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One of the standout tools is the ZoneMapper ГўВЂВ“ a tonal value editor divided into 16 greyscale zones. In spite of all this, its excellent colour correction tools make LightZone one of the most interesting Linux photo tools currently available. It has no built-in database, minimal metadata functionality and even less flexible print functionality than Bibble's already poor showing. tar.gz and double click on the вЂlightzoneвЂ™ file inside to run.The $100 Java-based LightZone costs about the same as Bibble Lite but, at a first glance, offers only a fraction of the functionality. DownloadДЄnnoyingly you need to provide e-mail to access download but there are opt-out boxes for anything smelling of spam. It is, to my mind, the finest photo editing tool currently available for Linux users and well worth a play around with.

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The developers do offer a 30-day full-functioning trial to whet your appetite with so take it for a ride (IвЂ™ve run out of photography related puns) and see whether itвЂ™s good enough for you.

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SoвЂ¦ДЄs mentioned above the application is both commercial and proprietary costing a sweet ВЈ99.99 вЂ“ not a high price for software of this calibre but, for casual users looking to tweak the odd photo of Rover playing in the park, a substantial slice of money for some software. I tested LightZone on 64bit Ubuntu 10.04 and it ran perfectly, including utilizing my multi-core processor. LightZone Linux is Java-based however it runs very seamlessly on the desktop and, shock horror, doesnвЂ™t feel like a Java application. Sadly switching between them ad-hoc isnвЂ™t permitted so you will need to save any editing before you can browse for another file. It uses two main вЂviewвЂ™ modes вЂ“ one for browsing photos and one for editing photos. I choose to see this criticism as the reverse: LightZone puts everything you need close to hand. LightZone has oft been criticized as being вЂclutteredвЂ™. The interface is, to my tastes, excellent.

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You can easily preview how your photo will look with a certain вЂstyleвЂ™ by hovering the mouse over the styleвЂ™s name and noticing the change in the preview box.ДЄs with manual editing these are also applied as layers and are configurable making them a great starting point to work from. These are filter/effect pre-sets that, aside from taking the pain out of manually processing, takes into account each photoвЂ™s attributes before application. Whilst these tools offer attentive post-processing of photographs, the app does also provides users with a wide range of one-click вЂstylesвЂ™. Other tools on offer include вЂcloneвЂ™, вЂregionвЂ™, вЂblurвЂ™, вЂzoneвЂ™, вЂnoise reductionвЂ™ and an incredibly intelligent one-click вЂrelightвЂ™ option.

This approach not only makes reverting steps easy, by either by deleting a layer or using the History pane to вЂgo backвЂ™ to an earlier, but also means each layer can be independently configured giving users control over opacity, blending mode, etc.

It uses a similar approach to photo editing as Photoshop in that it uses layers to apply filters rather than affecting the вЂbaseвЂ™ image directly. LightZone is brimming with useful features, filters and tools that can help you turn your photos into great-looking pieces of work. The application is anВ ideal choice for photographers looking for something with much more mileage than simple lighting filters in Photoshop or GIMP. LightZone, a commercial proprietary cross platform application, delivers a vast array of effects, tools and image editing capabilities in a tight and largely uncluttered interface.

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Photo connoisseurs seeking a simple yet featured photo editor for Linux will find plenty to get excited about in professional image editing software вЂLightZoneвЂ™.

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