LightZone
LightZone offers a unique visual approach that focuses on what you want to do with your photos

LightZone offers a unique visual approach that focuses on what you want to do with your photos.

LightZone allows you to work at a higher level and focus on being creative rather than having to struggle with things like pixels, curves and histograms. Our photographic approach allows you to become proficient at image editing in a matter of hours. Use your intuition as a photographer rather than having to spend years reading books and attending courses.

LightZone, our classic all-in-one application, has its own integrated image browser and raw converter allowing you to use one application for your entire workflow.

The Photo Browser allows you to navigate among the folders on your computer.

For a given folder, the main view shows you thumbnails of all the photos in that folder. You also see all the image metadata for a selected photo.

Connecting the dots
LightZone is the only photo-editor where every operation is a smart operation.
No more tweaking of confusing histograms, no more guess-work; a single slider in LightZone can adjust any of the 16 exposure values in an image: individually, grouped or selectively.

Built-in intelligence
Safely experiment with change in exposures without
changing color or vice versa. Instantly create High Dynamic Range images, without the need to take multiple exposures. All operations are performed in a 16-bit dynamic range for maximum editing flexibility.

Unlimited layers
An unlimited tool stack allows for unlimited edits to the photograph, in which the hierarchy determines in what order these edits are performed. Edit instructions are stored as non destructive operational layers (rather than pixel layers). Individual edit operations can be sequenced differently and turned on or off.

Powerful selections and mask
While many accurate adjustments can be made with tools without selections because of LightZone\'s advanced image analysis technology, sometimes a specific region requires more attention or isolation.

LightZone\'s live-regions with feathering can be changed in shape, or moved even after the edit is applied. Regions are linked to individual tools, allowing for very detailed editing operations.

Here are some key features of \"LightZone\":

Instant Styles:
· High Dynamic Range
· High Dynamic Range sunset
· Black and White Toning
· Blue filter Black and White
· Contrast and Pop
· InfraRed Look
· Lomo Look
· Palladium Toning
· Sepia
· Wow
· Soft Wow
· Page Soft Wow
· Shadows opener
· Alien InfraRed
· Style creation
· Import and Export Styles

Intelligent Tools:
· Relight tool
· Colorized Black and White
· Hue/saturation
· Noise reduction
· Modify live RAW adjustments
· Selections and Masks
· White Balance
· ZoneMapper
· Sharpen
· Blur
· Color Balance
· Clone and stamp
· Red-eye removal

Powerful Workflow:
· Embedded edit tool-stack in JPEG
· Selective edit history
· Metadata editor & preference
· Lift and batch-apply Styles
· Image stack and unstack
· Smart select
· Send and preference
· Help and advice
· Convert
· Drag-and-drop
· Photo browser
· Batch processing
· New camera RAW support
· Rank and sort
· Soft Proof
· Printing with automatic resize
· RAW selective editing
· Lightroom integration
· iPhoto integration
· Aperture integration


Requirements:

· Pentium or AMD CPU w/SSE2
· 1 GB RAM (2 GB recommended)


Limitations:

· 30 days trial.


What\'s New in This Release:

· LightZone BASIC support - including \"lite\" access to the LightZone Digital Asset Manager
· New built-in Polarization Style, emulates a polarization filter
· Added support for Nikon D40X RAW
· Added support for Kodak P712 RAW
· Added support for Samsung GX10 RAW
· Improved
· Performance
· Improved Nikon D40 RAW support
· Improved Sony R1 RAW support
· Improved Fuji S5 RAW support
· Bug fixes:
· Fixed license key issues
· Fixed certain memory & thread leaks
· Fixed rotation on Olympus 8080 RAW
· Nikon D1X JPEG issues.