32 Float 1.0 User Manual
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1. Pure CPU Open GPU OpenCL GPU CPU Show Ultimate option for Reduce Halo Artifact The Performance tab of the Preferences window lets you optimize 32 Float to your system s capabilities e Checking the Pure CPU radio button uses only the com puter CPU to perform calculations the video processor GPU is not used This option is best for systems with older video cards e Checking the OpenGL GPU radio button uses only the video card GPU to perform calculations the computer CPU is not used This option is best for computers with slower CPUs e Checking the OpenGL GPU CPU radio button uses both the video card GPU and the computer CPU to per 20 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved unified COLOR form calculations This options is best for high perfor mance systems e Checking the Show ultimate option for Reduce Halo Artifact checkbox toggles displaying the highest qual ity halo reduction on and off Tint Tab Preferences General A Export pf Batch O Presets S Recipes sl Performance Tint Grayscale ivory Sepia Lavender rose Gold Azure Baby blue Camouflage green New preset New preset PS New preset2 Saturajon 45 Hor u E Tar COO The Tint tab of the Preferences window allows you to cre ate and delete preset tint filters that you can apply to your images using the Tint menu in the Status Bar Please see Status Bar on page 14 for more information a2. dynamic range image s dynamic range into the range of your monitor To map the image range for the image 1 Click the eyedropper tool 2 Click a midtone point in the image The Dynamic Range Mapping tool will then alter the Images contrast to map its dynamic range to the monitor s available range while setting the selected point at 18 brightness relative to the new con trast The midtone brightness level is presumed to be at 18 based on the monitor s maxi mum brightness which is tied to the OEV level on the Brightness Histogram You should typically set the midtone point on the principal part of the image for optimal viewer perception For best results the Image brightness at the selected point ORIGINAL earch 2010 by Unified Color LLC All righ ts reserved 3 1 32 Float 1 0 unified COLOR Saturation Saturation Color channel 3 Use the Saturation slider and or field to adjust the overall amount of satura tion in the image Values above 1 increase the saturation of all color chan nels values below 1 decrease the satu ration of all color channels Red 1 00 Saturation describes the amount of white Sp cm light in a color The closer a specific color is oo s to white the less saturated it is and vice versa The 32 Float Saturation tool lets you adjust your image saturation and hue You can also control the saturation levels of six 4 Use the Hue slider and or field to adjust independent co
3. unified I COLOR 32 Float 1 0 unified COLOR Trademark Copyright Information Copyright 2010 by United Color Technologies LLC All rights reserved Unified Color Technologies BeyondRGB and 32 Float are trademarks of Unified Color Inc All other trade marks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners Photo copyrights Bryce Canyon Uwe Steinmuller Irish Bar John Shaw Waterfall Reed Hoffman Mono Lake John Omvik Unified Color Technologies LLC 21 Airport Blvd Suite F South San Francisco CA 94080 Phone 650 952 8886 Fax 650 872 8887 Email info web unifiedcolor com Web www unifiedcolor com Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O unified COLOR Getting Started 3 eege EEN Nd Nee Meter ADR eege ee Aer dee 2 Program Features amp Benefits ccc cece eee eee eens 3 Interface Features 5 System Requirements cceecceeccseccsecceceees 6 Getting Hel sc cegc riche lectaganss a e ETA ra taxes d Technical Support Optlons 0 eee eee eee ees 7 About this Manual 7 a EN ET 8 EE 8 MAG een See be 8 License Deactivation DC 8 Navigating 32 Float een 9 HDR Image Tools Banel ccc cece ence ee en neues 10 Brightness Histogram cece cece eee e cence 10 Eet EE 11 HISTO EE 12 Additional Contolss 5 cj2 iiesantesapeadeexebexedeca 12 Status ET 14 Keyboard amp Mouse Sbhortcuts ec cece cece eee ees 16 Sliders and E EE 17 Preferences W
4. 1 Click the New Recipe button next to the pull down menu 2 The pull down menu will display New Recipe Enter a name for your new recipe and then press ENTER Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 41 32Float 1 0 Q unified ASS i 42 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved End User License Agreement Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 43 32 Float 1 0 O 32 Float License Agreement IMPORTANT NOTICE TO USER PLEASE READ THIS AGREE MENT CAREFULLY BY DOWNLOADING COPYING AND OR INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE YOU ACCEPT ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OUTLINED IN THIS AGREEMENT ALL RIGHTS NOT SPECIFIED OR NOT SPECIFICALLY GRANTED IN THIS LICENSE AGREEMNT OR OTHERWISE ARE RESERVED BY UNIFIED COLOR TECHNOLOGIES IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR INSTALL THE SOFTWARE UNIFIED COLOR TECHNOLOGIES OWN ALL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE SOFTWARE THE SOFTWARE IS LICENSED NOT SOLD UNIFIED COLOR TECHNOLOGIES PERMITS YOU TO DOWNLOAD INSTALL USE OR OTHERWISE BENEFIT FROM THE FUNCTIONALITY OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OF THE SOFTWARE ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT UPON RECEIPT OF FULL PAY MENT OF THE LICENSE FEE AND YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT UNIFIED COLOR TECHNOLOGIES GRANTS YOU A NON EXCLUSIVE LICENSE TO USE THE SOFT WARE AS PROVIDED 1 SOFTWARE LICENSE a License Grant Upon yo
5. Brightness Contrast power V Keep local contrast Local contrast power Radius Reduce halo artifact None V Preview een 2010 a Unified Color LLC All sigh ts reserved 2 5 32 Float 1 0 unified COLOR 2 Set the bright or 18 point on the image as follows 7 Adjust the local contrast radius using the Radius slider Brightness Contrast continued To select the bright point select the Set bright point eyedropper and then click the desired point on the image 32 Float calculates the appropriate brightness change to make the selected point the brightest point on your monitor To select the 18 gray point select the Set 18 point eyedropper and set the 18 brightness point This is particularly useful if your image contains one or more faces because selecting a spot on a face as the 18 point usually gives the best results 32 Float calculates the appropriate brightness change to make the brightest point on the monitor 82 brighter than the selected 18 point Make further brightness adjustments as needed using the Brightness slider and or by entering a number in the Brightness EV field which has a maximum range of 20f stop to 20f stop Adjust the contrast using the Contrast power slider and or Contrast power EV field Check the Keep local contrast checkbox if you want to maintain the default inverse relationship between image contrast and local contrast Clearing this check box lets you set local cont
6. Float image tools that let you edit your image History 3 The History section con tains a history of your recent actions and is how you undo recalculate func tions and create recipes Common Controls 4 Contains con trols common to all 32 Float tools Note The history shown in the image is for reference only the actual history you see will depend on the actions you take while editing the current image Brightness Histogram The Brightness Histogram displays the image brightness channel in EV units f stops The highlighted range monitor Zone shows you the brightness range visi ble under normal conditions The Monitor 1 0 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O Zone moves as you adjust the display brightness The OEV point indicates the point of maxi mum brightness that the monitor can dis play When the display brightness is set to 0 values below OEV indicate the brightness levels in your monitor s range down to 8EV Values above OEV indicate values beyond the ability of your monitor to display overly bright pixels Values below 8EV are too dark to appear on your monitor The Brightness Histogram also displays the following information for the current pixel the pixel under the cursor R Red channel This value can be dis played in either 8 bit digital counts 0 255 or in percentage 0 100 G Green channel This value can be dis played in either 8 bit digital
