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Tone Caliper

Tone Caliper lets you edit a photo by working with the colors you can actually see.

Your originals stay untouched. Your photos stay on your computer. Buy once, no subscription.

The Tone Caliper edit view, with the color wheel on the right

Shape the colors that are already there.

Instead of translating your image into panels and sliders, Tone Caliper starts with the photo itself. Pick a color in the image, move it where you want it to go, and shape the tones already there.

Color grading

Edit by color, not by panel.

Most editors make you translate what you see into sliders. Tone Caliper starts with the image: pick the blue in the sky or the green in the trees, and move it where you want it to go.

Black and white

Black and white starts with color.

Decide how each color becomes tone. Start from classic film responses — red, orange, yellow, panchromatic, or orthochromatic — then fine-tune by hand.

Library

Open a folder. Start editing.

Tone Caliper reads straight from the folders you already use — no import, nothing moved or renamed. Flag your picks, and filter by lens, date, or location.

Recipes

Save the looks you love.

Save a color grade and apply it across a shoot, or start from a look shared by another photographer — then adjust the exact colors that need attention.