Nate demonstrates in the comparison images below the difference between Negative Lab Pro version 2.1 and version 2.2 when making changes to contrast:Ī collection of new tools have also been added to Negative Lab Pro 2.2, including film-specific color temperature and tint sliders, a new color picker, range control for highlights and shadows, and new tone profile families, which provide different baselines for getting started with editing your scans. Now, adjustments made to the image - such as contrast, brightness and more - won’t affect the color balance of an image. Put simply, this new development should result in ‘purer tones and colors’ in your negatives, even as adjustments are applied.Īnother benefit of the redesigned engine is improved color stability. Negative Lab Pro then auto-generates up to 42 curve points in real time (14 integrated points for each color channel), which are then fed directly into Lightroom’s curve control.’
For instance, color balancing happens earliest in the pipeline, so your color balance remains stable even if you drastically adjust your tones. Internally, I can define, order and combine each layer in the way that makes the most sense for film processing. ‘The new engine has its own processing pipeline with 9 internal processing layers working together seamlessly under the hood. Negative Lab Pro developer Nate Johnson provides an explanation for how this new technology works: The new engine also features what its developer calls ‘Multilayer Auto-Generating Integrated Curves,’ which is a fancy way of saying the plug-in is able to intelligently adjust the curves to preserve the tonality and scans as adjustments are made. In theory, this should mean there isn’t any loss of quality when multiple adjustments are made on top of one another.Ī screen recording showing how the curves will intelligently adjust based on the adjustments made to scans. Now, rather than there being multiple layers of adjustments atop the image, all conversions and adjustments are made directly to the Raw negative scan (if you convert the scanned negative into a Raw file format upon import). With that out of the way, let’s get on to the new features Negative Lab Pro 2.2 brings to the table.įirst up, Negative Lab Pro 2.2 features an entirely rebuilt engine that ensures the entire workflow can be done with Raw file formats and is non-destructive.
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