7. Yes In Photoshop open an image Launch 32 Float inside Photoshop by selecting Fil ter gt Unified Color gt 32 Float Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved unified COLOR 10 Enter your serial number in the window that appears and then click Continue Your installation is now complete Enjoy Mac To install 32 Float on a Mac 1 Double click the 32 Float install package icon 2 Follow the on screen instructions These will be similar to the PC instructions listed above Your installation is now complete Enjoy License Deactivation PC Your 32 Float license automatically deactivates when you uninstall 32 Float To uninstall 32 Float on a PC select Start gt Programs gt 32 Float gt Uninstall Navigating 32 Float This chapter walks you through the 32 Float interface 32 Float offers you several ways to access most functions which lets you work with images on your terms and focus on getting the results you want instead of figuring out how to use the program Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 9 32 Float 1 0 HDR Image Tools Panel HOR Image Toots rightness Hestogram The HDR Image Tools panel appears on the right side of the 32 Float screen This panel contains the following operational areas Brightness Histogram 1 The Bright ness Histogram displays image bright ness information Operations 2 The Operations sec tion contains the 32
8. counts 0 255 or in percentage 0 100 B Blue channel This value can be dis played in either 8 bit digital counts 0 255 or in percentage 0 100 B Brightness This value is displayed in EV and corresponds with the brightness numbers in the 32 Float application fi Navigating 32 Fl unified avigating 32 Float COLOR HDR Image Tools Panel continued Brightness Histogram Operations The Operations section of the HDR Image Tools panel contains the 32 Float image editing tools Operation s al e 8 EV 6 EV 4 EV 2 EV 0 EV R 177 G 203 B 243 B 0 51 26 1 h 234 3 H User Recipe c Chroma This value display s the currently selected pixel s color saturation from 0 to 100 where 0 is a neutral point white or gray D65 point the standard monitor white point and 100 is a fully saturated color the edge of the humanly visible color range The available tools are e Brightness Contrast 1 The Brightness Contrast tool lets you adjust image and local brightness and contrast Please see Brightness Contrast on page 25 for more about the Brightness Contrast tool e Shadow Highlight 2 The Shadow Highlight tool lets you control image shadows and highlights Please see Shadow Highlight on page 27 for more about the Shadow Highlight tool h Hue This value is measured in degrees 0 360 0 is red 120 is green 240 is blue and values between are mixtures For example
9. is not designed for chang ing white tones To tune your image colors DUNES ADJUSTED Using 32 Float Color Tuning Click the Color Tuning tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Color Tuning window Use the Source Color eyedropper to select the color in the image that you want to tune The Gamut control displays the range of available tuning options for the selected color The more saturated the source color the greater the range will be Select the exact target color by left clicking the desired color You can zoom the color gamut in and out for fine adjustments by scrolling the mouse wheel You may also move the gamut by right clicking and dragging it If desired add another point by clicking the Add New button and repeating Steps 2 and 3 for the second and or third point s If necessary you may delete the most recently added point by clicking the Remove Last button ORIGINAL Color Taning v Source Color Target Color Brightness Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 3 5 32 Float 1 0 Color Tuning continued 5 The Brightness slider lets you change the brightness level of the selected color range when color tuning your image Note To preserve one or two specific color s add one or two points as described in Steps 1 2 above Then add another point as de scribed in Step 4 and tune that point This alters the tuned color while leaving the non tun
10. the selected point Setting the value to 100 doubles the amount of veiling glare at the selected point For most images setting the black point produces the best results To do this find a spot in your image that you know should be black Zooming into this spot usually reveals a whitish haze which is the actual veiling glare Setting this spot as your black point and then setting the amount at or near 100 makes the selected spot go BLACK POINT Veiling Glare Base point Amount v ATMOSPHERIC HAZE REMOVAL Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 29 32 Float 1 0 unified COLOR Veiling Glare continued completely black and also makes your image colors more vivid The very deep blacks produced by this technique are especially useful for nighttime photographs You may also choose a non black point if you notice haze in any other part of your image such as atmospheric haze or mist Select a point in this area and use the necessary amount of adjustment to remove this haze In this situation you should use the Veiling Glare tool with care because excessive values can distort the colors in the rest of your image 30 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved ifi ing 32 Fl unified Using 32 Float COLOR Dynamic Range Mapping The Dynamic Range Mapping tool is a should be at 18 relative to image s overall Rousen quick way to automatically map the contrast
11. 2 Float 6 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O unified COLOR unified COLOR Technical Support Options The following technical support options are available in addition to this user manual Video tutorials See 32 Float in action by watching the videos available at http unifiedcolor com tutorials Frequently Asked Questions If you have a question chances are that you are not alone Visit the online FAQ at http unifiedcolor com faq Technical Support If the above resources dont answer your question please visit the Unified Color Technical page at http www unifiedcolor com support About this Manual This manual uses several formatting conventions to present information of special importance Lists of items points to consider or procedures that do not need to be performed in a specific order appear in bullet format Item 1 Item 2 Procedures that must be followed in a specific order appear in numbered steps 1 Perform this step first 2 Perform this step second Getting Started Getting Help Specific keyboard keys are depicted in square brackets and are capitalized for example ESC If more than one key should be pressed simultaneously the notation will appear as KEY1 KEY 2 for example ALT F4 Interface elements such as document titles fields windows tabs buttons commands options and icons appear in bold text Menus and submenus have th
