Subject Tone
Color-grade just the subject in a photo — adjust how you look without touching the background.
What is Subject Tone?
Subject Tone is the mirror image of Background Tone — it adjusts hue, saturation, and brightness on only the subject, leaving the background exactly as it was.
It's aimed at fixing how a person looks in a single photo — skin tone, warmth, selective color correction — without applying a filter that changes the whole image.
How it works
- 1
Import a photo
Any image with a clear main subject.
- 2
Adjust subject hue/saturation/brightness
Only the detected subject area changes.
- 3
Compare before/after
Check the adjustment reads naturally.
- 4
Export
Save the result.
Who it's for
Selfie & portrait touch-ups
Correct skin tone or warmth without a filter that also changes the background.
Matching subject tone across shots
Keep how a person looks consistent across photos taken in different lighting.
We haven't found a third-party tool that does this justice yet — check back once BeatShort ships.
FAQ
What's the difference between this and Background Tone?
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