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Chromatelier – User Guide

Every feature of Chromatelier, explained with step-by-step guides and screenshots from the app: from your first steps through layers, selections and adjustments to the AI tools, video and automation.

The Chromatelier main window with a photo open
The main window: menu bar, options bar, toolbar on the left, panels on the right.

Chapters

01Getting Started

Installation; creating, opening and saving documents.

 02Interface

Menus, tools, panels, workspaces, navigation.

 03Tools

All 58 tools in the toolbar and their options.

 04Layers

Layers, groups, masks, adjustment layers, styles, Smart Objects.

 05Selections

From the Rectangular Marquee to “Select and Mask”.

 06Adjustments

Levels, Curves, color, black and white and more.

 07Filters

Over 100 filters, Filter Gallery, Liquify, Vanishing Point.

 08Retouching & Transforming

Content-Aware Fill, Transform, Puppet Warp, Image Size.

 09Type, Shapes & Paths

Typography, OpenType, shape layers, the Pen tool.

 10AI on Your Computer

Subject, sky, people, Remove, neural filters – offline.

 11Generative AI

Fill, expand, images from text – with your own OpenAI key.

 12Color, RAW & HDR

Color management, modes, bit depth, RAW development, panoramas.

 13Video & Animation

Timeline, keyframes, sound, GIF and MP4.

 14Saving, Export & Printing

File formats, export, web, printing, Content Credentials.

 15Automation

Actions, batch processing, scripts, plug-ins, AI assistants.

Conventions in this guide

  • Menu commands are written like this: Image › Adjustments › Curves… – that is, the Image menu, the Adjustments submenu, the Curves… command.
  • Keyboard shortcuts are given for macOS, for example ⌘ M. On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl instead of ⌘ and Alt instead of ⌥.
  • Names of buttons and fields in dialogs are set in bold.
  • The screenshots show the German interface with the dark theme. Click an image to see it full size.

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