12. 60 is yellow 180 is aqua and 270 is purple etc Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 1 1 32 Float 1 0 unified COLOR O HDR Image Tools Panel continued 12 Veiling Glare 3 The Veiling Glare tool helps reduce haze in the image Please see Veiling Glare on page 29 for more about the Veiling Glare tool Dynamic Range Mapping 4 The Dynamic Range Mapping tool is a quick way to map the current image s dynamic range to the range of your monitor Please see Presets on page 40 for more about the Dynamic Range Mapping tool Saturation 5 The Saturation tool lets you control the amount of color in your image Please see Presets on page 40 for more about the Saturation tool White Balance 6 The White Balance tool lets you cor rect image lighting Please see White Balance on page 33 for more about the White Balance tool Color Tuning 7 The Color Tuning tool lets you apply powerful color correction options to your image Please see Color Tuning on page 35 for more about the Color Tuning tool Noise Elimination 8 The Noise Elimination tool lets you reduce color noise in your image Please see Noise Elimination on page 37 for more about the Noise Elim ination tool Sharpness 9 The Sharpness tool lets you adjust image clarity Please see Sharpness on page 39 for more about the Sharpness tool Recipe Add Select Tools 10 These tools al
13. Show RGB Readout Values As Percentage 0 100 As Numbers 0 255 After clicking Apply Apply the filtered effectto aseparate layer The General tab of the Preferences window lets you set the following general options 1 8 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved unified COLOR Show Image Shadow Checking the Show Image Shadow checkbox places a drop shadow outside the image which is visible when you are zoomed out e Show RGB Readout Values Check the appropriate radio button to display RBGB values as numbers from 1 255 or as percentages from 0 100 After clicking Apply Use this pull down menu to spec ify whether you want 32 Float to apply your edits to the currently selected layer or create a new layer Presets Tab Preferences General A Export pot Batch el Presets S Recipes sl Performance K Tint Operation Preset Tint New preset Tint New presett Tint New preset2 Tint Grayscale Tint hory Tint Sepia Tint Lavender rose Tint Gold Tint Azure Tint Baby blue Tint Camouflage green F Resize 10 1 10 F Resize 20 1 5 F Resize 25 1 4 F Resize 33 1 3 F Resize 50 1 2 Resize 67 2 3 The Presets tab of the Preferences window lets you delete import and export 32 Float presets O unified COLOR Select one or more presets by clicking them You may click and drag to select multiple presets e Import presets from another 32 Float installat
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15. bout the Sta tus Bar ifi Navigating 32 FI unified avigating 32 Float COLOR Preferences Window continued To create a new tint filter 1 Use the Saturation slider and or field to adjust the amount of tint saturation in the image Values above 1 increase the tint saturation of the selected hue values below 1 decrease the saturation of the selected hue 2 Use the Hue slider and or field to adjust the tint hue 3 Click the Add Tint button to create the new tint Enter your desired name for the new tint in the New pre set field Note Note You may also click the Add Tint button and then select your desired hue and saturation To delete a tint preset click the tint you want to delete and then click the Delete Tint button Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 2 1 32 Float 1 0 Photoshop Layers 32 Float works on either the entire image if the image only has one layer or on the layer that is selected when you launch the plug in if the image has multiple layers You may run multiple sessions of 32 Float while editing the same image however your history will not be saved from session to session Please see History on page 24 for more information about using the 32 Float history TO save a par ticular history for future use create a recipe as described in Recipes on page 41 Here is a sample workflow for processing a single layer image for highlights midtones and
16. ce window ORIGINAL Using 32 Float White Balance 2 Select the white balance mode using the WB Mode pull down menu The Standard option corresponds to the standard CIE CAM Bradford algorithm You may also select the Unified Color algorithm which will not change the brightness levels in your image Select the Unified Color algorithm when per forming non white adjustments 3 Use the Source Color eyedropper to select a point on the image that will be made white according to the D65 white point standard All other colors in the image will be adjusted accordingly If you are performing a non white adjust ment select the desired non white tone that you will then correct using the Gamut control 4 The Gamut control is where you select the exact target color by left clicking the desired color You can zoom the White Balance v Source Color A Target Color co h 0 Color Temperature WB Mode Standard v CLOUDY PRESET Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 33 32 Float 1 0 White Balance continued color gamut in and out for fine adjust ments by scrolling the mouse wheel You may also move the gamut by right clicking and dragging it 5 If desired specify a color temperature by checking the Color Temperature checkbox and then either using the Color Temperature slider or entering your desired tem perature in the Color Temperature field Moving the slider to the right makes the
17. cipes on page 41 for more information about creating recipes e Undo your most recent action by clicking the Undo icon trash can at the bottom of the HDR Image Tools panel e Undo any of your previous actions by clicking the action you want to delete and then pressing DEL 32 Float recalculates your image edits to remove the deleted action s e Adjust any of your previous actions by clicking the action you want to modify and then making your desired adjustments 32 Float recalculates your image edits to apply the modified action s The History section may contain any combination of actions including multiple instances of the same action For example adjusting the image brightness and contrast then changing the color saturation and then adjusting the brightness and contrast again creates two Brightness Con trast entries in the History one on each side of the Satura tion entry Note Unsaved actions are not preserved after you close 32 Float even if you reopen it before exiting Photoshop You can 2 4 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O only undo actions taken during the current session Create a recipe if you want to reuse the same sequence of actions unified COLOR Using 32 Float O unified COLOR Brightness channel Dynamic range mapping is the amount of brightness and contrast in your image Brightness defines the overall luminance in the image while contrast or dyna
18. d many more Convenient Features 32 Float includes many features designed to make your workflow faster and more efficient You may preview thumbnails for most image formats including RAW Batch processing lets you apply a recipe to multiple images Dragging and dropping multiple images into 32 Float automatically launches the Merge function Get an unobstructed view of your work in full screen mode using easy mouse shortcuts to access all program functions and tools Optimized for High Performance 32 Float supports multi core CPUs Application performance scales almost linearly based on the number of available CPU cores For example a quad core CPU system quadruples performance compared to a single core system and so forth Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 3 32 Float 1 0 Program Features amp Benefits continued Native 64 bit Support Using the latest 64 bit computing architecture gives you higher performance and removes the legacy memory limitations of 32 bit systems 32 Float includes native x64 platform support for either Intel or AMD processors BEF File Format The native 32 Float BEF file format offers a lossless way to save HDR images using extremely efficient compression that saves both disk space and bandwidth BEF files save visual data using the full color range of human vision Tying file data to human vision and not a particular display device lets you store images in a form sui
