How to match image colors using an image as a reference?

[Michel Saguiar]

Hello how are you?

I need your help. I have some product images from a client and I need them all to have the same color tone. In Photoshop I used Match Color to match the colors of the images, using an image as a reference.

Is there a tool that does this automatically in Affinity Photo or do I need to do it manually?

If anyone has any suggestions it would be very helpful.

Thanks in advance!

[Michail]

38 minutes ago, Michel Saguiar said:

Is there a tool that does this automatically in Affinity Photo or do I need to do it manually?

Try the LUT adjustment (Infer LUT).

[laurent32]

I use Sabacan (on Mac) ; free on the App Store ; really easy to use…

It can help you for a few pics.

[carl123]

On 1/18/2023 at 2:52 PM, Michel Saguiar said:

Is there a tool that does this automatically in Affinity Photo or do I need to do it manually?

There's no automatic tool to do it but a recolour adjustment will allow you to do it manually

You could then add that as a recolour preset to do it "automatically" to other similarly coloured prawns

 

[Michail]

1 hour ago, carl123 said:

There's no automatic tool to do it but a recolour adjustment will allow you to do it manually

This is not a good idea!
With "Recolor" you merely colour a black and white variant of the image monochromatically. The result is an image that consists of only one colour. The different colour tones are created depending on the existing brightness levels. White remains white and black remains black. All other original colours are lost.

[laurent32]

For those interested, this is Sabacan, I find it nice, it gives some base values you can play with in Affinity Photo.

[Mr. Doodlezz]

Hi there!

I've had this question a few times over the years but haven't found a solution. I used to use Photoshop's Match Colour option regularly and miss it dearly.

Sabacan looks like exactly what I need, but I'm using Windows. Does anyone know of any similar software for Windows?

[Mr. Doodlezz]

On 1/18/2023 at 4:26 PM, Michail said:

Try the LUT adjustment (Infer LUT).

This works to some extent and without any other plug-ins or the like – thanks, I did not know that the Infer LUT would do this! I will tinker with it. 😃

[big smile]

Anyone know how to use the LUT filter? When you click on "Load Lut" or "infer Lut" it asks for a file. According to the Affinity help, this file has to be in *.3dl, *.csp, *.cube, or *.look format. But how do I create one of these files from my source image.

I really just want to have one image match the colors of another (like the opening poster wanted to do with the prawn images). So if there is an easier way to do it, that would be helpful too!

 

Thanks in advance. 

 

EDIT: So it looks like you have to open your source image and then create file > Export LUT. But I am not sure how to apply those colours to the target image when you use a LUT filter. Any ideas? Thanks!

[walt.farrell]

1 hour ago, big smile said:

EDIT: So it looks like you have to open your source image and then create file > Export LUT. But I am not sure how to apply those colours to the target image when you use a LUT filter. Any ideas? Thanks!

To use Export LUT you must:

1. Start with a source image.
2. Modify the appearance of that image by using stand-along adjustment layers.
3. When it looks like you want, you then Export a LUT, which will incorporate the adjustments you made in step 2.

Then, you can open a different image, and apply the LUT adjustment from step 3 to it to make similar adjustments as you did for the original image.