Saturate Image
Raise or lower color saturation.
Uses the CSS saturate filter in the canvas. Zero is grayscale-like. Unlike Contrast this does not stretch luminance. Unlike Sepia this is not a brown wash.
What Saturate Image does
Uses the CSS saturate filter in the canvas. Zero is grayscale-like. Unlike Contrast this does not stretch luminance. Unlike Sepia this is not a brown wash.
This URL is only for Saturate Image (saturate image). Raise or lower color saturation. Other Images tools on Tool-You look similar in the chrome, so the job definition below is the part that belongs to Saturate Image alone: Uses the CSS saturate filter in the canvas. Zero is grayscale-like. Unlike Contrast this does not stretch luminance. Unlike Sepia this is not a brown wash.
How to use Saturate Image
- Stay on this Saturate Image page (/saturate-image). Do not switch to Image Contrast unless you actually want Raise or lower contrast..
- Add the file type Saturate Image accepts. Hint from the path: saturate image. Raise or lower color saturation.
- Set only the options that match Saturate Image. Neighbor Adjust Image Brightness does something else (Brighten or darken a photo locally.). Tool note: Uses the CSS saturate filter in the canvas. Zero is grayscale-like. Unlike Contrast this does not stretch luminance. Unlike Sepia this is not a brown wash.
- Run Saturate Image in this tab. Browser memory still applies: 0–200% CSS saturate. PNG out. First GIF frame only. Max 20 MB.
- Download or copy the result from Saturate Image. If it is the wrong job, open Image Contrast instead.
When not to use Saturate Image
Skip Saturate Image when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Image Contrast or Adjust Image Brightness — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Uses the CSS saturate filter in the canvas. Zero is grayscale-like. Unlike Contrast this does not stretch luminance. Unlike Sepia this is not a brown wash.
Questions about Saturate Image
- What does Saturate Image do that other Images pages on this site do not?
- Uses the CSS saturate filter in the canvas. Zero is grayscale-like. Unlike Contrast this does not stretch luminance. Unlike Sepia this is not a brown wash. Short version: Raise or lower color saturation.
- Does Saturate Image upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?
- No. Saturate Image runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: 0–200% CSS saturate. PNG out. First GIF frame only. Max 20 MB.
- Should I use Image Contrast instead of Saturate Image?
- Use Saturate Image when you need Raise or lower color saturation. Use Image Contrast when you need Raise or lower contrast. They share a category (Images) but not the same job.
- What are the limits of Saturate Image?
- 0–200% CSS saturate. PNG out. First GIF frame only. Max 20 MB. Also: Uses the CSS saturate filter in the canvas. Zero is grayscale-like. Unlike Contrast this does not stretch luminance. Unlike Sepia this is not a brown wash.