LightZone 3 is available free for existing LightZone 3 users: From the LightZone application go to the menu bar at the top and chose "Check For Update..." under the "Help" menu.

New in LightZone 3.5:
-Added Canon 1Ds MkIII RAW support
-Easy links to learning center

New in LightZone 3.4:
-Preview Styles by placing cursor over Style
-UI Enhancements

New in LightZone 3.3:
-Support for Linux

New in LightZone 3.2:
-Added Canon G9 RAW support
-Added Nikon D300 RAW support
-Added Nikon D3 RAW support
-Added Olympus E-3 RAW support
-Added Leica V-Lux1 RAW support
-Added Panasonic FZ18 RAW support
-Added Sony A700 RAW support
-Updated Canon 40D sRAW support
-Updated Olympus 510 RAW support

New in LightZone 3.1.1:
-Added Mac OS 1.5 (Leopard) compatibility

New in LightZone 3.1 (r9253):
-Added Canon 40D RAW support

New in LightZone 3.1:
-Color-based and luminosity-based selections for all tools, with new Color Mask preview mode
-New styles using color-based selections
-Revamped crop and rotate
-Added Olympus E-400, 410 and 510 RAW support
-Added Ricoh GX-100 RAW support
-Added Apple Mighty Mouse support

Improved:
-Enhanced Re-light
-Enhanced performance on Vista
-Faster Send performance and batch processing, better termination handling and recovery
-New UI component for region activation and stickiness to tools

Bug fixes:
-Lightroom integration and language fixes
-iPhoto integration improvements and fixes
-History bug fixes
-Metadata integration fixes
-Improved Mac printer layer dialog

LightZone 3 is available free for existing LightZone 3 users: From the LightZone application go to the menu bar at the top and chose "Check For Update..." under the "Help" menu.

New in LightZone 3.4:
-Preview Styles by placing cursor over Style
-UI Enhancements

New in LightZone 3.3:
-Support for Linux

New in LightZone 3.2:
-Added Canon G9 RAW support
-Added Nikon D300 RAW support
-Added Nikon D3 RAW support
-Added Olympus E-3 RAW support
-Added Leica V-Lux1 RAW support
-Added Panasonic FZ18 RAW support
-Added Sony A700 RAW support
-Updated Canon 40D sRAW support
-Updated Olympus 510 RAW support

New in LightZone 3.1.1:
-Added Mac OS 1.5 (Leopard) compatibility

New in LightZone 3.1 (r9253):
-Added Canon 40D RAW support

New in LightZone 3.1:
-Color-based and luminosity-based selections for all tools, with new Color Mask preview mode
-New styles using color-based selections
-Revamped crop and rotate
-Added Olympus E-400, 410 and 510 RAW support
-Added Ricoh GX-100 RAW support
-Added Apple Mighty Mouse support

Improved:
-Enhanced Re-light
-Enhanced performance on Vista
-Faster Send performance and batch processing, better termination handling and recovery
-New UI component for region activation and stickiness to tools

Bug fixes:
-Lightroom integration and language fixes
-iPhoto integration improvements and fixes
-History bug fixes
-Metadata integration fixes
-Improved Mac printer layer dialog

LightZone 3 is a paid upgrade for owners of LightZone 1 & 2, please purchase an upgrade at our online store before upgrading.

LightZone 3 will only work if you specifically purchased a new version 3 key or an upgrade key from LightZone 1 or 2 of either LightZone Basic or LightZone Full.

For existing LightZone 3 users: From the LightZone application go to the menu bar at the top and chose "Check For Update..." under the "Help" menu.

