LightZone Wishlist

Published 2007 January 4

I’ve been using and enjoying the Mac OS X version of LightZone 2.0 (LightCraft.com - LightZone.) for a month now, and have a list of improvements and suggestions. I plan to keep this list updated.

1. Enable the default Macintosh Command-D keyboard shortcut to dismiss Save and Save As dialogue windows.
2. Add a basic text-tool for copyright notice watermarks. It should include controls for font selection, size, opacity and should support at least two levels of anti-aliasing: anti-alias and no anti-alias.
3. Add a Show Original File In Finder command to the File menu. This should open a Finder window with the file selected in the LightZone browser highlighted. Added in v2.1, thank you Lightzone team! Update: In the browser, the Show in Finder command currently only appears in the pop-up menu when you right-click on a thumbnail. It should also be selectable from the File menu.
4. Ability to change background color in Editor area.
5. Enable dragging of the editing area (when holding down the space bar) even when the entire image you are working on is visible. This helps when editing masks that extend beyong the image.
6. Enable Photoshop-like keyboard commands Command-Spacebar for zooming in and Command-Alt-Spacebar for zooming out.
7. Implement lens distortion correction functionality to help adjust distortion in wide-angle images.

Last updated: 2007-01-12