Tune Colors

This tool is accessible via main menu > Objects > Color in selection / transformation mode.

The Tune Colors feature allows you to adjust the colors of all selected objects, or even the entire design at once. The Tune Colors command opens a window with Brightness, Contrast, Gamma, Saturation, and color balance controls (Cyan-Red, Magenta-Green, Yellow-Blue). These controls work with the color of vector objects and stitches (thread), not with the image colors.

Left: original colors before tuning. Right: brightness increased for all objects at once.

Color Balance

Adjusting color using the yellow-blue, red-green, and cyan-magenta balance tools means modifying the proportion of these complementary color pairs in your design.

Knowing how these color pairs influence each other is essential for achieving the desired look.

1. Red-Green Balance:
   • Moving the slider toward Red enhances red tones. This can warm up the design, make skin tones appear more vibrant, or correct excessive green.
   • Moving it toward Green increases green tones, creating a cooler, more natural appearance (especially for outdoor scenes) and reducing red dominance.
2. Cyan-Magenta Balance:
   • Adjusting toward Cyan adds cyan (a mix of blue and green), which gives a cooler, more muted look and can correct a magenta cast.
   • Adjusting toward Magenta strengthens magenta (a blend of red and purple), adding depth and richness to reds and purples or offsetting too much cyan.
3. Yellow-Blue Balance:
   • Shifting the control toward Yellow increases yellow tones in the design. This can make the overall look warmer, introduce golden tones, or help reduce a bluish tint.
   • Shifting it toward Blue boosts blue tones, which cools the design, adds a blue hue, or neutralizes a yellow cast.

These balance adjustments can be applied separately to shadows, midtones, and highlights, giving you more precise control. Rather than affecting the entire design uniformly, you can fine-tune colors in the darker areas (shadows), the mid-range tones, and the brightest parts (highlights) independently for more refined color correction.