Advanced Color Corrector - v2.2,  © 2007 Richard Rosenman Advertising & Design. Release date: 01/01/03, Updated 09/05/07.



INSTALLATION:

Simply unzip "corrector.zip" and copy "corrector.8bf" to your "\Photoshop\Plug-Ins\" folder, or whichever plugin folder your host program uses. Load your program, open an image, go to the plugins menu and select the plugin.



INSTALLATION FOR REGISTERED USERS:

If you have registered your copy of Advanced Color Corrector, simply place the license file you have received via email into THE SAME FOLDER AS YOUR "CORRECTOR.8BF" FILE. This is very important since placing the license file in a different folder than the one it currently resides in will not switch your copy of Advanced Color Corrector to REGISTERED mode. As an example, if you followed the steps outlined in the above INSTALLATION section, you would also place the license file into the "\Photoshop\Plug-Ins\" folder.



REGISTRATION:

If you would like to register Advanced Color Corrector, please visit http://www.richardrosenman.com



LICENSING:

You may freely download the plugin and try it as much as you want, whenever you want, wherever you want, by whomever you want, while in DEMO mode. Once registered, ONE (1) Advanced Color Corrector license entitles ANY user 
to UNLIMITED use of the software, for an INDEFINITE period of time, on ONE (1) workstation ONLY. Currently, there is no floating license option. If you wish to use Advanced Color Corrector on multiple workstations such as in a studio environment, multiple licenses are required for EACH node.


ADVANCED COLOR CORRECTOR V2.0 FEATURE SET:

•9 different color models to work from including: 
RGB, CMY, Lab, YcbCr, XYZccir601-1 (D), XYZccir709 (D65), XYZitu (D65), YUV and YIQ! 

•Black and White conversion with tolerance control. 

•Grayscale conversions based on various industry techniques and standards, as well as user controlled RGB-weighed conversions. 

•Singular or multiple color channel inversion control. 

•Singular or multiple color channel swapping control. 

•Singular or multiple color channel Posterize effect. 

•Singular or multiple color channel Solarize effect. 

•Singular or multiple color channel Phaseshift effect. 

•Tone control for affecting luminance of High, Mid, and low image tones. 

•Image Gamma correction control. 

•New "Pixel Processing" engine provides over 40 custom-written color processing algorithms, all of which can be readily combined with any other adjustments. 

•Complete control over which channels to apply effects to (Singular or Multiple) as well as what channel range to apply the effects to. (eg. Apply saturation to only red and blue channels whose luma values lie between 55 and 255.) This is one of Advanced Color Corrector's most valued tools! 

•Additive and Subtractive color control through color-picker window. (Both can be used conjunctively.) 

•Full saving and loading control of any settings. 

•Over 40 presaved settings ranging from traditional effects such as "Sepia Tone", to unique effects such as "Radioactive", to artistic effects such as "Flat Reds", to even random control generators for color spaces and/or hue/tint/brightness/saturation/contrast controls. 

•Complete previewing optimization control for FAST display such as realtime (on mouse drag) or non-realtime (on mouse release) previewing, in conjunction with resolution controllable (per-row) control (eg. Apply an effect in realtime to every third line of resolution.), as well as standard zoom preview options. 

•Hue / Color control with toggle feature. 

•Tint control with multiplier feature for intensity control. 

•Brightness (Luma) control with multiplier feature for intensity control. 

•Saturation control with multiplier feature for intensity control. 

•Contrast control with multiplier feature for intensity control. 

•Image Info feature provides useful information about the source image such as resolution, memory consumption, average color content (R,G,B), average brightness (Luma), unique blacks and whites, user display settings, and user Operating System. 

•Help feature provides documentation describing every feature in Advanced Color Corrector. 

•Local and Global Reset options for virtually all controls resulting in faster workflow. 



DESCRIPTION:


This filter provides advanced color correction controls. 


RGB: Controls RED (R), GREEN (G) and BLUE (B) channels respectively.

CMY: Controls CYAN (C), MAGENTA (M) and YELLOW (Y) channels respectively.

YcbCr: Controls LUMINANCE (Y), BLUE chrominance (Cb) and RED chrominance (Cr) channels respectively.

XYZccir601-1 (C): Controls X, Y and Z channels of CIE XYZccir601-1 (C illuminant) respectively.

XYZccir709 (D65): Controls X, Y and Z channels of CIE XYZccir709 (D65) respectively.

XYZitu (D65): Controls X, Y and Z channels of CIE XYZitu (D65) respectively.

YUV: Controls luminance (Y), chrominance (U) and chrominance (V) channels (European TV) respectively.

YIQ: Controls luminance (Y), chrominance (I) and chrominance (Q) channels (North American TV) respectively.

Lab: Controls luminance (L), green-red (a) and blue-yellow (b) channels respectively.

Buttons marked '0' to the right of each colorspace perform a reset operation.

