This effect does make for some bright greens. You might or might not like it, depending on how you like your grass or foliage. I included a tip below that I think helps a lot with grass, but Adobe didn’t include it with the Photoshop Elements Smart Brush!
- Select the area of your shot in which you want the greens to be improved.
- Add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer by clicking on the half-black half-white circle near the top of the layers palette.
- Double click on the Adjustment Layer Thumbnail which has two cogs on it and is the first box on your new layer.
- Change the drop down list next to the word Edit from Master to Greens. Change the Saturation to 50 and the Lightness to 25.
- Below, you will see two lines representing the color wheel with sliders between them. Above those lines are two pairs of degree numbers.
- Grab the left side of the left slider and move it until the first number in the first pair of degrees is 48.
- Grab the right side of the left slider and move it until the second number in the first pair of degrees is 70.
- Grab the left side of the right slider and move it until the first number in the second pair of degrees is 143.
- Grab the right side of the right slider and move it until the second number in the second pair of degrees is 147.
- Got it? Phewf. Try typing that three times fast.
I read a Great tutorial at Clickin Moms that said that grass is mostly yellow, in spite of what our eyes tell us, and that a great way to brighten and deepen greens is to increase the yellows in it. To do this, while you’re in the Hue/Saturation dialogue box, change the drop down menu next to the word Edit to Yellows and increase the Saturation until the greenery is looking right.
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