Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Lightzone: Isofthiwe ye-Darkroom yamahhala ye-Windows, Mac, ne-Linux

01 ka 05

Isingeniso se-Lightzone

I-Lightzone Free Raw Converter. Umbhalo nezithombe © Ian Pullen

I-Lightzone Isilinganiso: 4 izinkanyezi ezingu-5

I-Lightzone yi-converter yamahhala ye- RAW efana ne-Adobe Lightroom, nakuba kunemibono ethile ehlukile. Njengokukhanya kwe-Lightroom, i-Lightzone ikuvumela ukuthi wenze ukuhlela okungekho okungonakalisayo ezithombeni zakho, ukuze ukwazi ukubuyela njalo kufayela lakho lesithombe sokuqala nganoma yisiphi isikhathi.

I-Lightzone iqale kuqala ngo-2005 njenge-software yezohwebo, nakuba inkampani ngemuva kwesicelo yeka ukuthuthukiswa kwesofthiwe ngo-2011. Ngo-2013, isofthiwe yakhululwa ngaphansi kwelayisensi evulekile yemithombo evulekile ye-BSD, nakuba le nguqulo yakamuva inguqulo wokugcina eyatholakala ngo-2011, nakuba kunamaphrofayli e-RAW avuselelwe ukusekela amakhamera amaningi edijithali akhululwe kusukela ngaleso sikhathi.

Kodwa-ke, naphezu kwale minyaka emibili ye-hiatus ekuthuthukiseni, i-Lightzone isinikeza isici esinamandla kakhulu sabathwebuli bezithombe abafuna ithuluzi elihlukile ku-Lightroom lokuguqula amafayela wabo we-RAW. Kukhona ukulandwa okutholakala ku-Windows, OS X ne-Linux, nakuba ngivele ngibheke inguqulo yeWindows, ngisebenzisa i-laptop ejwayelekile.

Emakhasini ambalwa alandelayo, ngizobheka kabanzi lolu hlelo lokusebenza oluthakazelisayo futhi wabelane ngeminye imibono okufanele ikusize ukunquma ukuthi i-Lightzone ilungele yini ukucabangela njengengxenye yesikhungo sakho sokusebenzisa izithombe.

02 ka 05

I-Lightzone User Interface

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I-Lightzone inesimo esibonakalayo somsebenzisi ohlanzekile nesimangalisa ngetimpunga elimnyama eliye lathandwa kakhulu kuzinhlelo zokusebenza eziningi zokuhlela izithombe manje. Into yokuqala engiyiqaphele, ukuthi ngiyifake kwi-laptop eqhuba i-Windows 7 ngesiSpanishi ukuthi akukho okukhethwa kukho okwamanje ukushintsha ulimi lwe-interface, okusho ukuthi amalebula aboniswa ngokuxuba iSpanishi nesiNgisi. Ngokusobala lokhu ngeke kube yinkinga kubasebenzisi abaningi kanye nethimba lokuthuthukisa liyazi lokhu, kodwa qaphela ukuthi isibhamu sami se-screen singase sibonakale sihluke kakhulu njengomphumela.

I-interface yomsebenzisi ihlukanisa ngezigaba ezimbili ezihlukene nefasitela leDlulisa amehlo lokuzulazula amafayela akho neWindows iwindi lokusebenza ezithombeni ezithile. Leli lungiselelo linembile kakhulu futhi lizozijwayeza kubasebenzisi bezicelo eziningana ezifanayo.

Enye inkinga encane engase ibe yilapho usayizi wefonti esetshenziselwa ukubhala izinkinobho namafolda njengalokhu okuncane ohlangothini oluthile. Ngenkathi lokhu kusebenza endaweni yokubuka yobuhle, abanye abasebenzisi bangase bakuthole kunzima ukufunda. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganiswe nezinye izici zesikhombimsebenzisi esivela umbhalo ompunga obukhulu ngokuya emkhatsini wesizinda semfucumfucu emnyama, okungaholela ezindabeni ezithile zokusebenzisa ngenxa yokuphambana okuphansi. Ukusetshenziswa komthunzi we-orange njengoba umbala ogqamile kubulula kakhulu iso futhi ungeze ekubukeni jikelele.

03 ka 05

I-Lightzone Phequlula iWindows

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Iwindi lokudlulisa amehlo le-Lightzone yilapho uhlelo lokusebenza luzovuleka uma kuqala luqala futhi ifasitela lihlehla zibe ngamakholomu amathathu, nekhetho lokuwa phansi kokubili amakholomu ohlangothini uma kufunwa. Ikholomu yesandla sobunxele i-explorer yefayela evumela ukuthi usheshe futhi uhambe ngokushesha ku-hard drive yakho nakwezinjini ezixhunyiwe.

