Opening PhotoKit Color 2.0

After installing PhotoKit Color 2.0, you must first have an image open in order to run PhotoKit Color. PhotoKit Color 2.0 will ONLY run when a 24 bit RGB  color image is open in Photoshop. Most digital color images will be in 24-bit color such as JPEGS, TIFFs and Photoshop's native file format, PSD. PhotoKit Color 2.0 will not run on grayscale nor Index Color (GIF) formats. To run PhotoKit Color 2.0 on these kinds of files, you must first mode change to RGB before running PhotoKit Color 2.0.

The File menu
After opening an image, your Photoshop workspace should look something like the above image. To launch PhotoKit Color 2.0, you will need to navigate to: File > Automate > PhotoKit Color 2

The PhotoKit Color 2 dialog
When you launch PhotoKit Color 2, you will see the PhotoKit Color 2 main dialog box shown below. If this is the First Time you've ever launched PhotoKit Color 2, you will see a different dialog box before seeing PhotoKit Color. For more information see the First Launch section of the site.

Choosing a PhotoKit Color 2 set
The 'PhotoKit Color 2 Set' contains a variety of commonly needed image adjustments grouped by adjustment type.

Choosing a PhotoKit Color 2 effect
After selecting a Set, you next move to the 'Effects' drop-down menu.  As shown below, the Effects menu is where you select the actual effects to apply to your image.

It's useful to remember that PhotoKit Color 2.0 will NEVER modify the original pixels in your image. PhotoKit Color accomplishes everything by way of creating new layers on top of your base image. Therefore, you are free to explore and play with your images without having to worry about screwing them up. You can always delete the PhotoKit Color 2.0 layers and go back to your original unmodified image.