With film you exposed for the shadows and developed the highlights and yes I know it is not as simple as that. I used it when I was processing and printing Black and White film for a number of years.ĭigital cameras are getting better, but cannot match the dynamic rage of film, yet. I agree that the Zone Mapper tool in Light Zone would be and could be beautifully emulated as an adjustment layer in Affinity Photo. Especially for photographers interested in preparing Exhibition Quality Black and White Prints, or want to adapt color images via the "Color" Zone System. In fact I definitely think it would be an enhancement. I don't see how adding an optional Adjustment Layer type could hurt Affinity Photo's workflow or usability. I would like to have this concept incorporated into Affinity Photo so I can work with a single tool and have the results I want to achieve in just a single, coherent, powerful Application for a clean workflow.
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The best example of this in Software that I have found is LightZone. (Zones 0, 3, 5, 7, 10, and then you can fine tune a bit more if you like with the placement of the other Zones/Tones). They're actually not THAT involved.Įasily with the Zone Scale you can place tones from Absoute Black to Maximum Shadow Detail to Midtone to Maximum Highlight Detail and then to Absolute White. The methods and concepts OF the Zone System (for Color or B&W) break down into a VERY intuitive fashion once you wrap your head around the ideas involved. There are so many books on the Zone System. We learned the limitations of contrast and perception (which are still valid), and Zone System is just a simple and intuitive way to acheive placement of tones from Absolute Black to Absolute White in a logical fashion. Most of us (who aren't dead yet, we're mostly barely "In our Fourties") learned the Zone System in Fine-Art Photography as idealistic young photographers. Perhaps the best location to place a tool like this would be in the Tone Mapping Persona? Or as a Live Adjustment Layer in the Photo Persona? Unsure, as I am new to Affinity Photo. It would be nice to see a "Zone Mapper" adjustment layer added to Affinity Photo. I constantly drop tones from my abstract style images.
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Recognition of tonalities and exposing for is, well, more desirable - and I'm not talking about full tonal range images. but, of course geared up for the digital photographer who may or may not have an understanding of zone systems.or anything to do with the alchemy of the golden days of silver and smelly chemicals :)Įxposing to the right is. The only other editor I'm aware of that comes close is ACDSee's Ultimate (current version 10) - their LIght EQ does pretty much the same. The versatility within these 16 steps offers tonality/texture control IMO much greater than curves offered currently with other image editors. The panel drops out zone 0 (pure black) and zone IX (pure white) therefore retaining 8 zones broken into half steps (stops) - 16 tonal steps in total. I won't go into the depths of zone system tonal/texture control here except to say the zone mapper is based on the original 10 zones Ansel (and Fred Archer) pioneered (and later abandoned to 11 - fortunately the 10 zones were kept alive by Fred Picker and others}. rather clever, and very simple if one has a working knowledge of the zone system. With this tool one can lock off tonalities (zones) then expand (or contract) narrow bands of tones. In fact I'd be hard pushed getting results from curves compared to the zone mapper! The zone mapper tool is quite versatile and IMO a lot more efficient than using curves. 'this is just a curves adjustment tool for ansel adams fans'Īre you confident in what you've stated here MBd? Levels and curves can then easily be tweaked in post.Īlthough it is fair to argue that curves in AP are not really finished yet
(the point I want to make is - sometimes one has to adapt to new technology/ workflow) You also have RGB and luma options in Affinity Photo as well btw.Īnd of course you have many options to make local adjustments, the easiest way is to just mask it with a brush but you can use refinement tools or vector paths as wellĬurves a re a bit tough to understand at first but once you get your head wrapped around it there is just no going back (as natalia taffarel says, she just needs curves and can a photo make to look like anything she wants)ītw Ansel Adams is pretty mich dead nowadaysĭigital cameras have so much dynamic range and you just expose to the right using your clipping indictors in the liveview and you have the perfekt spot
Levels adjustment gives you better control over white and black point and you et clipping indicators as well by holding down the alt key You just have to understand curves once and you have even more options, but you can also stick to just this one workflow of course This is just a curves adjustment tool for ansel adams fans
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