Recipes: apply, adjust, and save looks

A recipe can include color pins, white balance, tone, saturation, grain, and an imported LUT. Color pins target specific colors and lightness ranges, so the same recipe can produce different results on different photos.

Apply a recipe

Click Recipes in the bar above the photo to open the rail. Tone Caliper includes four recipes: Golden Hour, Twilight Blue, Teal & Amber, and Muted Film.

1. Preview a look. Each recipe's thumbnail shows it on your current photo. Hover over a recipe to preview it on the main image.

2. Click to apply. A color recipe opens the Color tab; a black-and-white recipe opens B&W.

3. Adjust the result. Move color pins, refine the Tone curve, or change other settings to suit the photo.

A recipe replaces the settings it includes rather than adding to them. Settings excluded from the recipe stay unchanged. Press Ctrl+Z to undo the application.

Recipes do not include crop, masks, or RAW develop settings.

Save your own recipe

Right-click the photo and choose Save look as recipe…, or click Save current look… in the Recipes rail.

Name the recipe, then choose which settings to save under Include:

All options start checked. Included settings are applied even when their saved values are neutral.

Uncheck a setting to leave it unchanged when the recipe is applied. For example, uncheck Exposure to preserve each photo's existing exposure adjustment.

Copy a look between photos

To reuse an edit without saving a recipe:

1. Right-click the edited photo and choose Copy look.

2. Select the destination photos in the Library.

3. Right-click and choose Paste look.

4. Choose which settings to include.

Unlike recipes, copied looks can include masks and RAW develop settings.

Share or export a recipe

Open a recipe's menu in the rail, or right-click it, for these options:

• Save as .wheel file… — save a recipe file to share with another Tone Caliper user. Import it using Load .wheel… in the rail.
• Export LUT… — export a .cube file for compatible video editors and other apps. See Export your look as a LUT.
• Delete recipe… — remove a saved recipe after confirmation. The four included recipes cannot be deleted.

Browse community recipes

Open Community recipes using the button at the top right of the window. You can browse, like, and save recipes without an account.

You can also browse community recipes on the web.

Publish a recipe

1. Sign in under Settings → Account.

2. Open Community recipes, choose Publish a recipe, and select a saved recipe. Recipes containing an imported LUT cannot be published.

3. Attach up to four sample photos. The recipe is applied to each photo, and the images are resized and stripped of location data before upload.

4. Choose Publish for review.

The recipe appears in the community once approved.

For a complete walkthrough, see The editing workflow or Make your first color grade.