What does the Heatmap effect change?

Heatmap applies a scene-wide color grade with controlled shadow, midtone, and highlight behavior, preserving the source composition beneath the new tonal character. The strength control determines how much of that treatment replaces the unedited appearance.

Which photos work best with Heatmap?

Choose Heatmap for travel photographs with mixed colors, album artwork and editorial covers, or landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation when the source has clear detail and balanced exposure. Start with a lighter setting if it contains severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.

Heatmap applied to the same source image — The same source image before and after applying Heatmap.

Original source image before Heatmap — The same source image before and after applying Heatmap.

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Heatmap creates a deliberate palette and tonal balance from the colors already present in the photo; tune the strength before exporting the finished image.

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Supported formats include JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG, HEIC, AVIF, TIFF, RAW, PSD. Maximum file size: 11 MB.

What you can do with the Heatmap effect

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Apply the Heatmap effect to any photo
Fine-tune the effect strength to taste
Preview your photo live as you edit
Download your edited photo in high quality
Apply Heatmap to many photos at once

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About the Heatmap effect

Heatmap remaps channel and luminance relationships while retaining the source geometry. Its intensity control blends the processed output with the uploaded pixels, so the edit can remain restrained or become the dominant look.

How to use Heatmap

Upload a photo, adjust the Heatmap intensity, compare its processed preview with the source, and download the finished result.

Why use the Heatmap effect?

Heatmap, tuned to your photo

Use the intensity control to balance the Heatmap treatment with the detail and character of your original photo.

A fast Heatmap workflow

A reduced Heatmap preview keeps adjustments responsive. Free downloads are clean and web-size; Premium or a credit unlocks the original resolution.

Secure Heatmap processing

Heatmap uploads are processed on secure servers and automatically removed under the normal Pixoate retention policy.

How it works

Processing

Heatmap runs as a classic image effect and does not use an AI action.

Best for

Heatmap works best for travel photographs with mixed colors, album artwork and editorial covers, and landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation, especially when the source is sharp and well exposed.

Less suited to: Heatmap is less reliable on severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.

Ways to use Heatmap

Build travel photographs with mixed colors with the Heatmap effect.
Use Heatmap to prepare album artwork and editorial covers.
Try a lower-strength Heatmap treatment for landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation.

Heatmap questions

What does the Heatmap effect change?: Heatmap applies a scene-wide color grade with controlled shadow, midtone, and highlight behavior, preserving the source composition beneath the new tonal character. The strength control determines how much of that treatment replaces the unedited appearance.
Which photos work best with Heatmap?: Choose Heatmap for travel photographs with mixed colors, album artwork and editorial covers, or landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation when the source has clear detail and balanced exposure. Start with a lighter setting if it contains severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.