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User’s Guide
Windows Lucis Pro 6.1.1
Plug-in for Photoshop® and
Photoshop® Elements
The information contained in this manual is subject to change
without notice. Microtechnics shall not be liable for errors
contained herein, or for consequential damages in connection
with the furnishing, performance, or use of this manual or
software.
Contents Copyright 2018 by Microtechnics, all rights reserved.
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Table of Contents
System Requirements .............................................................. 4
Installation and Troubleshooting Installation ............................. 5
Backup ..................................................................................... 7
Lucis Processing Overview ...................................................... 8
Single Channel mode versus Split Channel mode .................... 9
Getting Started ....................................................................... 11
The Lucis Pro User Interface .................................................. 12
Using the Enhance Detail and Smooth Detail Sliders ............. 19
Single Channel Mode ........................................................ 19
Using the Enhance Detail Slider .................................... 19
Using the Smooth Detail Slider ..................................... 20
Using Both Sliders......................................................... 21
Optimum Values for Sliders ........................................... 22
Split Channel Mode ........................................................... 23
Using the Enhance Detail Slider .................................... 23
Using the Smooth Detail Slider ..................................... 28
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Using Both Sliders......................................................... 29
Tie Together ...................................................................... 30
Scan Lines ............................................................................. 32
The Shadow Artifact ............................................................... 36
Mix With Original Image Slider ............................................... 37
Assign Original Image Color Slider ......................................... 40
Display Composite Image ...................................................... 42
Channel Weight ...................................................................... 43
User-Defined Presets ............................................................. 44
Memory Tiling ........................................................................ 46
System Requirements
WINDOWS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: A 64-bit Windows 7,
Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 computer with at least 4 GB RAM
and Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 –CC and/or Adobe® Photoshop®
Elements 6-11.
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Installation and Troubleshooting Installation
Run setup.exe to install the Windows 64-bit version of Lucis Pro
6 into windows 64-bit versions of Photoshop and Photoshop
Elements.
During the installation process you select a host application. The available host applications are on the left.
One by one you select a host application and click to move it to
the right.
The only potential exception to this is Photoshop CC. If Photoshop CC shows up under available host applications but
will not install, please select “Other” and then navigate to and
select the plug-ins folder of Photoshop CC.
For most people, installing the Lucis plug-in is straightforward.
You just follow the screens. If you do run into any trouble,
please look at the detailed troubleshooting instructions below.
If the installation quits, then just read and follow the instructions
below. If Lucis did install but when you open Photoshop you
can’t find it, please use Add/Remove programs to uninstall
Lucis and then start over. You can double check the installation
by using Control Panel/Programs and Features—LucisPro will
show up in the list if it did successfully install. The other way is
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to run Photoshop and use the Help/About plug-ins and see if
LucisPro is there. If it is, it did install and the About box will
display the current version, user name and email address.
Lucis has to match the version of Photoshop it's being installed
into. When you download the installer file, this is only for
Windows 64-bit Lucis.
Photoshop Elements. If you select your version of Photoshop
Elements as the host application and the installation is
unsuccessful, please try re-installing Lucis and select Other as
the host application. This means that you do not select your
version of Photoshop Elements. Then navigate to and select
the plug-ins folder of Photoshop Elements.
With Photoshop Elements it’s very important to check whether it
is Windows 32-bit or Windows 64-bit software. The old versions
of Windows Photoshop Elements are 32-bit. The current
LucisPro version is 64-bit only.
If you get an installation error like this:
Then install the setup.exe file using Run as Administrator. Right
click on the setup.exe file and left click on Run as Administrator.
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Updating Photoshop CC
If you update Photoshop CC and Lucis Pro 6 disappears,
please reinstall Lucis Pro 6.
Backup
It is important to backup your software and serial number on a
storage device that is separate from your computer in case you
need to reinstall the software.
Your Presets are saved in a file that you should back up
(com.lucis.LucisPro.xml). Please note that if you uninstall
Lucis your preset file remains. Thus, you can reinstall Lucis and
still have your presets. Lucis Preset File Locations:
Windows 10: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Lucis
Windows 7: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Lucis
Windows 8.1: C:\Documents and
Settings\<username>\Application Data\Lucis
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Lucis Processing Overview
Images often contain hundreds or thousands of contrast levels.
Our eyes can only differentiate 32 levels of contrast. Therefore
fine contrast variations are only partially recognized as textures
our eyes can't resolve.
Lucis enhances the image contrast variations that you choose
and would like to view.
As a first step, Lucis compares each pixel to every other pixel
along hundreds of radial lines in two directions to map out
contrast variances. That is why Lucis is very computationally
intensive and uses a lot of RAM. Then use the Enhance Detail
slider and the Smooth Detail slider to select the range of
contrast variances you wish to view. Contrast variances within
the selected range are enhanced and contrast variances
outside the range are diminished. The relative emphasis of
contrast information is shifted, but information is not thrown
away. Lucis easily and accurately reveals detail that other
image-processing methods can’t.
