Process Management

As images are processed in ColorBender, the user can, at any time, add the current results to a save list. Later, the user can step back to any of the saved states. While this is similiar to functions such as snapshot, undo and redo, there are some important differences. These differences are:

• The user can step back to an earlier process and apply additional edits without loosing or altering any of the intermediate saved processes. When the altered process is saved, it will be added to the end of the list of saved processes.
• Several groups of functions are saved independently. Later, they can be combined in different combinations. For example, if you save 3 exposure settings, 5 crop settings, and 7 adjustment settings, you can quickly generated any of 105 combinations with just three numbers.

With ColorBender there is no need to repeat groups of operations. Simply select them from the saved processes list.

Managment Controls

Any combination of ColorBender settings can be saved for later use. The saved groups are mangaged as follows. First the two numbers give the current setting number and the total number saved. In all cases, 0/x gives the original image settings for that group.

The current exposure settings are 1 of 1 total

The current Resize Crop settings are 4 of 4 total

The current Adjustments settings are 2 of 2 total

The current Combined settings are 1 of 1 total

 

Each of these groups has a small triangle that opens a popup menu with presets for that group and the following list of management functions.

 

If the "Save This Process" entry is selected for the Combined Process Management, then the other three processes will all be saved.

If the "Show/Hide Process Buttons" entry is selected, the following buttons appear. These have exactly the same functions as on the popup menu, but are easier and faster to use.

 

Example of Combined Processing

In this example, three Image Processes were saved (from the "Combined Process" Popup Menu or Buttons) each with different crops and adjustments.

    
combined 1                                         combined 2                                       combined 3

The saved Combined settings are related to the saved Resize and Adjustments settings as follows:

Combined	Resize Crop	Adjustments
0	0	0
1	1	1
2	2	2
3	3	3

With a few clicks any combination of the Resize and Adjustment Processes can be selected.

    
resize crop 1 adjust 1                             resize crop 1 adjust 2                             resize crop 1 adjust 3

    
resize crop 2 adjust 1                             resize crop 2 adjust 2                             resize crop 2 adjust 3

    
resize crop 3 adjust 1                             resize crop 3 adjust 2                             resize crop 3 adjust 3

ColorBender 1.1 is a Universal Application that runs on Mac OS X 10.4 or later

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