Introducing Photo Curves: A Powerful Color Grading App


Photo Curves is a versatile color grading application designed for both photos and videos. Rather than sifting through countless apps with fixed presets, you can create your own unique filters. Each preset within Photo Curves is fully adjustable, allowing you to tailor your edits to perfection.

Key Features


With Photo Curves, you can:



  • Correct, enhance, or replace colors

  • Change hue and fix white balance

  • Create a cinematic Orange and Teal look

  • Generate 3DLUT files

  • Resize images and adjust JPEG quality

  • And much more!

Supported Tools


The following tools are currently available in Photo Curves:



  • Basic Controls: brightness, contrast, shadows, highlights, saturation

  • Color Wheels: adjust shadows, midtones, and highlights

  • RGB Curves

  • CMYK Curves

  • Lab Curves

  • Hue vs Saturation Curve

  • Hue vs Hue Curve

  • Hue vs Luma Curve

  • Luma vs Saturation Curve

  • Luma vs Hue Curve

  • Saturation vs Saturation Curve

  • Masking Tool

  • Adjustment Layers

Exporting Your Work


You can export your color grading as a 3DLUT (.cube) file or save it to your preset library for future use or sharing with others. Utilize built-in presets as they are, or as a foundation for your next color grading project. Remember, every preset is fully editable!

Preset Library Features



  • Create your own presets or modify existing ones

  • Export presets to a file for sharing or import presets from other users

  • Export presets as 3DLUT (.cube) files

  • Library includes standard pre-defined presets, including popular Orange Teal and other artistic filters

Color Grading Hints


Here are some tips to enhance your color grading experience:



  • Basic Controls: Adjust brightness, contrast, shadows, highlights, and saturation.

  • Color Wheels: Mix colors into shadows, midtones, or highlights of an image.

  • Layer Masks: Create adjustment layers and draw masks to apply color grading to specific areas of an image.

  • RGB Curves: Control red, green, and blue channels independently.

  • CMYK Curves: Manage cyan, magenta, yellow, and key channels in the CMYK color space.

  • LAB Curves: Manipulate brightness (L), and A, B color channels of LAB color space for creative color adjustments.

  • Hue vs Saturation Curve: Modify the saturation of a color or a specific hue range.

  • Hue vs Hue Curve: Shift colors selectively by adjusting hues.

  • Hue vs Luma Curve: Adjust the brightness of a color or hue range.

  • Luma vs Saturation Curve: Control saturation of shades, midtones, and highlights.

  • Luma vs Hue Curve: Shift the hue of shades, midtones, or highlights.

  • Saturation vs Saturation Curve: Boost unsaturated colors and decrease oversaturated ones for balanced HDR-like images.