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Subject: [Leica] LightZone WAS City limits
From: dlr at dlridings.se (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Mon Mar 19 13:22:30 2007
References: <45FE307B.2030909@dlridings.se><10E90FEC-D299-4EDB-A67E-18F4861226FC@pandora.be> <45FEFB94.20900@dlridings.se> <00d401c76a6b$ae0d4a60$6101a8c0@jimnichols>

Thanks for taking the time to look Jim.

I only had access to a jpg (didn't have the tiff on my laptop). In the 
jpg I saw so many digital artefacts (and un-retouched dirt) that I 
didn't want to mess up the sky more than it was already.

It was nice to put a "blocker" right before those tones.

There is a zone-mapper to help you identify where the various zones of 
grey in your photo is.

Naturally it works with most RAW formats right out of the box. I'm 
working on some color processing too ... but that isn't my strongest side.

Daniel

Jim Nichols wrote:
> Daniel,
> 
> The sky looks pretty much the same, but the contrast in the water and 
> rocks is much nicer.  Looks as if it is worth the effort.
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Ridings" <dlr@dlridings.se>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
> Cc: <rolleiusers@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 4:07 PM
> Subject: [Leica] LightZone WAS City limits
> 
> 
>> On my train ride this evening I had a chance to play around with 
>> LightZone.
>>
>> I used this shot:
>>
>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v11/07v11-0008.jpg.html
>>
>> Compare the processing of the same shot with LightZone:
>>
>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v11/07v11-0008lz.jpg.html
>>
>> It is easy to do "split filter" printing, adjusting contrast in the 
>> high end of the scale, without affecting the darker tones and vice versa.
>>
>> I am not pro at this. I downloaded it just recently and haven't really 
>> had a chance to learn much. There are some good tutorials on the 
>> company site and also on the DigitalOutBack site.
>>
>> The system is inspired by the zone system and it is a lot more 
>> intuitive (for me) as a photographer who has done things in the darkroom.
>>
>> It works painlessly with layers and non-desstructive editing. All of 
>> your changes are saved in a separate file (takes about 100 kb) and 
>> when this file is combined with your original file, you get a result 
>> that can be printed or exported or whatever.
>>
>> Pretty nifty stuff.
>>
>> http://www.lightcrafts.com/index.php
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>> Philippe Orlent wrote:
>>> This is the kind of seascape I wouldn't mind looking at all day long:
>>> http://www.dlridings.se/gallery/v/Shoebox/2007v11/07v11-0008.jpg.html
>>>
>>> Thanks for showing,
>>> Philippe
>>
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