19. e notation Menu gt Submenu For example Select File gt Merge to HDR means that you should first select File in the Menu Bar and then select Merge to HDR in the File menu Note This manual includes keyboard shortcuts for both PC and Mac users For Mac users the 3 symbol signifies the COM MAND key and the N symbol signifies the OPTION key Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 7 32 Float 1 0 Installation PC To install 32 Float on a PC 1 Download the 32 Float setup application to your disk following the on screen instructions The downloaded file will be HDRFloatSetup_x86 exe for 32 bit systems or HDRFloatSetup_x64 exe for 64 bit system Launch the 32 Float setup application If you see a secu rity warning window click Run to proceed with the installation 3 The Welcome window appears Click Next to proceed The License Agreement window appears Review the license carefully If you agree to the terms check the I agree radio button and then click Next to proceed You will see a progress bar and detailed installation progress information while 32 Float installs to your sys tem When the installation is complete click Next to proceed The Installation Complete window appears Click Fin ish to exit the installer Launch Adobe Photoshop in administrator mode by right clicking the Photoshop and selecting Run as administrator If a User Account Control window pops up click
20. ed colors unchanged 36 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O unified COLOR Using 32 Float O unified AS COLOR Noise reduction helps lower the amount of brightness and or color noise in the image for a cleaner look 32 Float offers separate brightness and color channel noise reduc Noise ee more evident at higher ISO values Check the Dark Noise checkbox if you want to reduce dark noise Noise Elimination IV Dark Noise Threshold LI Color Noise f 3 Adjust the strength of the dark noise Radius tion Reducing brightness noise preserves reduction using the color Threshold SE the edges between light and dark areas slider or field Larger values increase the YE without blurring them The unique and threshold EV Images areas that are Radius powerful color noise reduction algorithm alow th threshold EV will have dark Threshold E me elar Halse that is typically noise reduction while levels above this present even in low 150 images value will retain their original pixel val To reduce noise ues High levels of noise reduction may 1 Click the Noise Elimination tool in the obscure fine details HDR Image Tools panel to open the 4 Check the Color Noise checkbox if you Noise Elimination window Noise want to reduce color noise reduction is a time consuming process 5 Adjust the desired color noise reduction that requires many calculations the preview area improves perfor
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22. g is very fast but low quality while the Ultimate setting is slower but offers high quality elimination of both the halo and halo edge artifacts Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O unified COLOR Q unified Veiling Glare is a type of lens glare that reduces image contrast It appears as a whitish haze over the image and is a partic ular problem in HDR images because of the multiplying effect of merging multiple shots Atmospheric haze can also reduce the contrast and detail of any image The 32 Float Veiling Glare tool can remove this haze or even add additional haze depend ing on your needs You can also use this tool to obtain very deep blacks especially for night shots To adjust the level of veiling glare in the image 1 Click the Veiling Glare tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Veiling Glare window 2 The default base point setting is the point of minimum brightness You may use either the eyedropper or the Base point slider to set your desired base point in the image ORIGINAL Using 32 Float Veiling Glare 3 Adjust the amount of veiling glare taken from the selected point by either using the slider or entering a numeric amount in the Amount field You can toggle between the original and modi fied image by clicking the Preview but ton to ensure that you are getting good results Setting the value to 100 com pletely removes all veiling glare from
23. iNdOW e EEN EENS RN E EEN E 18 Genelal TaD EE 18 PRESETS E EE 18 Recipes EE 19 Performance Tab vtec 2e5 vs diiwsnieeiwe chin ceueees 20 le et EE 20 Photoshop Layer 22 32 Float 1 0 Table of Contents Using 32 FlOal EE 23 HISTO ET EE 24 Brightness Contrast EES 25 Sbhadow Hiobltoht cece eee e eee n een eenee 27 Veiling EE 29 Dynamic Range Mapping cee e eee eee eee 31 KT NEE ER White Balance eg A A3 ge KEREN br EE bg Eh Rees ER Color TUNING WEE 35 NetseElgpnatten GN KAN AER EE BEEN BEA 37 le Elei EE 39 NEE A0 Applying Presets ek SERA ES ER renen A0 Creating Presets EE 40 Working with Presets cece eee eeee 40 le 41 Loading EA EE 41 Using a Recipe EE 41 Clearing Loaded Recipes ssssssesurssesrere 41 Creating a Recipe Aizaega degen 41 End User License Agreement 43 32 Float License Agreement 44 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved j 32 Float 1 0 unified COLOR Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Getting Started Unified Color Technologies LLC offers the only HDR applica tions that unlock the full range of vibrant colors visible to the human eye by allowing you to create and work with High Dynamic Range HDR images The 32 Float plug in uses for Adobe Photoshop CS3 and higher Unified Color Technologies patented Beyond RGB color model which gives you complete control over the colors and brightness in your image
24. image look cooler and moving it to the left makes the image look warmer The following lists some common color temperature set tings 1 700K Match flame 1 850K Candle flame 2 700 3 300K Incandescent light bulb 3 350K Studio CP light 3 400K Studio lamps photo floods etc 4 100K Moonlight xenon arc lamp 5 000K Horizon daylight 5 500 6 000K Typical daylight electronic flash 6 500K Daylight overcast 9 300K CRT screen Note 32 Float includes several commonly used white balance presets which you can apply by clicking the Preset button and selecting your desired preset 3 4 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O unified COLOR Q unified Color and Brightness channels Color tuning lets you fine tune specific color tones without affecting any of the other colors in your image This tool lets you make the grass greener or make the sky a different shade of blue You can also use it to match skin tones These are just a few examples of the dramatic changes you can make with just a few mouse clicks The 32 Float Color Tuning tool lets you select and tune up to three source colors at once and automatically gives you an available tuning range based on your selected color s This tool is best for heavily satu rated colors selecting a relatively white or gray color may only allow a very narrow adjustment range Note This tool appears similar to the White Balance tool but
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26. ion by clicking the Import button and then selecting the file to import Export presets to another 32 Float installation by select ing the preset s to export and then clicking the Export button and selecting a filename and folder for the exported presets e Delete presets by selecting the preset s you want to delete and then clicking the Delete button Navigating 32 Float Preferences Window continued Recipes Tab Preferences General A Export Gef Batch O Presets 4 Recipes OH Performance gt Tint User recipe User recipe User recipe New Recipe The Recipes tab of the Preferences window lets you delete import and export 32 Float recipes Select one or more recipes by clicking them You may click and drag to select multiple recipes e Import recipes from another 32 Float installation by clicking the Import button and then selecting the file to import e Export recipes to another 32 Float installation by select ing the recipe s to export and then clicking the Export button and selecting a filename and folder for the exported recipes Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 1 9 32 Float 1 0 Preferences Window continued e Delete recipes by selecting the recipe s you want to delete and then clicking the Delete button Please see Recipes on page 41 for more information about recipes Performance Tab Preferences General O Presets Recipes Performance Tint
