Saturation" scrollers

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    You can click "Reset Color" to reset all of the settings and go back to "0"

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    Select "OK" to apply your changes

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    Alternatively, press "Cancel" if you do not want to make any changes.

    

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What is overlap in hue-saturation on gimp and why is it used?

I'm trying to correct some images I photographed, the colors on the image aren't nearly what they are in real life so I'm using hue-saturation and have figure out the other options but can't see what overlap does.

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