High-key bright: white studios, beaches and snow done right
Bright and soft, with the highlights held so a white backdrop stays white instead of going blank.
True to cameraHigh-key bright
Drag to compare. Left of the line is True to camera, the plainest look; right of it is High-key bright at full strength, rendered from the same file.
| What it does | Lifted exposure and shadows, held highlights, soft colour |
|---|---|
| Good for | White studios, beach and snow, bright interiors |
When we'd reach for it
White-cyc studios, beaches, snow and bright interiors.
When we wouldn't
Evening light. It will try to make the night look like noon.
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 High-key bright 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.