Color Grading

The "Color Grading" tab is meant for coloring grayscale images.

1. For example, increase saturation and choose color hue for the midtone* areas (fig. 1).
*Available in PSE 2022+.

2. Increase saturation and choose color hue for the highlights (fig. 2).

3. Set saturation and hue for the shadows (fig. 3).

4. Adjust the influence of the tonal ranges with the "Blending" and "Balance" sliders (fig. 4).

A video-tutorial on this topic is available here.