Maintaining consistent output and handling unique customer retouching details can be a challenge. Fortunately, Hue has tools like Reference Images, Auto QA, and Variants Fan Out to make life easier (and save you some headaches)!
Reference image alert
Before jumping into editing, your Admin needs to set reference image rules in Gamma at the Client level. Rules can be based on things like Style Code, Category, Product Code, or Job Code. Once these are set, Hue will flag tasks with matching conditions by showing an eye icon.
Hover over the icon, and a tooltip will prompt you to "View Reference Image." Use it to check how similar products were retouched before starting your edits. Want more control? Apply filters to pinpoint the exact reference image you need.
Auto QA
Remember the presets we talked about in the HUE Photoshop Panel article? Those come in handy here! Presets include specifications like file format, DPI, and dimensions. Hue’s Auto Quality Assurance uses them to evaluate your files after export.
Auto QA will be able to check or show the following specifications of the image:
File format
File extension
DPI
Color profile
Bits Per Channel
Dimensions
Background color
Cropping
What to Expect:
Green check = All good!
Orange mark = Uh-oh, something's not right.
If Auto QA is set to “Override" in your workflow, you can upload unmatched files. Otherwise, you’ll need to adjust them first.
Variant fan out
With a single click, Hue will automatically create a new file format according to the setup in your presets. You can keep all the core retouching effects and Hue will take care of the outputs for you.
Click Fan Out, Hue will then show you 2 options:
Duplicates: HUE will keep all the work that you have done on the image and make a copy with the respective dimensions as per the setup in your presets
When Duplicate is selected: Hue will duplicate everything of the main file that you are working on (including edit effects, color profile, dpi...etc) except for the dimensions. The dimensions of the duplicates will be the same as set in the variant preset.
Blanks: HUE will create a completely blank file so you can start working again
When Blank is selected: Hue can copy over 3 specs from the main which are color profile, bit per channel, and dpi. For the dimension spec:
If the dimension is set to Pixel or height and width, it will copy the spec number.
If the dimension is set to ratio or N/A: copy the dimension of the main.
Click the Settings wheel, you will be able to see the additional functions when duplicating files. Both are selected by default.
Scale to fit canvas
Center on canvas
When both boxes are checked, the following scenarios will happen after the file is created:
If the aspect ratio of the Variant is equal to the Main: Hue will resize the image to fit the dimensions of the workfile canvas as defined in preset.
If the aspect ratio of the Variant is proportionally taller than the Main, Hue will action in the below order:
Resize the variant image so that the height equals the height of the workfile canvas/crop.
Then, center the image on canvas by aligning it to the horizontal middle of the canvas.
If the aspect ratio of the Variant is proportionally wider than the Main, Hue will action in the below order:
Resize the variant image so that the width equals the width of the workfile canvas/crop.
Then, center the image on canvas by aligning it to the vertical middle of the canvas.
Note:
When creating a variant, Hue will remember the previous export option (according to the preset variant ID) that the user chose, whether it’s a preset or manually changing each specification, and then apply it to the next task. This setting is cached in Hue's workspace folder.
If there are no previous export options or the preset doesn’t define the file format or there is no preset, then HUE will apply the default specifications as below:
format: JPG
qualityPercent: 100
progressive: true
embedColorProfile: true
Bulk export and Bulk fan out
Done editing? Use Fan Out All to apply effects across all variants, and then hit Export All to save yourself a ton of time.
Check out our Hue Bulk Actions panel.
Copy feature
Hue lets you copy product codes and instruction notes with ease. It’s small but oh-so-handy for staying organized.
