Preferences
LightZone has a handful of user preferences
that affect how it operates.
They are described below.
- Auto Save
-
Ordinarily when you are editing a photo,
if you try to edit another photo,
LightZone will present you with a Save alert
asking you whether you want to
save your work
before viewing the preview image for the other photo.
Selecting this option will save your work automatically.
- Browser Cache
-
To operate quickly,
LightZone caches thumbnail images of your photos
in hidden folders on your computer.
The hidden folders can either go in the same folders
as your photos ("local")
or all together in one location
("global").
- Check for Update
-
If checked,
LightZone will automatically check to see
if a new software version is available when launched.
If a new version is available, you will be notified by an alert.
Note that your computer must have a connection to the internet
when LightZone is launched in order to check.
(If there is no internet connection, the check is skipped.)
- Copyright Preferences
-
These preferences allow you to set default values
for the name of the artist/photographer
and the copyright notice when
editing the metadata
of your photos.
- Direct Save
-
When checked, using LightZone as the
external editor
for another application
will cause LightZone to save your photo directly back to
the other application when you select File > Save.
- Interactive Rendering
-
This controls when your photo is updated while you
create or
adjust a
region.
-
All the time:
Your photo will be updated continuously.
-
Between Region Changes:
Your photo will not be updated until you release the mouse.
-
When Regions are Done:
Your photo will not be updated
until you are done adjusting a region
(by clicking outside the region,
or by pressing either the
return or esc (escape) key).
- Memory Limit
-
This sets the upper limit on the amount of memory
that LightZone will use.
A high limit enables LightZone to operate faster and smoother;
a low limit leaves more memory available for other applications.
- Reset LightZone Settings
-
Clicking the Reset button will reset LightZone
to have its original factory settings.
This can sometimes resolve some problems you may experience.
Note that after a reset is performed, LightZone must quit.
- Scratch Folder
-
This is the folder that LightZone will use
to store data temporarily while you edit your photos.
If you have a fast hard disk,
using a folder on it will enable LightZone to operate faster.
- Show Tool Titles
-
When checked, the user interface shows titles for the buttons;
when unchecked, only the buttons themselves are shown.
- Save to Folder
-
This controls the folder to which your photos are saved
whenever File > Save is selected the first time
for a photo.
- Save LightZone files as
-
This controls the format of the image file used when you
save your work.
To edit preferences:
-
Select
LightZone
Edit
> Preferences...
(the Preferences dialog will appear).
- Edit the preferences as you like.
- Click OK.
Note:
Some preferences are effective
only after LightZone is relaunched.