TK Median plugin for Photoshop

TK Median is a Photoshop plugin that provides a one-click solution for setting an anchor on a Curves adjustment layer that matches the median value of the Photoshop histogram. Using this anchor as the pivot point for an S-curve to increase image contrast helps prevent exposure changes. Todd Dominey explains this concept in the video below.

This plugin is FREE if you opt-in to receive update information from Tony Kuyper Photography. Jump to the download section.

Plugin features include:

• Automatically refreshes the histogram to obtain the most accurate median value.
• Creates a Curves adjustment layer and sets an anchor to match the histogram's meidan value.
• With active selections, sets the median anchor to match the median of the selected pixels.
• When no selection present, sets the median anchor to match the median of the entire image.
• Nearly instantaneous results.
• Holding down “CTRL” (Windows) or “command” (Mac) when clicking the “Set Median Anchor” button moves the new Curves layer to the top of the layer stack.
• Compact size.
• Docks with other panels
• Easy installation.
• It's FREE!

NOTE: This plugin and the installation document are English-only and have not been translated into other languages.

The fly-out menu in the upper right corner provides access to additional options and resources.

Todd Dominey's videos—Opens a window using the computer's default browser to watch Todd Dominey's video explaining the concept of using the histogram's median value for contrast adjustments.

Get more plugins!—Opens a window using the computer's default browser to page on Tony Kuyper's website for getting additional free and paid plugins and videos.

Copyright info—Opens a Photoshop window with the plugin's copyright information.

Visit Tony Kuyper's website—Opens a window using the computer's default browser to the index page of Tony Kuyper's website.

Reload plugin—Provides a method to manually reload the plugin in case it's not functioning properly.

The plugin is distributed in a download folder which includes installation directions (it's easy to install). Photoshop 2022 (version 23.3.0) or Photoshop Beta is required to install it, but testing was only done using the latest version of Photoshop. To get the free TK Median plugin, follow the directions below.

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