27. ith small adjustments and or a small radius The Sharpness tool makes your image sharper or blurrier To adjust image sharpness 1 BLURRED Click the Sharpness tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Sharp ness window For best results click the 1 1 button in the Status Bar to see your image in full detail Use the Power slider and or field to adjust the sharpness Values above 1 sharpen your image values below 1 blur your image ORIGINAL 4 Adjust the Radius slider and or field to adjust the sharpness radius in pixels In most cases a high Power and small Radius will give you the best sharpen ing results Using 32 Float Sharpness Sharpness Power Radius t 3 V Preview SHARPENED Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 39 32 Float 1 0 Presets Most 32 Float tools include presets Presets are a great way to save and apply settings on a tool by tool basis Applying Presets To apply a preset 1 Select the tool for which you want to apply a preset For example to apply a white balance preset select the White Balance tool Click the Presets icon at the bottom of the HDR Image Tools panel and then select your desired preset from the list of available options Creating Presets To create a preset 1 2 Open the tool and set it to your desired values Click the Presets icon and then select Add preset to open the Add preset wind
28. lor channels red yellow the overall image hue Small adjust green cyan blue and magenta using the ments are usually best Color Tone Equalizer sliders 1 Click the Saturation tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Satura tion window Magenta 3 09 Saturation 1 00 Hue 0 2 Use the Color Tone Equalizer sliders and or fields to adjust the saturation for each of the six color channels Values above 1 increase the saturation of the selected color channel values below 1 decrease the saturation for the selected color channel ORIGINAL 2X SATURATION 3X BLUE SATURATION 50 SATURATION 32 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Q unified Color and Brightness channels White balance adjustments correct for the lighting conditions when the shot was taken and simulate the eye s natural chro matic adaptation process whereby the eye adjusts its color perception to correct for different lighting Most white balance adjustments are done by selecting a white point in the image or by using a gray index card and or specifying a preset such as Tungsten or Fluorescent Cool 32 Float lets you perform a white balance adjust ment using any color tone which lets to change any source color into any other color This is a very powerful way to adjust your Images color balance To adjust white balance 1 Click the White Balance tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the White Balan
29. low you to create a new recipe or apply an existing recipe to the Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved current image Please see Recipes on page 41 for more information about recipes History The History section of the HDR Image Tools panel records a history of your most recent 255 operations performed during the current session Please see History on page 24 for more information about working with image history Note Unsaved actions are not preserved after the 32 Float plug in is closed You can only undo actions taken during the current session 32 Float may create a new Photoshop layer for each session Additional Controls The Additional Controls section of the HDR Image Tools panel contains the following additional controls that you can use with any 32 Float tool From left to right these con trols are Undo Last Action Clicking the Undo Last Action icon trash can removes your most recent action from the History Presets Clicking the Presets icon sunburst lets you work with presets as described in Presets on page 40 Preview Checking the Preview checkbox previews your edits in the 32 Float window You may also press P PC or Mac unified Navigating 32 Float COLOR HDR Image Tools Panel continued Apply Clicking the Apply button makes your desired changes ends your 32 Float session creates a new Photo shop layer and exits to Photoshop Cancel Clicki
30. mance You may click and drag the preview area to see how the noise reduction will affect any given part of your image 2 Dark noise appears as colored dots in dark areas of the image and becomes BRIGHT NOISE REDUCTION radius in pixels using the color Radius slider or Radius px field Larger values create smoother results but may obscure fine details Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Bw UY Preview COLOR NOISE REDUCTION 37 32 Float 1 0 Noise Elimination continued 6 38 Adjust the strength of the color noise reduction using the color Threshold slider or field Larger values increase the amount of noise reduction but may obscure fine details Check the Brightness Noise checkbox if you want to reduce brightness noise Adjust the desired brightness noise reduction radius in pixels using the brightness Radius slider or Radius px field Larger values create smoother results but may obscure fine details Adjust the strength of the brightness noise reduction using the brightness Threshold slider or field Larger values increase the amount of noise reduction but may obscure fine details Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O unified COLOR O unified COLOR Brightness channel 32 Float adjusts image sharpness on a pixel by pixel basis You may need to zoom into the image to the pixel level to see the effect especially when working w
31. ment slider and or field This gives you addi tional control over the strength of local contrast when changing the 2 Select the image midpoint You may do this using the Midtone point eyedrop brightness levels in shadows and or per or by entering a value in the Mid highlights tone point EV field The midpoint is Adjust the local contrast radius expressed in f stops EV below the using the Local Contrast Radius image bright point slider and or field Smaller settings 3 Adjust the highlight power using the contrast smaller image details while Highlight power slider and or High light power EV field This adjusts the relative strength of the image s bright areas areas that are brighter than the selected mid tone value ORIGINAL larger settings affect larger image features The radius is specified as a percentage of the overall image size For example a radius of 1 will Shadow Hightight Midtone point Highlight power Shadow power Local Contrast LC Adjustment Radius Reduce halo artifact None V Preview REDUCED SHADOWS Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 27 32 Float 1 0 Shadow Highlight continued 5 28 equal 1 100th of the Images largest dimension If needed use the Reduce halo artifact pull down menu for the level of reduction needed The different settings control the speed vs quality trade off when reducing halo effects For example the Preview settin
