HSL/Grayscale

The parameters in the HSL/Grayscale tab are used to adjust individual color ranges or convert a color image to grayscale.

HSL is a color model that represents colors using Hue (H), Saturation (S) and Luminance (L).

HSL/Grayscale Tab

 

Enable the check-box Convert to Grayscale (disabled by default) to convert the image to black and white. Adjust the parameters in the Grayscale Mix tab. Each parameter changes the brightness of gray corresponding to a specific color range, from white to black.

Original Colors Original Colors

Grayscale Grayscale

With this check-box enabled, you can adjust the brightness of local areas in the image based on their original color.

 

When the check-box is disabled, three sub-tabs with sliders are available to adjust the individual color components of each specific color range. Let's consider each sub-tab:

Adjusting the colors should be done carefully because when you move the slider of a certain color range, all parts of the image that have this color will change.

Click the Default button to reset all settings to the default values.