Editorial clean: crisp, neutral colour for portraits
Clean, slightly cool whites, firm contrast and tidy highlights. Reds and yellows are calmed and nudged toward the skin's own hue, so blotchy or sallow patches read as one even tone.
True to cameraEditorial clean
Drag to compare. Left of the line is True to camera, the plainest look; right of it is Editorial clean at full strength, rendered from the same file.
| What it does | Neutral and crisp, firm contrast, calmer reds and yellows for even skin |
|---|---|
| Good for | Bridal editorials, headshots, brand work |
When we'd reach for it
Headshots, bridal editorials and anything a client will put next to product photos, where a warm or faded cast would look like a mistake.
When we wouldn't
A candlelit reception. Neutral is the wrong goal when the light was warm on purpose.
The recipe
These are the settings stored in the look, drawn rather than listed. They sit on top of your camera's own colour and the exposure and white balance CullTone sets for each photo, so the same look lands a little differently on every frame.
Every look has a strength from 0 to 1.5. At 0 you get the plain camera-matched edit, at 1 the look as drawn here, and above 1 more of everything it does. More on reading curves in tone curves for photographers.
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Try Editorial clean on your own photos
Start a trial, create a project and pick this look. The studio shows it on your frames, at any strength, before anything renders.