Tone: Controls luminance of high, mid and low color ranges.

Posterize: Controls the number of tonal levels (or luminance values) for each channel. (L: Locks all channels to R).

Solarize: Controls the threshold level at which color channels are inverted. (L: Locks all channels to R).

Phaseshift: Shifts the hue of each color channel respectively. (L: Locks all channels to R).

Gamma Correction: Controls the gamma correction of the image.

Black + White (Pushbutton): Converts the channels to black and white depending on the tolerance slider.

Tolerance (Slider), (Active only when pushbutton selected): Any color value less than the tolerance will be black, any greater will be white.

Channels / Ranges (RED, GREEN, BLUE): Specifies which channels any effects will be applied to.

Channels / Ranges (Sliders): Specifies a range between the minimum and maximum color values to apply the effects to.

Invert Channels: Inverts (255-R,G,B) the corresponding color channels.

Swap channels: Swaps the corresponding color channel with the other.

Grayscale: Converts color channels to grayscale values based on different common algorithms.

Grayscale Weights: Converts color channels to grayscale values based red, green and blue color channnel weights. (Select 'X' to activate).

Pixel Processing: Provides over 40 color processing algorithms, all of which can be readily combined with any other adjustments. An approximate description of the algorithm is labeled as the menu selection.

Additive / Subtractive: Specifies colors to be Added and/or Subtracted from the image.

LOAD/SAVE: Load and Save settings. (.INI files)

Presets: Specifies pre-defined settings.

Image ?: Display information about the source, unfiltered preview window image. (It is important to know that this information is derived from the scaled preview window image. Therefore, if you want accurate readings, zoom in to 100%.)

Realtime (Pushbutton): Applies all effects (in realtime) on 'mouse drag' instead of on 'mouse release'.

Realtime (Slider): Speeds up previews by applying the effects to every (n)th line of resolution.

Hue / colorize and Toggle: Cycles color channels through the color spectrum. Use the toggle to swap between Hue and Colorize control.

Tint and Multiplier: Tints the image by adding a hue to the channels. Use the multiplier for stronger values.

Brightness and Multiplier: Controls the brightness/darkness (luminosity) of the image. Use the multiplier for stronger values.

Saturation and Multiplier: Controls the saturation/desaturation of the image. Use the multiplier for stronger values.

Contrast and Multiplier: Controls the contrast of the image. Use the multiplier for stronger values.

Buttons marked '0' to the right of each colorbar perform a reset operation.
 


WORKFLOW TIPS:

Advanced Color Corrector has been optimized for speed. As a result, it is important to understand the basic functioning of the software in order to know how to get the most out of it. During use, the software internally checks to see if any (as well as how many) controls have been changed by the user. Consequently, only calculations for those changed controls are considered and the rest are bypassed, thus keeping the software functioning at optimum performance speeds. Naturally, the greater number of controls changed, the more calculations are required, and therefore the slower the software performs. It is therefore recommended to regularly reset any and all controls which may have been changed, but are no longer required for your current color correction.

Should you require additional speed, try unselecting the realtime pushbutton. This will now update the preview window when you release the mouse button, instead of during the slider adjustment. Zooming down a level will add dramatic speed increases. In addition, the display resolution slider to the right of the realtime pushbutton can be increased, thus forcing Advanced Color Corrector to process only every (n)th line of the image. (Just make sure to set it back to full before applying the filter.)



MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Advanced Color Corrector will run on any PC capable of running Adobe Photoshop v4.0 or higher, or most applications compatible with Adobe's plugin specifications.

Advanced Color Corrector will NOT run on Macintosh systems.

Advanced Color Corrector has been specifically developed for use with high resolution displays. Therefore a minimum display resolution of 1024x768 is required. A minimum display resolution of 1280 x 1024 x 24 bit color is recommended.

Advanced Color Corrector works exclusively on RGB images. If you see the plugin grayed out in your plugins menu, you are probably not in RGB mode. 

Advanced Color Corrector works exclusively on 24 bit images (8 bits per channel). 48 bit (16 bits per channel) support is intended to be built into future updates. 

Advanced Color Corrector can run with any amount of memory, so long as the host application such as Adobe Photoshop is capable of running. However, a minimum memory capacity of 256 MB is recommended.

If at any time there is any doubt regarding Advanced Color Corrector's compatibility or functioning, simply try the demo version. If it works, so will the registered version.



KNOWN BUGS:

NONE.



FIXES:

2.1 - Fixed bug when applying filter resulting in a 200% speed increase.
2.2 - New GUI design.
2.2 - Windows Vista Compatibility.



FEEDBACK:

If you love, hate or absolutely don't give a damn about Advanced Color Corrector, please let me know at richard@richardrosenman.com



ADVANCED COLOR CORRECTOR HOMEPAGE:

http://www.richardrosenman.com



HOMEPAGE:

http://www.richardrosenman.com