Ngakwesokudla kukhona ikholomu ye-Info ebonisa ulwazi oluyisisekelo lwefayela kanye nedatha ye-EXIF. Ungaphinda uhlele ezinye zale lwazi, njengokunikeza isithombe isilinganiselwa noma ukwengeza isihloko noma ulwazi lobunikazi.

Ingxenye eyinhloko yefasitela ihlukaniswe ngokulinganayo nengxenye engenhla inikeza ukubuka kuqala kwesithombe esikhethiwe noma izithombe. Kukhona ibha yemenyu eyengeziwe ngaphezu kwalesi sigaba esibandakanya inketho yezitayela. Izitayela ziyizinto eziningi zokuchofoza okusheshayo amathuluzi wokulungisa, atholakalayo ewindini elikhulu le-Hlela, futhi okuvumela ukuba wenze izithuthukisi eziningana ezithombeni zakho. Ngokwenza lezi zitayela zitholakale kwiwindi lokudlulisa amehlo, ungakhetha amafayela amaningi futhi usebenzise isitayela kubo bonke ngesikhathi esisodwa.

Ngezansi kwesigaba sokubuka kuqala yindwendwe ebonisa amafayela wesithombe equkethwe kwifolda ekhethiwe okwamanje. Kulesi sigaba, ungase futhi ungeze isilinganiselo ezithombeni zakho, kodwa isici esisodwa esabonakala singekho siyakwazi ukumaka amafayela akho. Uma unenqwaba yamafayela wesithombe kusistimu yakho, amathegi angaba ithuluzi elinamandla kakhulu lokuzilawula futhi ngokushesha uthole amafayela esikhathini esizayo. Kubuye kube okuvamile nakakhulu kwamakhamera ukugcina izixhumanisi ze-GPS, kodwa futhi kubonakala sengathi akukho ndlela yokufinyelela idatha enjalo noma ukwengeza ngesandla izithombe.

Lokhu kusho ukuthi ngenkathi iWebhu ye-Dlulisa amehlo yenza kube lula ukuhamba amafayela akho, lokhu kunikeza kuphela amathuluzi wokuphatha amarebhuthi esisekelo okuyisisekelo.

04 ka 05

I-Lightzone Hlela iWindows

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Iwindi le-Hlela yilapho i-Lightzone ikhanya khona futhi ibuye ihlukaniswe ibe ngamakholomu amathathu. Ikholomu yesandla sobunxele labiwe Izitayela Nomlando futhi isandla sokunene singamaThuluzi, nesithombe sokusebenza esiboniswe phakathi nendawo.

Ngivele ngikhulume izitayela kuWebhu lokudlulisa amehlo, kodwa lapha zivezwa ngokucacile ohlwini oluhlangene nezigaba. Ungachofoza kwisitayela esisodwa noma usebenzise izitayela eziningi, uzihlanganise ndawonye ukuze wenze imiphumela emisha. Njalo uma usebenzisa isitayela, yengezwa esigabeni sezingxenye zekholomu yamathuluzi futhi ungaqhubeka ulungise amandla wesitayela usebenzisa izinketho ezitholakalayo noma ngokunciphisa ukukhanya kwesendlalelo. Ungagcina futhi izitayela zakho zenkambiso ukwenza kube lula ukuphinda imiphumela yakho oyintandokazi esikhathini esizayo noma ukusebenzisa ku-batch of images kuWebhu lokudlulisa amehlo.

Ithebhu yomlando ivula uhlu olulula lwezinguquko ezenziwe efayeleni kusukela ekugcineni zivuliwe futhi ungakwazi kalula ukuzula kulolu hlu ukuqhathanisa isithombe kumaphuzu ahlukene ohlelweni lokuhlela. Lokhu kungasiza, kodwa indlela ukuhlelwa okuhlukahlukene nokulungiswa kwakho okwenziwe ngayo kubanjwe njengezingqimba kusho ukuthi kuvamise kulula ukushintsha izendlalelo bese uqhathanisa izinguquko zakho.

Njengoba kukhonjisiwe, izendlalelo zifakwa emgqeni wesokudla, nakuba zingabonakali ngendlela efanayo ne-Photoshop noma i-GIMP izendlalelo, kulula ukungaqapheli ukuthi imiphumela isetshenziswa njengezendlalelo, kufana nezendlalelo zokulungiswa ku-Photoshop. Futhi unenketho yokulungisa ukukhanya kwezendlalelo nokushintsha izindlela zokuxuba , ezivula izinketho eziningi zokhetho uma kuziwa ekuhlanganiseni imiphumela ehlukile.

