Tutorial: AKVIS ArtSuite

Two keys

This effect allows you to transform an image (change color tints, replace colors, adjust contrast and brightness, etc) using two key colors.

Original image; Black key color (0,0,0), White key color (255,255,255)	Result; Black key color (49,10,98), White key color (242,255,172)

The effect has the following controls that are represented by two color boxes:

Original key colors

The color that will serve as the black key color is set in the upper color box; the white key color is defined in the lower box. By default the corresponding colors are chosen, and your image is in its original state.

How to define another key colors:

- Click on the color box (the pointer will transform into an eyedropper), choose the necessary color on the image and left-click it. The color box will change its color to the selected one.

- Double-click on the color box to open the Standard Color Selection Dialog.

Set new key colors

As a result, all colors that are darker then the black key will shift to the black color; all colors that are lighter that the white key will shift to the white color.

You can also set only one key color (black key or white key). If you define only the black key, the dark colors will shift to the black color, while the light colors will not change.

Please note, that the lighter is the black key color, the darker will be the image; the darker is the white key color, the lighter will be your image.

 

Note:

If you don't want to change the color shades on you image, use the grey color as the key color (in this case the color components (green, red and blue) are equal).

Original image; Black key color (0,0,0), Black key color (255,255,255)	Result; White key color (50,50,50), White key color (220,220,220)