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Greg Groess:
OK; so why would you need these....

I have been using these with some measure of success for single channel curving as a part of a modified Picture post card workflow.  Instead of guessing on the shadow and highlight I am using the Zone 8 and Zone 2 or 3 pins in each color channel I am choosing to edit.  It gets me into the "zone" faster.

They are by no means perfect...

I created these pins using Values found on the web for LAB associated with the Zone system.

Comments welcome including but not limited to...These are junk go away....

Greg

Lee Harper:
They're wonderful Greg - thanks for uploading them ;D

Do you still have the link for the webpage where you found the Lab zone system values? I'd like to have a read...

I still haven't got to grips with working the zone system into my regular workflow yet (keep meaning to ;)); these pins are a great carrot!

Cheers,
Lee.

Greg Groess:
I keep finding that they help me in the single channels; for instance If I open a RGB file and open the G channel in PS I can then use the pins to help me place the tones for that channel more accurately it take some of the guess work and estimation out of the process and ki am finding right now that they help me set a much smoother curve. 

Maybe it's me...I don't know yet but I am liking the results as I use it more...I'm hoping to post something soon that will show this off a bit.

Greg

Lee Harper:
Hi Greg,

I've just tried the pins on a few images, and so far - I am really impressed with the results I'm getting ;D

Do you think that there is any chance of getting Mike to have these install by default, so that they are easily available to everyone? I think that they are really useful; they would be a nice addition to the default installation.

One thing I'm curious about though - why does zone 0 have an L value of 2, rather than 0?

All best,
Lee.

Greg Groess:
For my money 0 would drive the blacks all the way out...If you place it wrong you lock up a whole lot of image area...I found it made little difference in the end but had a strong aversion to 0 on the L channel. 
I set my RGB Limits to be 5,5,5 when using CM in any case.

here is a screen shot from the page I found most of the data on...The author goes way too far with the explanation and covers some stuff that is not really relevant...

Greg

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