Uma usebenze nomguquli we-RAW noma umhleli wesithombe ngaphambili, khona-ke uzothola izinto eziyisisekelo ze-Lightzone okulula ukubamba. Wonke amathuluzi ajwayelekile ongalindela ukuwathola ayinikeza, nakuba i-Zone Mapping ingathatha kancane ukujwayela. Lokhu kufana nethuluzi le-curve, kodwa linikezwa ngokungafani njengechungechunge oluhlosiwe lwamathoni ukusuka kumhlophe kuya kumnyama. Ukuhlola kuqala kweZones phezulu kwekholomu kuphuka phansi isithombe sibe yizindawo ezihambisana nalezi shades ezimpunga. Ungasebenzisa i-Zone Mapper ukwelula noma ukucindezela izigaba ze-tonal ngayinye futhi uzobona ushintsho lubonakala kokubili ukubuka kuqala kweZones kanye nesithombe esisebenzayo. Ngenkathi izwa isikhombimsebenzisi esingavamile ekuqaleni, ngiyabona ukuthi lokhu kungaba yindlela enembile kanjani yokwenza izinguquko ze-tonal ezithombeni zakho.

Ngokuzenzakalelayo, ukulungiswa kwakho kusetshenziselwa umhlaba jikelele esithombeni sakho, kodwa kunesithuluzi sezindawo ezivumela ukuthi uhlukanise izindawo zesithombe sakho futhi usebenzise ukulungiswa kubo kuphela. Ungakwazi ukudweba izifunda njengama-polygons, splines noma ama-bezier curves futhi ngamunye ngokuzenzakalelayo une-feathering esebenzayo emaphethelweni awo, ongawalungisa uma kudingeka. Iziphakamiso azizona ezilula ukulawula, ngokuqinisekile hhayi uma kuqhathaniswa namathuluzi epeni ku-Photoshop ne-GIMP, kodwa lokhu kufanele kube ngokwanele kwamacala amaningi futhi uma kuhlangene nethuluzi le-Clone, lokhu kungashintshashintsha ngokwanele ukukugcina uvula ifayela lakho umhleli wesithombe ozithandayo.

05 ka 05

Isiphetho se-Lightzone

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Konke, i-Lightzone iyiphakheji elihle elimnandi elinganikeza abasebenzisi bayo amandla amaningi lapho beguqula izithombe ze-RAW.

Ukungabi namadokhumenti kanye namafayela okusiza kuyinkinga evame ukuthinta amaphrojekthi omthombo ovulekile, kodwa, mhlawumbe ngenxa yezimpande zayo zokuhweba, i-Lightzone inezinsiza eziwusizo olunzulu futhi oluningiliziwe. Lokhu kufakazelwa ngokwengeziwe nesithangami somsebenzisi kwi-website ye-Lightzone.

Amadokhumenti amahle asho ukuthi ungasebenzisa kakhulu izici ekunikezeni futhi njengomguquli we-RAW, i-Lightzone inamandla kakhulu. Njengoba sicabanga ukuthi sekuyiminyaka eminingana kusukela kube nokubuyekezwa kwangempela, ingakwazi ukuhlala ngokwayo phakathi kwezicelo zokuncintisana zamanje njenge-Lightroom ne- Zoner Photo Studio . Kungathatha isikhashana ukuzijwayeza ezinye izici zesikhombimsebenzisi, kodwa ithuluzi eliguquguqukayo kakhulu elizokwenza kube lula ukuthola okuningi ezithombeni zakho.

Iphuzu elilodwa lobuthakathaka yiWindows window. Ngenkathi lokhu kwenza umsebenzi omuhle njengendlela yokuhamba ngefayili, ayikwazi ukufanelana nomncintiswano njengethuluzi lokuphatha umtapo wakho wezithombe. Ukuntuleka kwamathegi nanoma iyiphi imininingwane ye-GPS kusho ukuthi akulula njengokulandelela amafayela akho amadala.

Uma ngabe ngibheka ukukhanya kwe-Lightzone nje nge-RAW converter, ngabe ngizoyijabulela ngenjabulo 4.5 izinkanyezi ezingu-5 futhi mhlawumbe ngisho namamaki agcwele. Kuhle kakhulu kule ndaba futhi ujabulele ukusebenzisa. Ngokuqinisekile ngilindele ukubuyela kuwo ngezithombe zami siqu esikhathini esizayo.

Noma kunjalo, iwindi leDlulisa amehlo liyingxenye ebalulekile yalolu hlelo lokusebenza futhi leso sici sinamandla kuze kube yilapho sichitha isicelo sonke. Izinketho zokuphatha umtapo wakho wezincwadi zilinganiselwe futhi uma uphatha izinombolo ezinkulu zezithombe, ngokuqinisekile uzofuna ukucabangela esinye isisombululo salomsebenzi.

Ngakho-ke kuthathwa njengamanye, ngilinganise i-Lightzone 4 kuzinkanyezi ezingu-4 ngaphandle kwezingu-5.

Ungalanda ikhophi yakho yamahhala kusuka kuwebhusayithi ye-Lightzone (http://www.lightzoneproject.org), nakuba uzodinga ukuhamba ngenqubo yokubhalisa yamahhala kuqala.