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How to Use the Sponge Tool in Photoshop
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The sponge tool is an amazing but not a well known tool that is incredibly useful. It allows you to chose a brush to desaturate or saturate a certain area on a picture. for those of you who do not known desaturate is to take color away and to saturate is to add more color or brighten a picture.
Steps
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1Open photoshop and the photo that you would like to edit.
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2Go to the burn or dodge tool on the toolbar.
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3Right click and select the sponge tool.
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4Choose your brush in on the toolbar were you usually change brushes.
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5Select saturate or desaturate and adjust the exposure.
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6Draw over any of the areas that you want to be adjusted.
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7You're done! Now go and add more color or take away color to your hearts desire!
Tips
- Don't go too crazy with the exposure too little and you will never get a change and too much and you will cause too much change!
- Make sure to not just click the spot you want to desaturate or saturate, you may need to click more until you notice more change.
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