BraveCLHow to create eight photo colorways on Mac
Start with a sample photo, select its subject, and reveal eight named colorways to compare on Mac.
- What you'll achieve
- You will see the leather-bag photo with a subject selection and eight named colorway thumbnails, ready to compare.
- What you need
- Highlight Color Effects 2.0 installed on Mac.
- Use the app's bundled leather-bag sample for this walkthrough; no external photo is needed.
Want to test several colors on one photo without editing each variation from scratch? Highlight Color Effects can identify the subject in its built-in leather-bag sample and show a row of named colorways.
1.Open the leather-bag sample
On the opening screen, choose Try Sample. The bundled leather-bag photo opens in the editor.
Highlight Color Effects showing the built-in orange leather-bag photo on the selection canvas. 2.Detect the subject
Choose Detect subject in the selection tools. Review the outlined leather bag before applying the selection.
Leather bag outlined with a dotted selection and an Apply selection control in the right panel. 3.Apply the bag selection
Click Apply selection. The detected bag is kept as the selection mask and the proposal thumbnails appear.
Orange leather bag selected on the canvas, with a row of named colorway thumbnails below. 4.View all eight named colorways
Open proposals in the left rail. Browse the named options along the bottom, including Original Fire, Amber Glow, Teal Water, Sky Blue, and Violet Night.
Eight named leather-bag colorway thumbnails, from Original Fire to Magenta Pulse, displayed below the selected photo.
Tips
The eight thumbnails let you review the same selected subject with different named colors.
Try a colorway thumbnail after completing these steps to inspect a particular variation.
Watch outSubject detection may need adjustment when the photographed subject has complex edges or overlaps the background.
