System and method for local saturation adjustment

Abstract

In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a system and method for local saturation adjustment are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying a hue, saturation, and brightness value of each pixel of an image, determining whether the hue and saturation of each pixel fall within a predetermined set of hue and saturation combinations, determining whether the brightness value of each pixel falls within a predetermined set of brightness values, and selectively applying a gain to the saturation of each pixel based upon the determination of whether the hue and saturation of the pixel fall within the predetermined set of hue and saturation combinations, and whether the brightness value of pixel falls within the predetermined set of brightness values.

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