32. mic range defines the ratio between the dark est and lightest parts of the image A stan dard RGB sRGB image typically has a maximum contrast of around 3700 1 while a typical outdoor scene can have a ratio of around 1 000 000 1 32 Float offers you the full range of contrast visible to the human eye even if you may not be able to see it on your display 32 Float uses two different types of con trasts e Global Global contrast adjusts the Images overall contrast level Adjust global contrast using the Contrast power slider ORIGINAL Brightness Contrast e Local Local contrast adjusts the con trast of smaller image details This func tion is similar to the detail contrast or micro contrast settings available in other imaging applications Use local contrast to emphasize details relative to each other using the same radius rela tive to the overall image size Adjust local contrast using the Local contrast power slider Global and local contrast are typically recip rocal values Increasing global contrast reduces local contrast and vice versa This allows 32 Float to compensate for contrast changes made at either the global or local level You can disable this feature by un checking the Keep local contrast check box To adjust image brightness and contrast 1 Click the Brightness Contrast tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Brightness Contrast window Brightness Contrast P L
33. n accurately represent the wide range of inten sity levels found in real scenes ranging from direct sunlight to the deepest shadows Traditional display and printing technologies use color models that limit the available gamut of colors to accom modate current display technology 32 Float uses the full spectrum of color visible to the human eye at all times with out imposing any artificial limits Your current display or printer may not be able to show the full gamut of colors that 32 Float works with but working with 32 Float ensures that your images will keep looking better and bet ter as display and printer technologies improve 32 Float delivers extreme precision thanks to its 32 bit float ing point High Dynamic Range technology that is built into the entire workflow This technology offers a dynamic range of 107 1 which is enough to address any real world lighting conditions unified COLOR unified COLOR Getting Started Program Features amp Benefits Adobe Photoshop Support 32 Float is designed for use in Adobe Photoshop version CS3 and later Designed around Nature 32 Float is the only image edit ing plug in that offers the Beyond RGB color model based on full human vision rather than a particular display device Full Color Integrity 32 Float has none of the typical color shift problems commonly found in traditional imaging tools because the brightness brightness contrast shadow high light sharp
34. ness etc and color white balance saturation color tuning etc channels are separate This means that brightness changes will not change your color tones and vice versa High Precision HDR Editing 32 Float offers full featured 32 bit floating point image editing that gives you full fidel ity without having to down sample your image to 8 or 16 bits This amazing level of precision is delivered through powerful easy to use tools Industry Leading HDR Compression Save disk space and bandwidth using the highest level of data compression available 32 Float saves JPEG sized files with no loss of color or brightness data Advanced HDR Rendering Work on a single HDR image or merge multiple images together to create an HDR image 32 Float takes advanced HDR rendering to the next level 255 Undo Levels with Visual History See your most recent 255 editing actions as you work Undo or adjust any step Create recipes from your editing history Noise Elimination The patented noise reduction tools included in 32 Float reduce brightness and color noise while preserving more of the fine image details that are often lost when using other image applications Powerful Tools 32 Float includes a full suite of powerful editing functions such as Veiling Glare which reduces haze caused by stray light reflecting between camera lens surfaces White Balance Color Tuning Tint toning Local Contrast Shadow Highlight with halo reduction an
35. ng the Cancel button ends your 32 Float session and exits to Photoshop without saving your changes Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 1 3 32 Float 1 0 unified COLOR Status Bar The Status Bar displays your image size in pixels and cur rent zoom level It also has several controls that let you cus tomize the image display without affecting the image itself From left to right the controls are Choose Color Profile Menu 1 The Choose Color Pro file menu lets you select the display color model Your available options are Color Models The Color Profile menu displays a list of the color profile s you have loaded Select your desired color model by clicking it Rendering Intent The Rendering Intent option helps you compensate for the limited color gamut available in current display technology by selecting how 32 Float should map color or brightness infor mation that exceeds your display s capabilities to the available color gamut The available options are Per ceptual Saturation Relative Colorimetric and Absolute Colorimetric Load Color Profile Selecting Load Color Profile opens a window that lets you load a color profile for the display you are currently using Selecting the Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved appropriate color model allows 32 Float to offer the most accurate possible view of your image You may load multiple color models and s
36. nified Color LLC All rights reserved 1 5 32 Float 1 0 Keyboard amp Mouse Shortcuts 32 Float includes the following keyboard and mouse short cuts P Toggles the Preview checkbox on and off for the currently selected tool W Opens the Veiling Glare tool which is described in Veiling Glare on page 29 E Opens the Sharpness tool which is described in Sharpness on page 39 T Opens the Color Tuning tool which is described in Color Tuning on page 35 U Opens the Saturation tool which is described in Presets on page 40 I Opens the White Balance tool which is described in White Balance on page 33 S Opens the Shadow Highlight tool which is described in Shadow Highlight on page 27 N Opens the Noise Elimination tool which is described in Noise Elimination on page 37 M Opens the Dynamic Range Mapping tool which is described in Presets on page 40 Rotating the mouse scroll wheel zooms in and out of your image 1 6 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O unified COLOR ifi Navigating 32 FI unified avigating 32 Float COLOR Sliders and Fields Many 32 Float tools include both sliders and fields for a given setting such as Brightness or Highlight Power To use sliders you may Click and drag the slider to set the desired value Click a spot on the slider track to jump the slider to that s
37. ow Enter a name for the new preset in the field and then click OK The new preset is now available for use Working with Presets The Presets tab of the Preferences window lets you import export and delete presets Please see Presets Tab on page 18 for more information about working with pre sets 40 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O unified COLOR O unified COLOR Recipes store a series of editing actions for later use with other images This is a powerful way to avoid redoing the same series of actions over and over when working on simi lar images You may load recipes into your current 32 Float session use loaded recipes and save and clear recipes Loading a Recipe To load a recipe use the Recipe tab of the Preferences win dow as described in Recipes Tab on page 19 Using a Recipe To use a recipe 1 Load the recipe as described above 2 Use the Recipe pull down menu to select the recipe you want to apply to the current image Clearing Loaded Recipes To clear a recipe use the Recipe tab of the Preferences window as described in Recipes Tab on page 19 Creating a Recipe Recipes are created using the current Images editing his tory which his viewable in the History section of the HDR Image Tools panel Please see History on page 24 for more information about working with image history Using 32 Float Recipes To create a recipe
