LightZone, a breakthrough in digital photography, is a better way to correct and retouch your photos and create stunning images and prints. Based on photographic principles and the Zone System method, LightZone is a more natural and intuitive approach for photo retouching, allowing you to focus on what to do with your images rather than how to do it.
What's new in this version:
New requirements (Mac OS X only)
- Java 1.5 Release 5 is now required. If you have not already updated to it, get it by selecting Software Update from the Apple menu.
New features
- You can now rate your photos.
- Raw conversion has been improved.
- Orientation changes (and ratings) are now stored in sidecar XMP files for interoperability with other applications.
- In previous versions of LightZone, orientation information was stored in a LightZone database. To preserve the orientation of photos you've already rotated, the first time your browse a folder with LightZone 2.2, it will create a new sidecar XMP file for every photo in that folder that's been rotated using LightZone's browser. If the folder is read-only, no XMP files can be created so orientation information will be lost for photos in that folder.
- Printer settings are now saved with your work so you can easily reproduce prints.
- The user interface has a darker and all-gray appearance to reduce color distractions.
Camera support
- Nikon D40 raw files are now supported.
Fixes
- All known printing problems have been fixed.
- Fixed a problem where rotating a photo would also rotate all saved versions derived from that photo.
- Fixed a compatibility problem between sidecar TIFF files created by LightZone and opening them in other applications.
- Fixed a crash with some display color profiles. F
- ixed artifacts with the noise reduction and Tone Mapper tools.
Other changes
- Performance on computers having Intel (or compatible) processors has been improved.
- The way preview images are generated has changed. The first time you click on a thumbnail, it may take several seconds for the preview to appear.
- XMP metadata embedded inside JPEG files is now read.
- The browser menu previously available only via right/control click has been given its own menu in the menu bar.
- You can now edit a photo simply by clicking on its preview image.
- The behavior of the "eye" button that shows the before and after versions of your photo has changed: you now need to click and hold the button to see the before version.
- Support for PNG images has been removed. Follow the link and
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