Better Light 7 manual ToneZones Tool

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ToneZones™ Tool

Selecting the ToneZones™ tool from the top set of buttons will colorize the preview image to allow for rapid assessment of the image tones. When the ToneZones™ tool is selected, the grayscale beneath the histogram display will be replaced by a color zone display and a popup menu. This easy- to-use exposure tool assigns false colors to user-defined ranges of data to quickly identify areas within the preview that fall into those exposure levels. ToneZones™ can be used to rapidly locate areas that might be under or over exposed or to adjust certain regions of an image into a specified data range.

The default color zones are set to show highlight regions without much detail as red, highlight regions with detail as yellow, midtone values as green, dark values with detail as cyan and dark tones without detail as blue. These are only default values and each zone may be adjusted, deleted, have the color changed and additional zones can be added.

A zone may be turned off by clicking and releasing the mouse in the colored area of that zone. When a zone’s color is white, the portions of the preview image with those tone values will be shown normally. Clicking once again in the zone’s color bar region will turn that zone on and those sections of the preview image with the values for that zone will be replaced with the zone’s specified color.

To change a zone’s range, click and hold the mouse button on the vertical bar at either end of the zone and move the bar to the left or right. The RGB values for all the zones will appear at the top of the ToneZones™ display and the bar being adjusted will be highlighted in red text. Moving the bar to the left will decrease the RGB value and to the right will increase the value.

A new zone may be added by pressing and holding the Option key (Alt on Windows) while clicking the mouse at the location in the ToneZones™ bar for the new zone end. New zones are assumed to begin at the end of the previous lower value zone. The default color for the new zone is assumed to be gray until it is changed. You may need to create an “empty” or normal zone to isolate a new zone.

The color for a zone may be selected by pressing and holding the Command key (Control key on Windows) and clicking on the color bar for a zone. The system color picker will appear. The color will be applied when the color picker is closed.

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Contents Revision D March Large Format Digital Scanning Camera SystemAcknowledgements Page Page Contents Locking Both Lock Crop RatioAltering Color Balance for Mood or Effect Audio Focusing Aid Multiple Color FocusingSaving a High Bit Depth Image Limit LineAutomatically Opening the Image Exporting NotesLighting Hardware Setup Software OperationLine Time Parts List Connector Identification Getting Started Installing and Configuring the ViewFinder SoftwareSystem Requirements Memory RequirementsMacintosh PC PC version of the software is requiredConnect the camera insert to the control unit Quick Start GuideConnect the control unit to the host computer Mate the female end of the cable with the DBInstall the viewing overlay on the camera’s ground glass Connect the AC power to the control unitTurn on the digital camera Turn on the host computerMm thick Tungsten infrared blocking filter Install the infrared blocking filterCompose and focus the image Select the image capture settingsPut the insert into the camera Start the ViewFinder softwareTake the picture PrescanTransfer the file to the computer View the final imageMaking a Prescan PrescanningFast Prescans Cropped Prescans Super View Prescans Color Managed Prescans Canceling a PrescanSaving and Viewing Prescans Guides RulersResolution Image Capture SettingsPage Line Time ISO Exposure Lock Capture ModeScanning to the Camera Disk Canceling a ScanScanning Automatically Naming Images Naming the ImageAdding Notes to Your Picture RGB Data Values, EV Units Exposure EvaluationDigital Spot Metering Determining Relative Exposure Static Spot Meter Tool Setting the Spot Meter Size Judging Overall and Spot Exposures HistogramStatic Spot Meter Location Readings Hand Tool Tool BarMagnify Tool Panorama Tool Measure Tool Mac onlyToneZones Tool Page Grid Tool Crop Mask ToolPage Scan Area & Cropping Tab PanelsSize Panel Different unit. Example 15.24 cm x 10.16 cm at 300 pixels per Size of the cropped area may still be adjusted whileClicking up or down buttons of Scan Area Lock Crop Ratio To set a specific shape for crop rectangleLock File Size To specify an exact file size Seconds Scan direction Faster Scans for FreeEstablishing Neutral Color Balance Color PanelSaving Color Balances Altering Color Balance for Mood or Effect Changing Existing Color BalancesDeleting Color Balances Tagging Images with ICC Profiles Reverting to a Previous Color BalanceTone Curve Selections Tone PanelSaving a High Bit Depth Image Brightness/Contrast Tone Curve Adjustments Manual Tone Curve Adjustments Spot Meter Reference Points Limit LineNegative Curves Bit Tone CurvesSelecting an Output Tone Scale Setting the EV Scale ReferenceTone Curve Histogram Deleting Tone Curves Saving Tone CurvesLarge Focus Display Focus PanelSelecting a Focus Site Reading the Focus Displays and Adjusting Focus Multiple Color Focusing Audio Focusing Aid Mac onlyInfrared Focus Image File Management and Retrieval ViewFinder File Manager Exporting Notes Sorting Image FilesAdding more Notes to Your Pictures Automatically Opening the Image Automatically Saving Files to a FolderRetrieving Image Files Selecting the Retrieval Tone Curve USB controller only Hard Drive Storage Capacity Deleting Image FilesFile Menu MenusEdit Menu Display Menu Camera Menu Clean/Park Capture ModeDiagnostics Opens the Clean/Park window to expose the CCD for cleaningAutomatically Retrieving Images Saving Files User PreferencesAfter highlighting the desired folder, click Right of the Save scan folder labelAutomatic Scan Viewing in an Application Auto File Open Automatically Save PrescansAuto Naming Mask Auto-rotate Retrieved FilesGuides GridISO Increment Selection Using SoundsBaseline ISO Setting Use this feature, the factory settings are adequate Pano SettingsTime Lapse CropAppendix a Cleaning the CCD Cover GlassAppendix B Exposure AdjustmentsManipulating Exposure Line TimeLens Aperture Color Balance SensitivityTone Curves Lighting Appendix C Line Time SettingsAppendix D Resolution SelectionsModel 4000E-HS Model 6000-HS, 6000E-HSSuper 6K-HS Super 8K-HS Power Status IndicatorsAppendix E StatusAppendix F Hardware SetupPanoramic Adapter Scene PanoramaPage Rollout Panorama Hardware is assembled just as it is for a Rollout panorama Object PanoramaCamera reported error Not Ready Error MessagesCamera reported error No Room Camera reported error Conversion ErrorCamera reported error Math Error Camera reported error Value ErrorScsi Errors Comm returned error Other Errors Unknown ErrorCamera Timed Out
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