38. pot or Double click to reset the slider to its default position Hover the mouse cursor over a field to see the minimum and maximum allowable values for that field Adjusting a slider changes the value in the associated field You may also enter numerical values directly in the field itself by clicking the field and using the numeric keypad Many fields let you make adjustments beyond the slider limitations For example the Brightness slider can make adjustments between 5f stops the Brightness EV field can make adjustments between 20f stops Manually entering a value in a field also turns off the image preview Check the Preview checkbox to apply the adjust ments you just made Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 1 7 32 Float 1 0 Preferences Window Clicking the Preferences icon near the bottom left of the 32 Float window opens the Preferences window which allows you to specify default options for 32 Float This window con tains the following tabs e General Set your desired image display mode and set various interface elements Presets Import and export 32 Float preference files e Recipes Import and export 32 Float recipe files Performance Optimize 32 Float performance for your computer Tint Create and delete tint presets for use in the Tint menu in the Status Bar General Tab Preferences General oO Presets Recipes Performance Tint V Show Image Shadow
39. pproval of UCT d Other Restric tions You may not loan rent lease sublicense distribute or otherwise transfer all or any portion of the Software to third parties unless otherwise expressly provided You agree to notify your employees and agents who may have access to the Software of the restrictions contained in this Software License Agreement and to ensure their compliance with these restrictions YOU AGREE THAT YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY AND ADEQUACY OF THE SOFTWARE FOR YOUR INTENDED USE AND YOU WILL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS UCT FROM ANY 3RD PARTY SUIT TO THE EXTENT BASED UPON THE ACCURACY AND ADEQUACY OF THE SOFTWARE IN YOUR USE WITH OUT LIMITATION THE SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR O unified COLOR USE IN WHERE THE FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE COULD LEAD TO DEATH PERSONAL INJURY OR PHYSICAL OR ENVI RONMENTAL DAMAGE 2 THIRD PARTY CONTENT This Software is based in part on the work of the Indepen dent JPEG Group s JPEG software LIBJPEG and on the zlib library C Jean loup Gailly and Mark This product includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation http www apache org This Software uses OpenEXR file format library Copyright c 2002 Industrial Light amp Magic a division of Lucas Digital Ltd LLC All rights reserved This Software uses LibRaw library Copyright C 2008 2009 LibRaw LLC http www libraw org The LibRaw library includes source code from dcraw c Dave Coff
40. rast independently of overall contrast Adjust the local contrast using the Local contrast power slider and or Local contrast power EV field Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved and or field Smaller settings contrast smaller image details while larger settings affect larger image features The radius is specified as a percentage of the overall image size For example a radius of 1 will equal 1 100th of the image s largest dimension If needed use the Reduce halo artifact pull down menu for the level of reduction needed The different settings control the speed vs quality trade off when reducing halo effects For example the Preview setting is very fast but low quality while the Ultimate setting is slower but offers high quality elimination of both the halo and halo edge artifacts Using 32 Float unified COLOR Brightness channel The Shadow Highlight tool lets you con trol the brightness of image highlights and or shadows independently of each other To adjust the image shadows and high lights 1 Click the Shadow Highlight tool in the HDR Image Tools panel to open the Shadow Highlight window shadow Highlight 4 Adjust the shadow power using the Shadow power slider and or Shadow power EV field This adjusts the relative strength of the Images shadow areas areas that are less bright than the selected mid tone value Adjust the local contrast power using the LC Adjust
41. reformed and construed consistent with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the origi nal intentions of this Software License Agreement and in any event the remaining provisions of this Software License Agreement will remain in full force and effect This Software License Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California of United States of America governing contracts made entered into and performed entirely in that State without reference to choice of law provisions You submit to jurisdiction in the State of California This Agreement may be assigned by UCT and is binding on and inures to the benefit of any succes sors and assigns Unified Color Technologies HDR Expose and 32 Float are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Unified Color Technologies in the United States and or other countries Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 47 unified k COLOR 32 Float 1 0 User Manual Unified Color Technologies LLC 21 Airport Blvd Suite F South San Francisco CA 94080 Phone 650 952 8886 Fax 650 872 8887 Email info web unifiedcolor com Web www unifiedcolor com Copyright 2010 Unified Color LLC All rights reserved
42. rted File Formats 32 Float supports the same file formats supported by your version of Photoshop unified COLOR ken Sg unified etting Started COLOR Interface Features 32 Float uses a powerful intuitive interface that includes the following features Brightness Histogram that shows you the brightness channel histogram in the image and how much of your image is visible using your current monitor Interactive session history with undo redo functionality Status Bar that displays Color Profile selection button Display Brightness controls Help and status messages Zoom controls Preset selection controls in tool windows Eyedropper tools to make brightness color selections faster when using the Veiling Glare Brightness Con trast Shadow Highlight White Balance and Color Tuning tools User definable one click Recipe button Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 5 32 Float 1 0 System Requirements To use 32 Float your system must conform to the following minimum requirements Operating System PC Microsoft Windows XP Vista or 7 Operating System Mac MacOS X Leopard 10 5 x or MacOS X Snow Leopard 10 6 x Processor Dual core 2 0GHz or faster minimum Quad core 2 8GHz or faster recommended RAM 2GB minimum 4GB recommended Video card 128MB or higher Adobe Photoshop You must be running Adobe Photo shop CS3 or later in order to use 3
43. s and can also merge multiple images to cre ate truly stunning results Colors and brightness are pro cessed on separate channels meaning that you can adjust colors without affecting image brightness and vice versa Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 1 32 Float 1 0 What is HDR Nature abounds with colors and contrasts that the human eye and brain are exquisitely adapted to see and appreciate Unfortunately the pictures we take of these stunning scenes often appear flat and dull by comparison even when we use high quality equipment Why The problem is that the range of colors and contrasts avail able in nature far exceeds the capabilities of conventional CRT based image capture and display technology This chart compares the luminosity range of the human eye with that of current display technology This limit is referred to as the Dynamic Range problem Dynamic Range Problem Luminosity As you can see no current device even comes close to reproducing the range of light and color visible to the human eye This is why the pictures you take of beautiful 2 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O landscapes and high contrast scenes don t always match what you actually saw when you took the picture High Dynamic Range HDR imaging expands the range of exposures far beyond the limits of conventional Low Dynamic Range LDR digital imaging techniques HDR imaging ca
