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

Selective Color provides the starting structure, Plum and Gold supplies the middle treatment, and Metallic 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 Metallic?

Use the Selective Color, Plum and Gold, and Metallic combination for travel photographs with mixed colors, album artwork and editorial covers, or landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation. 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 + Metallic Color Filter

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

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About the Selective Color · Plum and Gold · Metallic effect

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

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

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How it works

Processing

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

Best for

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

Less suited to: Selective Color, Plum and Gold, and Metallic 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 · Metallic

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

Selective Color · Plum and Gold · Metallic questions

How does the Selective Color · Plum and Gold · Metallic recipe work?: Selective Color provides the starting structure, Plum and Gold supplies the middle treatment, and Metallic 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 Metallic?: Use the Selective Color, Plum and Gold, and Metallic combination for travel photographs with mixed colors, album artwork and editorial covers, or landscapes with clear shadow and highlight separation. Reduce its intensity when the source contains severely clipped channels, color-critical documentation, or images where an exact product color must remain unchanged.