Tha TAT – Targeted Adjustment Tool for ACR and Lightroom
The Targeted Adjustment Tool is a powerful little tool for ACR and Lightroom. It can make for quick edits within the Color Mixer. I have found it to be beneficial for many reasons, but it also has it’s limitations.
I made this video today because I received several requests for it. Many people would say things like, “If you have the powerful Targeted Adjustment Tool, why wouldn’t you just use that al the time?” I found phrases like that to be interesting because they pointed out that there could be reasons why you wouldn’t want to use it.
In this video, I will show you the three reasons why you should use it and the two reasons why it may not be conducive for you. Here they are really quick, but be sure to watch the video to dig deeper; it’s fast and worth it!
Reasons you should use the Targeted Adjustment Tool:
- It helps you find the specific color you are looking for in your image.
- It grabs color clusters, not just individual colors.
- It can help with color hue separation.
Reasons why you may not want to use it.
- You may want specific colors and not the whole cluster.
- It may slow down your efficiency. In that case, the color dropdown is better than the HSL mixer.
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As always very informative. For me color adjustments are sometimes difficult being a red-green colorblind person (I have no trouble with the pure primary colors, but mixed colors can give very awkward results). The targeted adjustment tool is a very useful instrument because it helps me adjust colors in a more natural way and aspect. .
Great to know. Thanks as always !
Another great video Blake. I like the targeted adjustment tool. I use it 90% of the time and 10% of the time with specific colors. Being retired I’m not too worried about how much time I spend on editing my photos. The problem with that however is I can tend to “over process” a photo and wind up scrapping the whole edit and start over again. The joys of retirement.
Great video.
I’m colorblind so I use the Targeted Adjustment Tool almost exclusively do that I know I’m adjusting the correct colors.
I will sometimes use the targeted adjustment tool to slightly enhance where I want the users eye to be focusing on. Key is to do it so viewer does not notice the change but it still draws their eye.
Fabulous video…I have only ever used the HSL sliders and didn’t even realize about the targeted adjustment tool…looking forward to giving it a try. Love your style of teaching Blake!
I’ve been using Photoshop for years, but my skills continue to evolve in big ways thanks to you and your sharing of information! Your Diamond Gradient video was a total game changer for me. You continually re-energize my love and passion for Photoshop. And the TAT…I hadn’t found it yet in the newest ACR update and I use it constantly now that I know where it is! Thank you!