The Enhance and Smooth Detail sliders are two of the most
powerful tools available for enhancing image detail and image
information. Typically, it is best to find the optimum Enhance
and Smooth Detail slider values before proceeding with using
the other Lucis Pro features. For most scientific applications,
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the Enhance Detail slider is the only feature needed because
the primary interest is to accurately view image detail.
Single Channel mode versus Split Channel mode
The Lucis algorithm modifies image intensity information.
Grayscale images are processed perfectly. For color images,
how the image is processed in terms of color shifts depends on
whether you are in Single Channel mode or Split Channel
mode.
Many times any color shifts are welcome. They are a desired
part of the processing. However, the software does have the
Assign Original Image Color slider that allows you to diminish or
remove any color shifts. You can also diminish color shifts by
using the Mix with Original Image slider.
If you need details how Lucis handles color, this is described
below.
In Single Channel mode, Lucis converts the RGB (Red, Green,
Blue) information to HSL (Hue Saturation Luminance). Lucis
processes the Luminance information, and then combines the
new Luminance (L') with the unaltered Hue and Saturation. The
HSL' information is converted back to RGB. Therefore, some
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color images will experience color shifts as Lucis extracts the
image detail. This typically occurs in patches of the image, such
as orange and gray areas in shadows or brighter patches of
blue or red. These color shifts are easily corrected using the
Assign Original Image Color slider.
With Split Channel mode you can select and individually
enhance the intensity information in each color channel
separately. So dramatic color shifts can result. Split Channel
mode only applies to color images. It is disabled for grayscale
images.
Enhancing image detail using split Channel mode is not
numerically accurate unless the intensity information in each
channel is a separate data set. Therefore, for scientific and
medical applications Split Channel mode is only used for
images with data sets in the individual color channels, such as
fluorescence microscopy images.
In photography and artistic applications, Split Channel mode is
very powerful and can be used in a variety of ways. For
example, a photograph may have most of the intensity
information in one color channel centered on an object that you
wish to make more powerful. Slightly enhancing that channel
more than the other two will make the object pop off the page.
Or you can enhance each channel differently to achieve a
variety of color and detail shifts in the image. Another method is
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to drastically shift the intensity levels in each channel, then use
the Assign Original Image Color slider to remove the color
shifts, leaving you with just the overall intensity shifts.
There are many ways to use Lucis Pro in photography and
artistic applications. Please visit the Usage Tips web page at
www.lucispro.com to learn more.
Getting Started
To open Lucis Pro after you have selected your image in Adobe
Photoshop:
On the Filter menu, click Lucis. Select Lucis Pro 6.0 on the
submenu
Figure 1: Opening the Lucis Pro user interface (UI)
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The Lucis Pro User Interface
Single Channel mode
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Table 1: Single Channel mode Feature Description
1 Enhance Detail
slider
Move the slider to the left to increasingly reveal
image detail/features. The slider value is
displayed at the right end of the slider. You may
also type in slider values. Slider values must be
an odd number and the value of the Enhance
Detail slider must be higher than the Smooth
Detail slider value.
When the image is first opened the Enhance
Detail slider value equals the range of intensity
values in the image (the highest intensity minus
the lowest intensity), rounded to make it odd.
For 8-bit images the maximum value is 257
For 16-bit images the maximum value is 65,537
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Feature Description
2 Smooth Detail
slider
Move the Smooth Detail slider to the right to
increasingly smooth image detail/features. The
slider value is displayed at the right end of the
slider. You may also type in slider values. Slider
values must be an odd number and the value of
the Smooth Detail slider must be less than the
Enhance Detail slider value.
When the image is first opened, the Smooth
Detail slider value is always 1.
3 Preview Scan
Lines
Enter the number of Scan Lines used by the
Lucis processing displayed in the Preview
Window here. Increase the number of Scan Lines
to remove any radial image artifacts; decrease it
to create radial artifacts in the image. This value
affects only the Preview window, not the final
image processing.
4 Processing
Scan Lines
Enter the number of Scan Lines for the final
Lucis processing here. Increase to remove any
radial image artifacts; decrease it to create radial
artifacts in the image. This value has no effect on
the image displayed in the Preview window.
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Feature Description
5 Mix with
Original Image
Use this slider to mix the processed image with a
percentage of the original image.
6 Assign Original
Image Color
slider
Lucis processing may brighten or shift colors in
patches of the image. Use this slider to assign all
or a percentage of the colors of the original
image to the Lucis image.
7 Preset This menu contains all user-defined presets that
have been saved. The Save New button saves
the current settings as a new preset, and the
Manage… button displays a dialog that allows
you to delete or rename existing presets.
8 Preview When checked, the Preview window displays the
image as it will appear after Lucis processing.
Uncheck this box to view the original image. See
Preview Window for more information.
9 Tie Together Check this box to keep the difference between
the Smooth Detail slider value and the Enhance
Detail slider value constant. When you move one
slider, the other slider moves by the same
amount.
