Raster image loading: photoflow can load raster images in TIFF and JPEG format, and applies any embedded icc profile that is found in the image metadata.The basic RAW processing tools are provided: exposure compensation, white balance (limited to camera WB, sport WB and 'color' spot WB for the moment), and camera color processing.The demosaicing is based on the Amaze or IGV algorithms and is directly derived from RawTherapee code.Files from most of the existing cameras with bayer sensors can be loaded and processed.Here is a brief list of the tools that are already implemented and working: PhotoFlow is far from being a complete photo retouching software, but it already provides several of the 'classical' tools. If you are wondering what kind of image editing can be performed with the current version of PhotoFlow, this post should give you some useful guidelines. This is another advantage of the fully non-destructive processing pipeline used by photoflow. Moreover, if you change the input image (for that you have to double-click on the background layer and choose a different file name in the configuration dialog that will pop-up) the change will be automatically propagated to all the adjustment layers, and the Orton effect will be correctly applied to the new image. Toggle the visibility of the invert layer (using the checkbox at the left of the layer name) to see what I mean. In other words, using a buffer layer as the input of the Orton effect lets you apply the effect to whatever is the merged result of the layers below it. That would not have been the case if we had cloned directly the background layer in the screen blend step. The result is what one would expect: the Orton effect is applied to the inverted input image. Select the background layer, and then add an 'Invert' layer on top of it. Let me now try to show you the importance of putting a buffer layer at the bottom of the 'Orton effect' group.

There is just one limitation: you should not change the location of the original input image on your hard drive, otherwise photoflow will not be able to open it correctly when reading the PFI file. Hence, you can keep several versions of your editing without accupying much disk space, and without ever touching your original input image. The advantage is that the PFI file is a simple text file with a very small size, which gets save very quickly. Whenever you will re-open the PFI file, the input image will be read again and all adjustments will be re-applied on the fly. No raster data is saved into the PFI file instead, you have to keep a copy of the original input file on your had disk. Photoflow will generate a PFI file in XML format, which stores the layer structure and the associated layer and tool settings. To do that, click on the 'Save as' button and choose a proper file name with the '.pfi' extension. Saving and exporting: in order not to loose all your hard work, and to be able to tweak the settings in the future, you can save the edited image in photoflow's own format.

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