This article shows you how to use the Image Adjustments sliders to correct a photo's brightness, contrast, and color directly inside the editor — no external photo editor needed. Changes appear as a live preview and match the final render exactly.
Where to find Image Adjustments
Select any photo layer on the canvas. In the properties panel on the right, scroll to the Image Adjustments section. You'll see a row of sliders: Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Shadows, Mids, and Color.
What each slider does
| Slider | What it controls | Neutral value |
|---|---|---|
| Brightness | Makes the whole photo lighter or darker uniformly. | 0% |
| Contrast | Spreads highlights and shadows further apart (positive) or compresses them toward grey (negative). | 0% |
| Saturation | Intensifies colors (positive) or drains them toward grey (negative). | 0% |
| Shadows | Lifts the darkest areas of the photo without affecting midtones or highlights. Useful for recovering detail in underexposed subjects. | 0% |
| Mids | Adjusts midtone brightness (gamma). Values above 1.00 brighten midtones; values below 1.00 darken them. Highlights and deep shadows are affected less than with Brightness alone. | 1.00 |
| Color | Shifts the color temperature toward warm (positive) or cool (negative). | 0 (neutral) |
Adjust a photo
- Select the photo layer on the canvas or in the layer list.
- In the properties panel, scroll to Image Adjustments.
- Drag any slider to the right to increase its effect, or to the left to decrease it. The canvas updates as you drag.
- When the photo looks right, click anywhere outside the slider — the setting is saved automatically.
The value shown to the right of each slider reflects the current setting. Brightness, Contrast, and Saturation display a percentage (e.g. +30%). Mids shows a decimal (e.g. 1.25). Color shows warm or cool when away from neutral, and 0 when neutral.
Reset a slider to neutral
Double-click any slider to snap it back to its neutral value instantly. To reset every adjustment at once, click the Reset button that appears at the top of the Image Adjustments section whenever any slider is off neutral.
Live preview matches the render
The canvas preview is updated in real time as you move a slider. The adjustment you see in the editor is the same one applied when Templified renders the final image — there is no separate "apply" step and no discrepancy between preview and output.
Apply adjustments to multiple photos at once
You can adjust several photo layers in a single operation by selecting them all before opening the properties panel.
- Click the first photo layer, then Shift-click (or Cmd-click on Mac, Ctrl-click on Windows) each additional photo layer to add it to the selection.
- The properties panel switches to bulk mode and shows the Image Adjustments section for all selected layers.
- Drag a slider to apply that value to every selected layer at once.
Mixed states in bulk editing
When the selected layers have different values for the same slider, the value readout shows Mixed instead of a number. The slider itself starts at the neutral position as a placeholder.
Moving the slider overrides all selected layers with that new value — the Mixed label disappears and every selected layer takes on the value you set. If you want to preserve a layer's existing setting, deselect it before adjusting.
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