How does the Selective Color · Plum and Gold · Clean Matte recipe work?

Selective Color provides the starting structure, Plum and Gold supplies the middle treatment, and Clean Matte determines the final rendering character. Intensity blends all three stages together against the source photo.

When should I use Selective Color with Plum and Gold and Clean Matte?

Use the Selective Color, Plum and Gold, and Clean Matte combination for album artwork and editorial covers, landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation, or travel photographs with mixed colors. Reduce its intensity when the source contains severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.

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Selective Color + Plum and Gold + Clean Matte Color Filter

Start with Selective Color, shape it with Plum and Gold, and close with Clean Matte in one adjustable color-grading recipe.

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About the Selective Color · Plum and Gold · Clean Matte effect

The renderer first applies Selective Color, then introduces Plum and Gold, and finally uses Clean Matte. Each stage has a distinct role in the color-grading recipe, while the intensity control blends the completed recipe against the source.

How to use Selective Color · Plum and Gold · Clean Matte

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Use the intensity control to balance the Selective Color · Plum and Gold · Clean Matte treatment with the detail and character of your original photo.

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How it works

Processing

Selective Color · Plum and Gold · Clean Matte runs as a classic image effect and does not use an AI action.

Best for

The exact Selective Color, Plum and Gold, and Clean Matte recipe works best for album artwork and editorial covers, landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation, and travel photographs with mixed colors.

Less suited to: Selective Color, Plum and Gold, and Clean Matte needs extra care with severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.

Ways to use Selective Color · Plum and Gold · Clean Matte

Use the Selective Color foundation with Plum and Gold and Clean Matte for album artwork and editorial covers.
Apply the Selective Color, Plum and Gold, and Clean Matte combination to landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation.
Choose Clean Matte when preparing travel photographs with mixed colors through the Selective Color and Plum and Gold recipe.

Selective Color · Plum and Gold · Clean Matte questions

How does the Selective Color · Plum and Gold · Clean Matte recipe work?: Selective Color provides the starting structure, Plum and Gold supplies the middle treatment, and Clean Matte determines the final rendering character. Intensity blends all three stages together against the source photo.
When should I use Selective Color with Plum and Gold and Clean Matte?: Use the Selective Color, Plum and Gold, and Clean Matte combination for album artwork and editorial covers, landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation, or travel photographs with mixed colors. Reduce its intensity when the source contains severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.