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- The color balance tool modifies the color balance of the active selection
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- The Color Balance Tool can be called in the following
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- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>ools</span>/
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">C</span>olor
- Tools</span>/<span class="guimenuitem">Color <span class="accel">B</span>alance
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- <span class="term">Select range to modify</span>
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- Selecting one of these options will restrict the range of colors
- which are changed with the sliders or input boxes for Shadows,
- Midtons and Highlights.
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- <span class="term">Modify selected range's color levels</span>
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- Sliders and input boxes allow to select colors weights.
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- This button sets color levels of the selected range back to zero.
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- This option ensures that brightness of the activ layer or
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- The Preview checkbox toggles dynamic image updating. If this
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