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  • Turn the color adjustments on and off
  • Customize the list of color adjustments
  • Reset adjustments and adjustment controls
  • Lock and unlock adjustments
  • Adjust the intensity of all color adjustments
  • Go to a particular color adjustment
  • Choose the position of the color adjustments pane

About color adjustments

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Last updated 16 days ago

A wide range of Color Adjustments in Photomator lets you adjust the photo lighting and color in a number of different ways. You can brighten up the photos, add more contrast, increase the intensity of a certain color in a photo, or replace one color with another. The machine learning-powered Auto Enhance also makes it possible to fine-tune the colors and lighting of an image automatically.

There are also ready-made sets of color adjustments, or, in other words — presets — available in Photomator. All you have to do to change the look of your photo is browse through the preset collections to find the one you like and tap to apply it. You can save your own color adjustment combinations as presets to reuse later or share with others.

All the color adjustments in Photomator are nondestructive, so you can switch between tools — crop or repair an image — then go back to the Color Adjustments pane at any time to make some additional tweaks to the photo.


Turn the color adjustments on and off

  1. Choose Color Adjustments in the toolbar. If the Color Adjustments pane isn't visible, swipe up from the presets bar at the bottom, or tap More and choose Show Adjustments from the menu that appears.

  2. In the list of color adjustments, turn the adjustment you want on or off.

  3. When you turn on an adjustment, you can customize it using the adjustment settings.

If you don't see an adjustment you'd like to add, tap the More menu at the top of the Color Adjustments pane, choose Customize Adjustments, and select the adjustment from the list.

  1. Do any of the following:

    • Choose Color Adjustments in the toolbar.

    • Press A on your keyboard.

    If the Color Adjustments pane isn't visible, tap the Color Adjustments tool in the toolbar again.

  2. In the list of color adjustments, turn the adjustment you want on or off.

  3. When you turn on an adjustment, you can customize it using the adjustment settings.

If you don't see an adjustment you'd like to add, tap More at the bottom of the Color Adjustments pane, choose Customize Adjustments, and select the adjustment from the list.

  1. Do any of the following:

    • Choose Color Adjustments in the toolbar.

    • Choose Tools > Color Adjustments from the tools menu at the top of your screen.

    • Press A on your keyboard.

  2. In the list of color adjustments, turn the adjustment you want on or off.

  3. When you turn on an adjustment, you can customize it using the adjustment settings.

If you don't see an adjustment you'd like to add, click More at the bottom of the Color Adjustments pane, choose Customize Adjustments, and select the adjustment from the list.

Customize the list of color adjustments

You can customize the list of color adjustments to only include the adjustments you use most frequently.

  1. Tap More at the top of the Color Adjustments pane and choose Customize Adjustments.

  2. Select which adjustments to show in the Color Adjustments pane and which ones to hide.

At the top of the adjustments list, you can also select the following options:

  • Show Default Adjustments. Shows only the color adjustments you've selected.

  • Show All Adjustments. Shows all color adjustments in Photomator.

  1. Tap More next to the Reset Adjustments button at the bottom of the Color Adjustments pane and choose Customize Adjustments.

  2. Select which adjustments to show in the Color Adjustments pane and which ones to hide.

At the top of the adjustments list, you can also select the following options:

  • Show Default Adjustments. Shows only the color adjustments you've selected.

  • Show All Adjustments. Shows all color adjustments in Photomator.

  1. Do any of the following:

    • Scroll to the bottom of the color adjustments pane and click Customize.

    • Click More next to the Reset button at the bottom of the Color Adjustments pane and choose Customize Adjustments.

  2. Select which color adjustments to show in the Color Adjustments pane and which ones to hide.

Reset adjustments and adjustment controls

  • Reset individual adjustment sliders: You can reset the individual adjustment sliders to default by simply double-tapping the slider.

  • Reset individual adjustment sliders: You can reset the individual adjustment sliders to default by simply double-tapping the slider.

  • Reset all adjustments: To reset any changes made to any of the color adjustments, tap Reset Adjustments at the bottom of the Color Adjustments pane.

  • Reset individual adjustment sliders: You can reset the individual adjustment sliders to default by simply double-tapping the slider.

  • Reset all adjustments: To reset any changes made to any of the color adjustments, click Reset at the bottom of the Color Adjustments pane.

Lock and unlock adjustments

You can choose to lock any color adjustment and continue editing other color adjustments or apply presets without affecting the locked adjustment.

Tap or click the name of the color adjustment you'd like to lock and choose Lock. Repeat this to unlock adjustments.

Adjust the intensity of all color adjustments

  1. At the top of the Color Adjustments pane tap More and choose Adjust Intensity.

  2. Adjust the Intensity slider to change the strength of all applied color adjustments.

  1. At the bottom of the Color Adjustments pane tap More and choose Adjust Intensity.

  2. Adjust the Intensity slider to change the strength of all applied color adjustments.

At the bottom of the Color Adjustments pane, drag the Intensity slider to adjust the strength of all applied color adjustments.

Go to a particular color adjustment

  1. Tap More next to the Color Adjustment pane and choose Go to Adjustment.

  2. In the list of adjustments, tap the one you'd like to view. The selected adjustment will be turned on automatically.

Note: If you don't see an adjustment you'd like to view, tap Customize Adjustments in the More menu and select the adjustment from the list.

Choose the position of the color adjustments pane

The Color Adjustments pane can be placed on the left or the right side of your screen.

To move it, touch the edge of the Color Adjustments pane and slide it in the direction you want. The adjustments will automatically snap to either the left or the right side of the screen.

See also

Copying and pasting color adjustments

Color adjustment presets

Auto Enhance

Reset individual adjustments: Tap at the top of the adjustment. This will revert all the colors, points, and sliders to default.

Reset all adjustments: To reset any changes made to any of the color adjustments, tap the Reset button at the top of the Color Adjustments pane.

Tapping in the toolbar will undo any last action in Photomator using any tool.

Reset individual adjustments: Tap at the top of the adjustment. This will revert all the colors, points, and sliders to default.

Tapping in the toolbar will undo all changes, reverting your photo to the original.

Reset individual adjustments: Tap at the top of the adjustment. This will revert all the colors, points, and sliders to default.

Tap Color Adjustments in the toolbar.