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LightZone 3.1 Photo Editing Software
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LightZone 3.1 Photo Editing Software
LightZone 3.1 Adds Rapid Precision Digital Photo-Editing, with Color and Luminosity Based Selections
Users Quickly Transform Original Images into Artistic Photos
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Sept. 6 -- Light Crafts, creator of LightZone photo-editing software, today announced general availability of LightZone version 3.1. The release includes new capabilities for quickly changing the look of objects within a photograph, determined by color or luminosity.
With a single operation, users can now change the exposure of the sky
in an image, sharpen only the yellow flowers in a field or quickly
modify the exposure of a face. This version further extends the
selective editing capabilities of LightZone so that users can rapidly
edit portions of photographs without altering surrounding details.
"With this release, Light Crafts continues to liberate digital
photo-editing users from the tedious technology-focused approach to
editing, allowing them instead to focus on the art of image creation,"
said Georges van Hoegaerden, Chief Executive Officer of Light Crafts.
The advancements in image processing capabilities of LightZone 3.1
build on Light Crafts' commitment to simplify photo-editing for
photographers of all levels. With LightZone 3.1, users can easily
employ color-based selections. Color and luminosity selections can be
applied to every LightZone Tool and be combined (and saved) with an
unlimited number of regions in a photograph.
The enhancements in LightZone 3.1 include:
• Color and luminosity-based selections;
• More Intelligent Styles for quick experimentation;
• Enhanced relight tool; and,
• Improved crop and rotate capability.
"Light Crafts will continue to redefine the digital photo-editing
experience by delivering dramatic new ways of improving image quality
and supporting creative expression in photography," said van Hoegaerden.
IDC reports 29.8 million digital cameras were sold in the U.S. in 2006
with projected sales of 30 million in 2007. The proliferation of
digital cameras has dramatically increased the quantity of pictures
taken over the past 10 years. According to CIPA, dSLR sales grew by
more than 60 percent worldwide in the first half of 2007. This
increased interest in photographs represents strong demand for an easy
way to edit photos. LightZone allows photographers, novice and
accomplished alike, to focus their time on shooting, rather than
editing.
Light Crafts offers an innovative technology that is changing the way
people think about photo-editing by providing an easy and affordable
way for consumers to improve their photographs. Other editing tools,
such as Adobe Photoshop, are based on a complicated mathematical
language that can be difficult to navigate. With LightZone, users edit
photographs visually and truly capture what they saw.
The improvements in LightZone 3.1 are available as a free download for
existing LightZone 3.0 Full and Basic users. LightZone 3.1 is available
for purchase and download at http://www.lightcrafts.com. The price is
$249.95 for the Full version. LightZone Full is a premium quality
standalone photo-editor with digital asset management and batch
processing capabilities. LightZone Basic is a single image photo-editor
used to dramatically enhance editing capabilities of other digital
asset managers.
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