Dull light? One click fixes it.

What it corrects

• Color casts. It reads the cast from the parts of the scene that should be neutral grey, and removes most of it.
• Flat contrast. Black and white points are set on brightness alone, so colors don’t shift.
• Muted color. Saturation goes up only when the photo is washed out.
• Red eye, when there are faces.

What it leaves alone

A sunset or golden-hour scene, where even the least colorful pixels are strongly colored. Correcting that would drain the picture, so the balance step stands down. Snow and white product shots stay light.

Getting there

Image → Auto-Enhance… (⌘⌥E) analyses the photo as the sheet opens. Click Apply Enhancement.