Using PhotoKit-EL

Using PhotoKit-EL is very simple. You open an image, pick the 'Set' and then the 'Effect' that you wish to apply to your image and click 'OK'. To see how simple it is to use, let's go back to the Arches image shown in the Launch section.

Once the image is open, navigate to the Automate Tools menu to launch PhotoKit-EL. Note: you can also launch PhotoKit-EL from the Recipes palette as well as the Effects palette. When you installed PhotoKit-EL, a new series of Recipes was added to help make using PhotoKit-EL more convenient. To learn more about using Recipes, please click HERE. To learn about using PhotoKit-EL from the Effects palette, click HERE.

For this example, we'll choose a different Effect from the Tone Set; 'Boost Contrast 3'. This effect will increase the contrast of the image by lightening the lighter tones while darkening the darker tones.

The result of the 'Boost Contrast 3' is shown below. Note that a new layer has been created with the 'Boost Contrast 3' layer above the 'Background' layer of your image. To look at the image before the PhotoKit-EL correction, move your mouse over the image below.

If you wish to learn more about how PhotoKit-EL creates new layers and how you can take advantage of them, read more about layers by clicking HERE.