44. shadows 1 Launch Photoshop and then open your image 2 Launch the 32 Float plug in and then open the Prefer ences window as described in Preferences Window on page 18 3 In the General tab of the Preferences window see General Tab on page 18 select Apply the filtered effect to a separate layer using the pull down menu 4 Edit the image highlights and then close the 32 Float plug in Notice that you will now have two layers The original Background layer and the new layer with your edits 5 Select the Background layer again and launch the 32 Float plug in for process the midtones When you close 32 Float you will now have three layers the Back ground layer and your highlight and midtone layers 6 Repeat Step 5 for the image shadows 22 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O unified COLOR Using 32 Float This chapter describes how to use the tools included with 32 Float to create breathtaking results 32 Float makes image editing fast easy and fun Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved 23 32 Float 1 0 History The History section of the HDR Image Tools panel records your previous 255 actions during the current session New actions are added to the bottom of the history You can work with the history as follows e Create a recipe that will apply the contents of the his tory to the current or future images in one click Please see Re
45. table for any display hardware even displays that have not yet been invented Saving an image in BEF format means that your pictures will keep looking better and better as display tech nology improves You can even specify quality settings that define the degree to which colors may visually deviate from their original values which gives you maximum control over file size vs quality Operation History Normally exiting and restarting an application loses your history even if you saved your file just before exiting the application 32 Float saves your com plete operation history when you save images in the BEF format This exclusive feature means that you can reopen a previously saved file and see what you ve done before You can also use this information to create a recipe for future use Future proof 32 Float always lets you work with the full color range available to the human eye even if you cannot see all of these colors on your monitor Many cameras typi 4 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved O cally do capture full color range data however selecting an image option such as JPG clips the color data Saving your images in a RAW format and merging them into an 32 Float BEF file preserves the data which will become visible as dis play and printing technology improves With 32 Float you never have to worry about re taking images or not being able to preserve the full richness of your images Suppo
46. the image itself Display Brightness Down Button 5 Clicking the Dis play Brightness Down button reduces the display brightness This only affects how the image is displayed on the screen for viewing purposes it does not affect the actual brightness data in the image itself Display Brightness Slider 6 Clicking and dragging the Display Brightness slider adjusts the display bright ness up right or down left This only affects how the image is displayed on the screen for viewing purposes it does not affect the actual brightness of the image itself Display Brightness Up Button 7 Clicking the Display Brightness Up button increases the display brightness Actual Pixels Button 8 Clicking the Actual Pixels button zooms your image to actual size Zoom Out Button 9 Clicking the Zoom Out button zooms out farther from your image Navigating 32 Float Status Bar continued Zoom Slider 10 Clicking and dragging the Zoom slider zooms your image in right or out left Zoom In Button 11 Clicking the Zoom In button zooms in closer to your image Zoom to Fit Button 12 Clicking the Zoom to Fit but ton zooms in or out until your entire image fits within the 32 Float window Zoom Percent Display 13 Displays the level of zoom currently applied to the image you are working on Resize Handle 14 Clicking and dragging the Resize handle lets you adjust the size of the 32 Float window Copyright 2010 by U
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48. ur acceptance of this Software License Agreement Unified Color Technologies hereinafter UCT grants you a non exclusive non transferable except as provided below limited license to install and use for per sonal non commercial purposes a copy of the Software on your single desktop computer as well as a single portable laptop computer owned by you b Title Title to the Soft ware is not transferred to you Ownership of all copies of the 44 Copyright 2010 by Unified Color LLC All rights reserved Software and of copies made by you is vested in UCT sub ject to the rights of use granted to you in this Software License Agreement As between you and UCT all image files that are loaded or modified by you via your utilization of the Software in accordance with its Documentation and the terms of this Software License Agreement are your property c Reverse Engineering You may not under any circumstances modify and or reverse engineer decompile disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the compiled source code of the Software To ensure a safe installation to the user UCT prohibits distributors from modifying the installation process or obligating the user to install third party software along with the software The installation files for this software shall not be embedded into any other installation program and shall be distributed without any modifications Any custom setup of this software shall receive the prior written a
49. witch between them as described above Clear List Selecting Clear List unloads the color model s you loaded Tint Menu 2 The Tint menu lets you view your image with a tint filters applied Selecting a tint filter converts your image display data to grayscale and then adds your desired tint This only affects how the image appears on your screen it does not affect the actual image data You will have the option whether to apply the tint to the image itself when you save or export the image The available default tint filters are None Grayscale Ivory Sepia Lavender Rose Gold Azure Baby Blue and Camouflage Green You may create new tint filters using the Tint tab of the Preferences window Please see Tint Tab on page 20 for more information about creating tint filters 6048x4032 24 3 Mpx O unified COLOR Bright Point Eyedropper 3 The Bright Point eye dropper lets you select the brightest spot in your image 32 Float will adjust your image to make the selected spot appear as the brightest spot on your monitor This only affects how the image is displayed on the screen for viewing purposes it does not affect the actual brightness data in the image itself Reset Display Brightness Button 4 Clicking the Reset Display Brightness button resets the default image display brightness This only affects how the image is displayed on the screen for viewing purposes it does not affect the actual brightness of
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