Photoshop: HSL Color picker plugin?

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Is there a plugin that can let Photoshop use a HSL color picker, rather than HSV (which Adobe calls HSB)?

In other words, any/all of the following locations could have an HSL option:

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Or perhaps a plugin with it's own color picker.

Reference

     RGB             HSL         HSV (aka HSB)
=============  ===============  ================
(1,   0, 0  )  (  0°, 1, 0.5 )  (  0°, 1,   1  )   
(0.5, 1, 0.5)  (120°, 1, 0.75)  (120°, 0.5, 1  )   
(0,   0, 0.5)  (240°, 1, 0.25)  (240°, 1,   0.5)   

Ian Boyd

Posted 2009-12-15T18:33:04.150

Reputation: 18 244

Answers

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There is a plugin called HSBHSL provided by Adobe Photoshop itself. Hope that solve your problem.

HSBHSL The "HSL&HSB" plug-in allows conversion between RGB and HSL (Hue, Saturation, and Lightness) and between RGB and HSB (Hue, Saturation, and Brightness) within Photoshop. This plug-in also allows you to change the Hue, Saturation, or Luminosity of an image as independent channels. Or, to change HSL/HSB using channel operations (calculations).

Download here: Adobe Photoshop Optional Plugins

LawrenceGS

Posted 2009-12-15T18:33:04.150

Reputation: 209

The package of plugins you linked doesn't seem to actually contain the HSBHSL plugin; even though the web-site says it does. But i can't really blame you for Adobe's lies. Accepted. – Ian Boyd – 2011-01-22T23:56:44.550

2This should not be the accepted answer. This plugin only allows you to view the HSL channel in the Channels panel, and doesn't alter any of the color pickers. – Scott Rippey – 2013-05-07T17:41:21.260

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It's not a Photoshop plugin, but I solve this problem by using HSL Color Picker, a web app with an easy-to-remember URL:

HSL Color Picker screenshot

To transfer colors to and from Photoshop, copy and paste the web color value, since it gives the color information in a single value. (That's the #3faad4 value in the screenshot in the question.)

I, too, wish Photoshop had this feature. One can convert between HSB and HSL, but sometimes you really need HSL, as when dealing with CSS3 colors, which support HSL and RGB, but not HSB.

Warren Young

Posted 2009-12-15T18:33:04.150

Reputation: 2 587