The Players at a Glance
This section contains a brief introduction to several of the more important parts of Curvemeister.
The Curve Window
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The curve window is Curvemeister's main interface. This is where the action is. It contains the all important curves, and a set of buttons that are modelled after the buttons Photoshop uses in its curve dialog. The colored area with the circle in the upper right corner is the hue clock, which indicates color values in a variety of ways. Use these curves just as you would Photoshop's curves. All of Photoshop's color modes, and more, are available instantly at the click of a button. For more detail, see the section in the manual on using the curve window. |
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The Image Window
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The image preview window shows you the image you are working on, and allows you to see the numeric values of colors. You may change colors by adding curve control points to the curves in the curve window, or by dragging one or more pins from the pin palette onto an appropriately colored object. This second procedure is called color pinning. |
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There are a variety of tools that allow you to evaluate the colors in your image, and to click on the image in various ways to modify the curves in the curve window, and improve the colors of your image. For example, you may quickly create a shadow, highlight, and neutral point, and fine tune their positions, and the results will be reflected in a new curve shape. |
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The Pin Palette
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The Hue Clock
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On the right are several hue clocks with sample points in an image in Curvemeister. The hue clock is used to measure colors quickly and efficiently, as you adjust your curves in Curvemeister. The hue clock is a simple and effective way to view and compare colors, which are surprisingly consistent in different situations. The clock face layout of the hue clock makes it very easy to memorize colors, and to match colors to one another. As you might expect, pinning and the hue clock work together very well. |
 This is a closeup of the underside of a fern leaf. The length and position of the hand will be very similar for these, and most other plant colors. |
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The stand-alone hue clock is a different kind of animal. It runs independently of Photoshop and Curvemeister, and is therefore available at all times for measuring colors. The stand alone hue click is started using Start>Programs>Curvemeister.com>Hue Clock. The stand alone hue clock is not available in the Curvemeister demo. If you are running the registered version of Curvemeister, start the stand alone hue clock now, and verify that you can get the same mesaurement for the color swatch shown to the left, and the plant colors in the previous image.
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