New in LightZone 3.2:
-Added Canon G9 RAW support
-Added Nikon D300 RAW support
-Added Nikon D3 RAW support
-Added Olympus E-3 RAW support
-Added Leica V-Lux1 RAW support
-Added Panasonic FZ18 RAW support
-Added Sony A700 RAW support
-Updated Canon 40D sRAW support
-Updated Olympus 510 RAW support

New in LightZone 3.1.1:
-Added Mac OS 1.5 (Leopard) compatibility

New in LightZone 3.1 (r9253):
-Added Canon 40D RAW support

New in LightZone 3.1:
-Color-based and luminosity-based selections for all tools, with new Color Mask preview mode
-New styles using color-based selections
-Revamped crop and rotate
-Added Olympus E-400, 410 and 510 RAW support
-Added Ricoh GX-100 RAW support
-Added Apple Mighty Mouse support

Improved:
-Enhanced Re-light
-Enhanced performance on Vista
-Faster Send performance and batch processing, better termination handling and recovery
-New UI component for region activation and stickiness to tools

Bug fixes:
-Lightroom integration and language fixes
-iPhoto integration improvements and fixes
-History bug fixes
-Metadata integration fixes
-Improved Mac printer layer dialog

LightZone 3 is a paid upgrade for owners of LightZone 1 & 2, please purchase an upgrade at our online store before upgrading. LightZone 3 is a free upgrade for purchasers of LightZone 2 from May 1st, 2007; Fill in the form here.

LightZone 3 will only work if you specifically purchased a new version 3 key or an upgrade key from LightZone 1 or 2 of either LightZone Basic or LightZone Full.

For existing LightZone 3 users: From the LightZone application go to the menu bar at the top and chose "Check For Update..." under the "Help" menu.

New in LightZone 3.1.1 (r9261):
-Added Mac OS 1.5 (Leopard) compatibility

New in LightZone 3.1 (r9253):
-Added Canon 40D RAW support

New in LightZone 3.1:
-Color-based and luminosity-based selections for all tools, with new Color Mask preview mode
-New styles using color-based selections
-Revamped crop and rotate
-Added Olympus E-400, 410 and 510 RAW support
-Added Ricoh GX-100 RAW support
-Added Apple Mighty Mouse support

Improved:
-Enhanced Re-light
-Enhanced performance on Vista
-Faster Send performance and batch processing, better termination handling and recovery
-New UI component for region activation and stickiness to tools

Bug fixes:
-Lightroom integration and language fixes
-iPhoto integration improvements and fixes
-History bug fixes
-Metadata integration fixes
-Improved Mac printer layer dialog

LightZone 3 is a paid upgrade for owners of LightZone 1 & 2, please purchase an upgrade at our online store before upgrading. LightZone 3 is a free upgrade for purchasers of LightZone 2 from May 1st, 2007; Fill in the form here.

LightZone 3 will only work if you specifically purchased a new version 3 key or an upgrade key from LightZone 1 or 2 of either LightZone Basic or LightZone Full.

For existing LightZone 3 users: From the LightZone application go to the menu bar at the top and chose "Check For Update..." under the "Help" menu.

New in LightZone 3.0.6:
-LightZone BASIC support - including "lite" access to the LightZone Digital Asset Manager
-New built-in Polarization Style, emulates a polarization filter
-Added support for Nikon D40X RAW
-Added support for Kodak P712 RAW
-Added support for Samsung GX10 RAW

Improved:
-Performance
-Improved Nikon D40 RAW support
-Improved Sony R1 RAW support
-Improved Fuji S5 RAW support

Bug fixes:
-Fixed license key issues
-Fixed certain memory & thread leaks
-Fixed rotation on Olympus 8080 RAW
-Nikon D1X JPEG issues

LightZone 3 is a paid upgrade for owners of LightZone 1 & 2, please purchase an upgrade at our online store before upgrading. LightZone 3 is a free upgrade for purchasers of LightZone 2 from May 1st, 2007; Fill in the form here.

Only the FULL version of LightZone 3 is currently available for upgrade. For now, LightZone 3 will only work if you purchased a full version 3 key. You can only use version 3 when you purchased either one of these:
-New version 3 key
-Upgrade from previous Full to version 3 Full
-Upgrade from previous Basic to version 3 Full

For LightZone 3 users: From the LightZone application go to the menu bar at the top and chose "Check For Update..." under the "Help" menu.

