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| LightZone by Light Crafts is Now Available for Microsoft Windows Light Crafts, Inc. has announced that the Microsoft Windows version of its award-winning photo editing software – LightZone – is now available. LightZone, which recently received a “Best of Show” award at the 2006 Macworld Expo, provides a better way to edit and correct digital photographs and create stunning photographic and fine art prints. With LightZone, a digital photograph can be developed and edited using light values and shapes in a true non-destructive editing environment. LightZone’s breakthrough patent-pending technology helps serious photographers achieve professional results and is easy and intuitive to use. LightZone provides serious photographers with a tightly integrated editing environment to help them make the most efficient use of their time editing, correcting and printing their photographs. Key features in LightZone include: -- ZoneFinder. Using patent-pending technology, ZoneFinder analyzes and displays an image in shapes and tonal values, just as photographers pre-visualize their prints. -- ZoneMapper. ZoneMapper provides an easier way to control and adjust the light and tonal values of an image. ZoneMapper is the most powerful way to precisely remap tonal values for color correction, to set the optimal points for highlights and shadows, and to correct contrast. -- RegionMapper. RegionMapper simplifies selecting even the most complicated regions of an image and it expertly blends the effects of the tools and transformations with the rest of the image. This simple technique provides extraordinarily precise and accurate control of the area being edited. -- StudioZone. An innovative image viewer and file browser, StudioZone lets photographers view, print and publish their photographs using a true digital negative format. A powerful search function, with metadata search, helps you find specific images in an instant. An integrated RAW converter provides a seamless transition from camera media to LightZone. -- True Non-Destructive Editing. LightZone’s non-destructive image processing engine does not alter any portion of the original image file, so photographers can modify or delete changes at any point in their workflow. Transformations made to the photograph are saved in a way that tells the application how to display or print the modified photograph. Now photographers can create multiple versions of an image without duplicating files or using up large amounts of hard drive space. -- Linear color space. LightZone works in linear color space instead of a gamma-corrected color space, allowing more precise calculations for consistent color and predictable results on a display or on paper. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |