Colormancer Documentation

Please note that updated and more extensive documentation can be found online at http://colormancer.com/support/colormancer/manual.htm

Installation Instructions

Mac OS X Windows
  • Download the .zip archive.

  • Unzip/un-archive the file. If your computer cannot do this, download and install a free version of Stuffit Expander to do this.

  • Double-click the "mac" folder.
  • Move the plug-in (the file with the .plugin extension) into your Photoshop Plugins folder. The Plugins folder should be found under something similar to Applications --> Adobe Photoshop CS3 --> Plug-ins

  • Delete any old plug-in versions in your Photoshop Plugins folders.

  • Quit and relaunch Photoshop if it's already running.

  • In Photoshop, the plug-in will be found under Filter --> Colormancer

  • Download the .zip archive.

  • Unzip/un-archive the file. If your computer cannot do this, you may need to download and install a free version of WinZip or WinRar.

  • Double-click the "windows" folder.
  • Move the plug-in (the file with the .8bf extension) into your Photoshop Plugins folder. The Plugins folder should be found under something similar to
    C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS3\Plug-Ins\

  • Delete any old plug-in versions in your Photoshop Plugins folders.

  • Quit and relaunch Photoshop if it's already running.

  • In Photoshop, the plug-in will be found under Filter --> Colormancer

System requirements

Mac:

Windows:

Quick Start

That's all you need to know to get started!

Controls In-depth

Brightness: This changes overall brightness of the image similar to the effect of the Midtones slider in Photoshop's Levels adjustment.

Contrast: This increases contrast in the image by applying a s-shaped curve to the image. This is equivalent to using a s-shaped curve in Photoshop's Curves adjustment.

Brightness/Contrast Adjust: This control changes the Brightness and Contrast algorithms and alters their effect. Higher values tend to make the image appear more pastel. Lower values will make saturated colors darker. This value does nothing if both brightness and contrast are at neutral positions.

Saturation: Higher values increase saturation. Saturation is never increased in a way that would cause clipping. Each pixel is evaluated individually. Negative numbers can be used to create negative saturation.

Luminance compensation: This control changes the saturation algorithm. If set to 0, luminance compensation will be disabled. Without this, increasing saturation will increase the luminance of saturated colors, making them brighter than they should be. The default setting (1.0) will maintain constant luminance so that saturation adjustments do not affect luminance at all.

Luminance coefficients: These are the co-efficients, or weightings, used to calculate luminance. Changing these settings will adjust the weight given to each color in the saturation algorithm. In most cases the effect is subtle and you do not need to adjust these parameters.

Show original: Toggle this button to see the image without any effect applied.

Support

For technical support, please visit http://www.colormancer.com/support/