Photo Color Correction Online: Fix Exposure, White Balance, and Tone
Fix a photo that came out too dark, too yellow, or flat. Facelab's photo color correction gives you 16 sliders for light, detail, color, and finish, from Exposure and Shadows to Temperature, Tint, and Vibrance, and shows each change on the photo as you drag.
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It runs in your browser, so there's nothing to install and you can try it on your own photo. Use it on indoor shots with a yellow cast, backlit portraits with a dark face, or pictures that need a matte, faded finish.
How to Color Correct a Photo Online
Step 1
Upload a Photo
Choose a JPG, PNG, or WEBP file.
Step 2
Fix the Light
Start with Exposure, then Highlights and Shadows, then Contrast.
Step 3
Correct the Color
Set the white balance with Temperature and Tint, then strengthen colors with Vibrance or Saturation.
Step 4
Finish and Download
Add Clarity, Grain, Fade, or Vignette if the photo needs them, then apply the edit and save it as PNG, JPEG, or WebP.
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The sliders appear in this order, grouped here by what they do:
- Light: Exposure, Brightness, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, and Auto
- Detail: Clarity, Sharpen, and Grain
- Color: Temperature, Tint, Vibrance, Saturation, and Color
- Finish: Fade and Vignette
Ten of them start in the middle and move both ways, so you can brighten or darken, warm or cool, add color or take it away. Clarity, Sharpen, Grain, Fade, and Vignette start at zero and add their effect as you move them.
Exposure, Highlights, and Shadows
Exposure and Brightness lighten or darken the whole picture. Highlights and Shadows each work on one end of the tonal range. Pull Highlights down to tame a bright sky or a shiny forehead, and push Shadows up to open a face in the shade.
Shadows lifts the dark parts of the image and leaves midtones and bright areas alone, so the photo keeps its depth. Raising Brightness lifts everything at once, which can make a dark photo look washed out. One limit is physical: areas that are pure white in the original have no detail left, so Highlights can only turn them gray.
Fix a Backlit Portrait
A person standing in front of a bright window or a sunset often comes out with a dark face and a bright background. Start with Shadows to open the face, lower Highlights to hold the background, and add a little Exposure if the face still needs it. When the result looks flat, a touch of Contrast or Clarity brings back shape.
Check the dark areas at the end. Lifting shadows hard can reveal noise, and a small amount of Grain makes it look more like film.
White Balance with Temperature and Tint
Indoor lamps often turn photos yellow or orange, shade and cloudy days make them blue, and some fluorescent and LED lights leave a green cast. Temperature moves the picture between blue and amber, and Tint between green and magenta.
The quickest way to judge is to find something that should be neutral, like a white shirt, a gray wall, or a sheet of paper, and move the sliders until it looks neutral. Then look at the skin. Many people prefer faces slightly warmer than neutral, so step back a little if the skin looks cold.
Vibrance or Saturation?
Both make colors stronger, and they work differently. Vibrance pushes muted colors, such as a pale sky or dull greenery, much harder than colors that are already rich, and it moves skin tones only a little. Saturation raises every color, skin included, so faces turn orange quickly.
For portraits, Vibrance is the safer choice. Saturation fits a bold look across the whole frame, and moved all the way to the left it turns the photo black and white.
Finishing Touches
Clarity adds contrast to edges and textures. That helps a hazy photo and also brings out pores and fine lines, so keep it low on close-up portraits. Fade lifts the darkest tones for a matte look, and Vignette darkens the edges to keep attention on the subject. Grain adds film-like noise, and Photo Textures has more types of grain, dust, and scratches.
Color Correct Photos Online, Free to Try
Color correction works in a browser tab so there's no app to download. You can try every slider on your own photo.
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Photo Color Correction: Frequently Asked Questions
What the 16 sliders do, where to start, and how to keep skin tones natural.
What does the photo color correction tool actually adjust?
Light (Exposure, Brightness, Contrast, Highlights, Shadows, Auto), detail (Clarity, Sharpen, Grain), color (Temperature, Tint, Vibrance, Saturation, Color), and finish (Fade, Vignette). That's 16 sliders, and none of them needs a brush or a selection.
Where should I start if I'm new to color correction?
Fix the light first: Exposure, then Highlights and Shadows, then Contrast. Next, correct the white balance with Temperature and Tint, and only then add color with Vibrance. Small moves usually go further than big ones.
Can I fix white balance and remove a color cast?
Yes. Temperature shifts the photo between blue and amber, and Tint between green and magenta. Adjust them until something neutral in the frame, like a white shirt or a gray wall, looks neutral.
Will color correction make skin tones look unnatural?
It can if you push Saturation, which boosts skin along with every other color. Vibrance strengthens muted colors and moves skin tones only slightly, so it's the better choice for portraits. Check the face after each color change.
Do I need Photoshop or design experience to use this tool?
No. Each control is a single slider, and you see the result on your photo while you adjust it.
Is online photo color correction free to use?
Yes, it's free to try in your browser with no app. The free plan includes 3 edits at full quality with no watermark.
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