Saturation tools are terrible. Do this instead.

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• MP

  @mpolikk · 1 year ago

  Love seeing other people's way of working

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• BE

  @beneath_the_woods · 6 months ago (edited)

  In darktable you have separate saturation sliders for the low, mid and high tones (perceptual saturation grading) so you can get more natural looks by not saturating the high and low tones too much. You can even move around the crossover points, it's bonkers.

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• KL

  @kln9646 · 6 months ago

  It really just depends on the situation. Some times saturation slider works well for the photo, other times it doesn’t. You as the photographer have to decide when it’s appropriate to use it.

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• BR

  @brianm.butler8799 · 6 months ago

  You know you're watching a professional photographer when they're talking about how to deal with unnatural fluorescent blues and then show you a shade of light grey in the waters reflection 😅

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• CM

  @cmichaelhaugh8517 · 1 year ago

  I almost never use the saturation slider but have been using vibrance freely. Thanks for suggesting a more nuanced approach.

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• SH

  @shotbyquinoa · 4 months ago

  Man your videos are instructive! 🔥

• AY

  @AyNour-d5y · 10 months ago

  Thank you for your explanation. Your tutorial was great and very practical.

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• AL

  @AlexBabul-m9o · 6 months ago

  Your videos are always so helpful, thank you!

• SO

  @sonofoneintheuniverse · 6 months ago (edited)

  Spot on video! My favourite is a slight color balance check and then HSL to select color ranges to fine adjust. No over saturation here! Never ever! Others do that well... 😊

• RT

  @RTH1122 · 6 months ago

  You, Sir, have just acquired a new subscriber! Thank you for your insights.

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• LU

  @luisjg2628 · 1 year ago

  Excellent! Many photographers &quot;paint&quot; their images, it&apos;s true. As creators of their work, they interpret and convey their message from the scene. <br> <br>Something that can help when starting a photo editing or development is to start with a histogram with a neutral profile. I wouldn&apos;t use landscape profiles, for example. <br> <br>In fact, in film, many cinematographers—99 percent—shoot their sequences in neutral and then begin color correction and grading.

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• RA

  @razertw · 11 months ago

  I was hoping this video would be about subtractive saturation. I stumbled upon it by googling exactly that.

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