Style DNA guide

Start

The tool opens with a sample pair already loaded and scored: image A on the left, image B on the right, the radar and the overall similarity below them.

What you need

• A current browser. Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari all work.
• Two pictures on your device, in any format your browser can open, such as JPEG, PNG or WebP. None are needed to try the tool: the sample pair is there.

Your first result

1. Open Style DNA. The sample pair is already scored.
2. At the top of the panel, press Image A and pick a picture, then Image B. Or pick or drop two files at once: they fill A and B. The scores update as soon as both are in.
3. Read the six bars under Analysis and the shape on the radar. A longer bar means the two pictures are more alike on that measure.
4. Under Weights, raise the measures you care about and lower the rest. The overall similarity changes as you drag.
5. Press Download PNG at the top of the panel, or Copy.

Good to know

• Download PNG saves an 800 × 700 picture named style-dna-comparison.png: both images, the radar, the six scores and the overall similarity. It is a standard range (SDR) picture; nothing here is HDR.
• Copy puts the same picture on the clipboard, where the browser allows it.
• Dropping one file on the frame fills A or B, depending on which half it lands on. Dropping it on a tile fills that tile.
• Your two pictures are kept on this device, and every lab tool that takes a picture opens with them, until you press × on a tile. Swap puts A where B was, and the scores run again.
• The weights change only the overall similarity. The six scores, the bars and the radar stay the same.
• On a phone the controls sit in a bar at the bottom of the screen. Tap the bar to open them, and press Image A and Image B to pick pictures.