Balance controls are the core tonal adjustments available in Quick Edit and Detail Edit modes. There are seven controls:

  • Exposure — displayed as the real exposure value
  • Temperature — displayed in Kelvin (e.g. 6500K)
  • Tint — displayed in Kelvin
  • Contrast
  • Shadows
  • Highlights
  • Saturation

Keyboard Stepping

Balance controls can be adjusted via configurable keyboard shortcuts. Each shortcut steps the value up or down by a fixed amount. Two modifier keys change the step size:

Modifier Effect
(none) Normal step
Shift Large step (3x normal)
Option Small step (1/3 normal)

Balance keyboard shortcuts are configured through the assignable key system. The specific keys depend on your configuration.

Note: Temperature and Tint have separate step sizes for different RAW processing pipelines (CI RAW, LibRAW, and display images).

Resetting Balance

Shortcut Action
Cmd+R Reset Balance (or Reset Crop when in Crop mode)
Cmd+Shift+R Reset All Adjustments

See Adjustments for copy, paste, and apply-from-previous operations.