PhotoTune 2 by onOne Software

Today's post focuses in on a plug-in tool for Adobe Photoshop, PhotoTune 2 by onOne Software. It can be purchased as an individual plug-in or as part of their Plug-In Suite, currently at version 4.5.

What I really like about this plug-in is the simple nature of the process in which you make a series of judgements to adjust your image. While Lightroom and Photoshop give a lot of control over many adjustments to you image, sometimes that can either be to daunting or it takes a fair amount of time to adjust your image.

PhotoTune walks you through a series of 6 comparisons. The plug-in tells you what control is being adjusted within the image and what to look for so you adjust correctly. It also allows you to make general changes in the images being compared to assist in your selection process. At the end of the six step process, you are given a set of fine tuning controls with both the original and tuned images displayed so that you can see the changes realtime. This feature gives you a high level of control over your image.

Within a couple of minutes I was able to adjust the below image to what I consider a more visually pleasing image. While I will not need to use this tool on every image, I do feel it will be very beneficial to my post processing workflow.

PhotoTune is broken into two separate plug-ins, one focused on color corrections (ColorTune) and one focused on skin tone (SkinTune) corrections. I will create another post when I utilize the SkinTune tool.

All of onOne Software is available for 30 day trial evaluation. Plug-ins are available for Photoshop, Lightroom, and Aperture.

Links for onOne Software's PhotoTune 2
PhotoTune 2 by onOne Software
PhotoTune 2.2 Tutorials

Red Poppies in a Field - Processed in PhotoTune 2 after using Lightroom


Poppies in the field - Lightroom Processing Only