Tools

Color

In the app, every tool's ⋯ menu ▸ Help opens its section here; hover any slider for a short explanation.

Color
Color

Calibration

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Moves the red, green and blue primaries (hue and saturation), like a camera calibration.

Calibration
Calibration

Color Editor

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Change hue, saturation and lightness of colour bands, freely picked colour ranges or skin tones.

Color Editor
Color Editor

Parameters

ParameterWhat it does
SmoothnessWidth of the soft edge around the selected colour range, in degrees of hue.
RangeWidth of the fully selected colour range, in degrees of hue.
HueShifts the hue of the selected colours (±30°).
SaturationMore or less saturation for the selected colours.
LightnessBrighter or darker selected colours.

Good to know

  • Basic: eight colour bands plus All colours.
  • Advanced: pick a colour with the eyedropper or drag on the wheel; each range has its own width, soft edge and ΔH / ΔS / ΔL.
  • Skin Tone: pick the skin colour; Amount shifts it, Uniformity evens skin out.
  • View selected color range shows the selection with everything else grey.

Color Balance

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Tint shadows, midtones and highlights with colour wheels, plus their brightness.

Color Balance
Color Balance

Good to know

  • 3-Way shows shadow, midtone and highlight wheels; drag the puck to tint, double-click to reset.

Hue & Saturation

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Global hue rotation and saturation, and saturation by tone zone.

Hue & Saturation
Hue & Saturation

Parameters

ParameterWhat it does
Hue rotationRotates every hue around the colour wheel.
SaturationColour intensity: lower is more muted, higher more vivid.

Black & White

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Black & white conversion with per-colour sensitivity, like coloured filters on film.

Black & White
Black & White

Good to know

  • Each colour slider makes that colour lighter or darker in the monochrome image, like a coloured filter.

Split Toning

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Separate colour tints for shadows and highlights.

Split Toning
Split Toning

Parameters

ParameterWhat it does
Shadow hueColour of the shadow tint.
Highlight hueColour of the highlight tint.
BalanceMoves the split between shadow and highlight tint.

Selective Color

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Photoshop-style selective colour: add or remove cyan, magenta, yellow and black in a colour range.

Selective Color
Selective Color

Parameters

ParameterWhat it does
CyanAdds (+) or removes (−) cyan ink in the chosen colour range: less red light.
MagentaAdds (+) or removes (−) magenta ink: less green light.
YellowAdds (+) or removes (−) yellow ink: less blue light.
BlackAdds (+) or removes (−) black ink: darker or lighter.

Gamut Compression

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Pulls colours that fall outside the output gamut smoothly back in, avoiding hard clipping.

Gamut Compression
Gamut Compression

Parameters

ParameterWhat it does
ThresholdSaturation from which colours start to be compressed.
LimitHow far outside the gamut colours are brought back from.