Introduction to PhotoKit Color 2.0 - Pixel Genius

Note: Roll your mouse cursor over the effects names above to see the indicated PhotoKit Color effect.
Color Overlay effects
This series has been designed to provide a series of nine strong colored overlays.
There are several ways you can color an image in Photoshop, but these mostly tend to
upset the tonal balance, causing unwanted clipping of one or more color channels, or
produce a flat color result. The PhotoKit Color 2.0 Overlays will preserve all the tonal
information in the original image. If you examine the effects closely you will notice they
apply dual colors and are returned as a layer group containing two layers. These color
combinations have been carefully chosen to provide subtle color shifts between the
highlights and the shadows.
Color Overlay layers
When you apply a Color Overlay effect, it will create a layer group containig two layers.
The lower layer produces the main coloring effect and is set to an opacity of 50%. Increasing
or reducing the opacity will produce a stronger or gentler coloring effect.
The layer above that is the tint layer, which is also set to a 50% opacity. The tint layer
adds a gentle color tint (mainly to the highlight colors). The tint colors are chosen to
gently enhance the main coloring effect. You can increase or reduce the opacity as desired.