When LightZone edits an original digital image, a new resulting post-edit image file is created (for example a new JPEG copy) and the original image file is left unaltered. It treats the digital image original (typically a RAW file) as "precious" and non-editable. LightZone is a non-destructive RAW editor. Once created, a style is easily applied to multiple images, allowing those standard camera compensations to be applied to every image before the photographer ever views or edits it. Using styles, photographers make and save their own preferred compensations for each RAW image based upon camera specific characteristics. LightZone can create and apply pre-determined image transformations, called "styles", to an entire batch of images in a single operation. LightZone edits both RAW and JPEG format images. Although the Linux version was free of charge in earlier versions, its price was adapted with the latest 3.5 release.īecause camera makers introduce new RAW file formats frequently, LightZone is updated monthly or more often in order to continually support the newest cameras.
Versions for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux are available commercially. It's comparable to Adobe's Photoshop Lightroom. Its main purpose is to handle the workflow when handling images in various RAW formats. LightZone is a digital photo editor software application from Light Crafts. Operating_system = Mac OS X, Windows XP and Linux A free, fully featured trial version of LightZone is available on the Light Crafts website.Caption = Light Zone 2.1 under Ubuntu Linux
LightZone Basic offers the same photo editing tools as the Full version, but without batch processing or multi-image editing. LightZone Full is a premium standalone photo editor with batch processing and digital asset management capabilities.
LightZone 3.2 is available for purchase at the Light Crafts website priced at $249.95 (around £125) for the Full version and $149.95 (around £75) for the Basic version. They can continue to count on Light Crafts to provide support for new products that are continuously introduced into the fast moving digital photography market.” “Many of our customers are early adopters of leading edge technology and new products. “Light Crafts is pleased to offer support for both the new Apple Mac OS X Leopard operating system and numerous digital cameras recently introduced from leading digital camera manufacturers,” said Fabio Riccardi, CEO, Light Crafts. Other photo editing solutions require more time and many more steps to achieve similar results. Photos, even those with poor lighting or exposure, can be improved with just a few clicks of the mouse. Its powerful and easy-to-use tools, based on patent-pending image processing technology, make adjusting and improving photos a quick and simple process. LightZone photo editing software, available for both the PC and Mac, uses an innovative approach to editing and manipulating digital photographs. Support for the recently announced Nikon D3, D300 and the Olympus E-3 cameras is expected to be available immediately upon their commercial release.
The LightZone update also adds support for a number of new digital cameras, including: Canon PowerShot G9 and Canon 40D (sRAW) Leica V-LUX 1 Olympus Evolt E-510 Panasonic DMC-FZ18 and Sony DSLR-A700. The updated version of the software is fully compatible with the new Apple OS X Leopard operating system, giving users of Apple’s newest Mac operating system the innovative and powerful photo editing capabilities of LightZone. Light Crafts, creator of award-winning LightZone photo-editing software, today released version 3.2 of LightZone.