Bring the drama with colour-grading tools

Discover how to use adjustment layers in Affinity Photo to add mood and colour to a lacklustre image, with Wendy Evans

- Wendy Evans

Sometimes the photo you take just doesn't live up to the dramatic spectacle that you experienced. Fortunately, Affinity Photo has a range of colour-grading tools that can bring the drama back and give your image the same impact that inspired you to get out your camera.

How much you use each one depends on the qualities of the image you are processing, but put them all together and any image can be significantly enhanced. In this tutorial, we'll be looking at colour balance, HSL shifts and split toning. Before you start on this, clean up any flaws with the Clone Stamp tool and make sure that the horizon is straight.

1 Adjust the brightness