New in LightZone 3.0.2 Full:
-Added new Styles Batch processing button & application
-New version-size and edit-size metadata, LightZone always edits in full size but maintains a version size as preview or direct processing in other applications
-New Fuji S5 RAW support
-New convert to default preview (JPEG or TIFF) with embedded LZN data, from standalone LZN
-New Select All and Unselect all in pull down menu
-Added help screen at first start
-New sort by file-type

Improved:
-Improved re-light tool
-Improved color balance
-Improved highlight recovery in RAW
-Improved Canon 5D RAW support

Bug fixes:
-Fixed metadata population (from camera) and editing
-Fixed rotation issues
-Fixed some drag & drop issues
-Fixed TIFF & JPEG preference behavior
-Fixed rating latency
-Fixed rating issues on Windows
-Fixed some Styles export and import issues
-Fixed size of color calibration and proofing selections

LightZone 3 is a paid upgrade for owners of LightZone 1 & 2, please purchase an upgrade at our online store before upgrading. LightZone 3 is a free upgrade for purchasers of LightZone 2 from May 1st, 2007; Fill in the form here.

Only the FULL version of LightZone 3 is currently available for upgrade. For now, LightZone 3 will only work if you purchased a full version 3 key. You can only use version 3 when you purchased either one of these:
-New version 3 key
-Upgrade from previous Full to version 3 Full
-Upgrade from previous Basic to version 3 Full

New in LightZone 3 Full:

Intelligent Styles
More than 20 built-in instant styles allows anyone to edit like a pro, in less than 1 second
Apply your favorite style, then change by moving a single slider
Send and exchange edit styles amongst peers

Intelligent Tools
The new “Re-light” tool replaces the already “magical” ToneMapper, new controls allow for greater control in re-lighting virtually any scene.
The new “History Pane”, gives users full and direct access to intermediate editing steps, all the way from first opening the photograph.
Added support for the latest RAW dSLR cameras, such as the Canon 1D Mark III

Improved learn-ability
Styles automatically produce tools, guides new users through the interface process.
New context sensitive help and tool tips to assist users “pre-flight” and “in-flight”
Revamped user interface with distinct Browse and Edit modes, new skins to optimize clarity of the photograph. Logical button groupings.

Improved interoperability
New default save mode: edit stack now embedded in JPEG. Provides seamless interoperability with any best-of-breed application.
New “Send” end “Convert” capability provides advanced pre-processing capabilities to other applications in the photographic ecosystem.
New drag and drop capabilities in Browse mode to folders, file-system or directly to other applications in the dock (on Mac).

New Integrated Batch processing
New “Lift Style” in Browse mode and apply to multiple images at once.
New “Send” and “Convert” capabilities converts your images for sending by e-mail, posting on a web gallery or simply convert in another file format.
New “drag-and-drop” capabilities in Browse mode to folders, file-system or directly to other applications in the dock (on Mac).

New Asset Management capabilities
New “Stack” and “Unstack” hides and shows the intermediate edit versions of every photograph.
New “Smart Select” button automatically selects the latest version of the photograph, so they can be post processed in batch within a single click.
New “Metadata Editor” allows for editing of Title, Copyright, Creator and other fields, a new preference for Copyright will automatically populate when specified.

New features
The re-vamped ToneMapper allows the user to re-light virtually any image with a single slider.
New Vibrance -- create more vivid color, with a new vibrance control.
The Black & White tool turns images into great Black-and-Whites with a single strength control.
New RAW Adjustments Tool -- improve image quality by fine-tuning RAW adjustments.
The Noise Reduction tool with new UI for faster easier use.

New requirements (Windows only)
LightZone now requires a computer that has a CPU with SSE2 instruction support.

Fixes for Windows only
Download LightZone 2.3.2 for Windows computers without SSE2.
Under Windows Vista, users' home folders (as well as some other folders) incorrectly showed a long, alphanumeric string rather than the folders' name in the Folder Navigator. This has been fixed.
LightZone and its installer are now digitally signed. This eliminates the "Unknown publisher" warning.

Fixes for Mac OS X only
Drag launches had caused misleading dialogs to appear in earlier versions. This problem has been fixed.
Fixed drag-release usage of pop-up menus.