- #Lightzone tutorials mac os x#
- #Lightzone tutorials mac os#
- #Lightzone tutorials archive#
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#Lightzone tutorials mac os#
Linux users on the company discussion boards bemoaned the lack of updates in the wake of Kast’s departure, as incremental updates and a major revision were released for Windows and Mac OS X. Kast left the company in July, leaving the Linux edition of LightZone in limbo. The previous releases of LightZone for Linux were the personal handiwork of Light Crafts developer Anton Kast, who maintained the port - officially sanctioned by the company, but without official technical support - out of personal interest in the platform.
#Lightzone tutorials full#
For users that read top-to-bottom, it is easier to jump to visually, and having a full column all to itself means more info fits on screen without users having to mouse over and scroll. I was also pleased with the repositioning of image metadata in Browse mode it has moved from the lower left corner beneath the file and directory tree to the top level on the right side. Previous versions grouped some transformation and editing tools into two different places they are now all together, which makes finding the one you need faster. The tools and menus have also been reorganized.
On the surface, it has adopted the dark stylings popularized by Adobe Lightroom and Apple Aperture. LightZone’s interface has changed substantially since version 2.4. You can keep multiple versions of LightZone installed simultaneously, but they must be in separate directories. If you have been using the older, free edition of LightZone for Linux, you may want to rename your installation’s directory before trying out the 3.3 beta the new version will attempt to overwrite previous versions, and that could make reverting back to the free version difficult or impossible.
#Lightzone tutorials archive#
The download is a 56MB tar archive because the app is Java-based, you can unpack and run it from anywhere with the command sh. The 3.3 beta is limited to a 35-day trial period, but does not lock out any of the application’s features. The company offers basic info on the Linux edition, and recommends that you have at least Java 1.5 installed in order to run LightZone. You can download the LightZone 3.3 beta from the Try LightZone page on the corporate site. It is a substantial improvement - but it also marks the end of the road for the free edition.
#Lightzone tutorials mac os x#
After months of updates only for the Mac OS X and Windows versions of the application, Light Crafts has released a new beta for Linux. I most certainly recommend it.We reviewed the RAW photo editor LightZone almost a year ago, when the Linux version of the product was a closed source - but free - download. It works perfectly as an IrfanView's external editor. These selection features allow users to edit only a portion of an image in a flexible system that is extremely user friendly and intuitive." Pixels can also be selected by color and/or brightness ranges. "LightZone was a pioneer in selective editing using vector based regions creation. On the other hand, with this tool I can make astonishing pictures quickly and with joy, I almost never use other raw editors, having quite a big collection. Available for Windows, Linux and Mac, but one has to register to download it.īeing actually quite an old program (with some improvements), it lacks some features (like a CA correction tool, lens distortion corrections etc.), the file browser is quite basic, noise removal tool is less than perfect (should be improved in next beta version), very complicated edits slow the program down, and so on. Included Help is not bad and the forum is very pleasant and helpful. Here is the changelog and here some video tutorials.
With unique tools and features, quite different than any other program of this kind has, it is powerful, versatile and easy to use. The now open-source image editor (raw, tiff, jpg) LightZone has reached version 4.1.1.
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