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SmartColor can be customized with the SmartColor Preferences which are viewed by clicking the SmartColor Preferences… button in the main Preferences window:
The SmartColor Preferences controls are divided into two main categories.
The first set of controls defines how SmartColor works:
Each of these checkboxes determines whether the corresponding edit tool will be affected when SmartColor Mode is enabled or a SmartColor button is clicked. By default, all of the checkboxes are checked, and all of the corresponding tools are set by SmartColor. There may be times that you want to selectively turn off parts of SmartColor. For example, if you know that you never work with Linear images, you can uncheck the Linear SmartColor preference so that SmartColor will never mistakenly identify a dark image as a linear image. Or, if you find that you typically need to adjust the Saturation that SmartColor sets, you may find it easier to simply turn off the Saturation component of SmartColor. However, you can also fine tune SmartColor Saturation without turning it off, as described below.
The Preferred Saturation menu influences the Saturation level that is set by the SmartColor Saturation correction.
The settings range from 0 (None; a black and white image) to 100 (Maximum; a very colorful image), with 80 being the default. SmartColor Saturation will analyze your image and set the Saturation control to a value that will either reduce or increase the saturation of your image to match your preferred saturation level.
Note that the visual effect that this control has on your image is influenced by your choice of working space. If you change EditLab's working space, you may also need to adjust this Preferred Saturation preference also.
The second set of controls in this window defines how Memory Color buttons work.
Each of these checkboxes determines whether the corresponding control in the Hue Selective edit tool panel will be affected when a Memory Color button is clicked. By default, all of the checkboxes are checked, and all of the corresponding tools are set. These preferences allow you to selectively turn off parts of the Memory Color. For example, if you find that you typically need to adjust the Saturation that the Memory Color sets, you may find it easier to simply turn off the Saturation component of the Memory Color button. Note that this does not change the Memory Color definition, but determines which parts of the definition are actually used. The process used to fine tune a Memory Color definition or create a new one is described here.
The Restore Defaults button at the bottom of the window will set all preferences in the window to the factory default values, that is, the values that were present when EditLab was first installed.
The OK button must be clicked in order for the settings in the window to take effect.
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