Connie September 15th, 2007

• Improved Shadows/Highlights tool
  • The sophisticated image processing behind the Shadows/Highlights tool is now even better! This patent-pending feature actively analyses each photo to automatically apply optimal settings for each individual photo. Fine-tune shadows and highlights independently using sliders, or a single click on the photo.
  • For greater precision use the Light EQ and Advanced tabs. The Light EQ tab is like a sound equalizer - for light. You have complete control over 2-9 separate tone bands.
    With the Advanced tab, you drag the actual local, tone-mapping curve, which tells you immediately when clipping starts - or make adjustments directly on the photo itself using mouse controls. You can even “roll” your own custom curve using the mouse scroll wheel.
  • Two examples can be found here:
    • This example uses the sliders
    • This one uses the Custom Curve feature

• RAW Shadows and Highlights
  • Even better, controls for adjusting the too-dark or too-bright areas of photos have been added to RAW Processing both on the Exposure tab and on the separate Light EQ tab.

• Expanded Batch Processing
  • Apply 13 different operations to a single photo or multiple photos using the Batch Processor, which now includes controls for Shadows/Highlights, Channel Mixer, Sepia, and Saturation.

• Creative editing with Selections
  • Apply corrections, adjustments, and creative effects to a selected area of your image with the new Selections tool, giving you complete technical and artistic control of every aspect of your image.

• Opacity and Blending
  • Change the opacity of an effect applied to the whole image or a selection. Change the way edited images blend with the original image. Used with selections or special effects, these tools effectively give you 17 new options for every editing panel!Quickly flip through the blend modes by hovering over the control and scrolling with your mouse wheel.

• Channel Mixer
  • Create rich black and white images by controlling the amount of color information in each of the red, green, and blue channels used in the grayscale image. A preview window shows you precisely which areas of the photo you will affect for each channel. In Edit Mode, click Color and then select the Channel Mixer tab.

• Advanced red-eye correction
  • With the new Red-eye Reduction tool, get natural-looking results even if the red coloring has bled onto the surrounding skin or iris. Set the intensity of the color and then create a custom color to replace red areas.

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