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Feature Description
10 Channel List
When the Split Channels check box is
unchecked, the Lucis Pro UI is in Single
Channel mode. Only one color channel is
displayed, labeled “Single.”
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Split Channel mode
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Table 2: Split Channel mode Window
Feature
Description
10 Channel List
By checking the Split Channels box you
change from Single Channel mode to Split
Channel mode. In Split Channel mode, each
color channel can be selected and enhanced
separately. Split Channel mode is only enabled
for color images.
11 Display
Composite
Image
This control is enabled in Split Channel mode
only. When checked, the Preview window
displays the full image with all color channels.
Otherwise, the Preview window displays only
the selected color channel as a grayscale
image.
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Window
Feature
Description
12 Weight This column controls the amount of the
channel’s data that is included in the
processed image, from 0% (channel is
disabled) to 100% (channel is fully visible).
Using the Enhance Detail and Smooth Detail Sliders
Single Channel Mode
Using the Enhance Detail Slider
When the image is first opened, the Enhance Detail slider value
equals the range of intensity values in the image (the highest
intensity minus the lowest intensity), rounded to make it odd.
The Enhance Detail slider value can be changed in two ways:
1. By moving the slider “thumb” left or right.
2. By changing the value in the text box to the right of the
slider. Enter a new value and press keyboard Enter.
Moving the Enhance Detail slider to the left enhances image
detail.
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Using the Smooth Detail Slider
When the image is first opened, the Smooth Detail slider value
is always 1. The Smooth Detail slider value can be changed in
two ways:
3. By moving the slider “thumb” right or left.
4. By changing the value in the text box to the right of the
slider. Enter a new value and press keyboard Enter.
Moving the Smooth Detail slider to the right will smooth the
image detail.
Original (unprocessed) image
Enhance Detail slider applied
Enhance: 43, Smooth: 1
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Using Both Sliders
By moving the Smooth Detail slider to the right and moving the
Enhance Detail slider to the left you are diminishing the
smallest image detail and the largest image features. This
enhances mid-range contrast patterns in the image.
Smooth Detail slider applied
Enhance: 249, Smooth: 39
Original (unprocessed) image
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Optimum Values for Sliders
Moving the Enhance Detail slider and observing the changes to
the image will help you get familiar with how detail is revealed.
This, plus the Assign Original Image Color slider (when
processing color images), is all you need to enhance images for
most scientific image processing applications.
Next, move the Smooth Detail slider and observe how the detail
is smoothed. If you are both enhancing and smoothing the
image and you think you are close to what you want the slider
values can be tied together (see Tie Together, below) to make
it easier to adjust the image processing.
Both sliders applied
Original (unprocessed) image
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Split Channel Mode
Using the Enhance Detail Slider
In Split Channel mode you can select each of the color
channels and enhance them separately. The Enhance Detail
and Smooth Detail sliders will process the intensity information
in the selected color channel only.
Below is the Single Channel mode image of a fish (8-bits per
channel). The Enhance Detail slider value is 187, which means
that the range of intensity values in the image is 187 out of a
possible 257. This image is underexposed because of the way
water disperses light and has reduced red information.
Original (unprocessed) image in Single Channel mode
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The image below shows the same image with Split Channel
mode selected, no Lucis processing. You can see that the
maximum Enhance Detail sliders for the Red, Green, and Blue
channels are 207, 167, and 187 respectively. Since these slider
values equal the intensity range in each channel, it is clear that
the image is underexposed, especially in the Green channel.
Whenever an image is opened in Split Channel mode, the
intensity values in each channel are stretched to use the entire
range of intensity values. So, just by opening the image in Split
Channel mode, Lucis has improved the image by enhancing the
low-contrast channels.
Original (unprocessed) image in Split Channel mode
Red
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The image below shows the image after the Red channel is
selected, and the Display Composite Image check box is
unchecked. This displays just the intensity information in the
red channel, as a grayscale image. Then the next image shows
the effect of moving the Enhance Detail slider to the left,
causing the intensity information in the Red channel to be
enhanced.
The next image (left) shows the effect of selecting the Green
channel. The image on the right shows the effect of moving the
Enhance Detail slider to the left, causing the intensity
information in the Green channel to be enhanced, in this case
by the same amount as the Red channel.
Red channel only, unprocessed
Enhance Detail slider applied
Enhance: 93, Smooth: 1
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Green channel only, unprocessed
Enhance Detail slider applied
Enhance: 93, Smooth: 1
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The image below on the left shows the effect of selecting the
Blue channel. The image below on the right shows the effect of
moving the Enhance Detail slider to the left, causing the
intensity information in the Blue channel to be enhanced, in this
case by the same amount as the Red and Green channels.
Green channel only, unprocessed
Enhance Detail slider applied
Enhance: 93, Smooth: 1
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The image below shows the effect of checking the Display
Composite Image box. This displays a preview of the image
that would result from processing the image with the slider
settings selected for each color channel.
Composite image, each channel processed with the Enhance Detail slider
Using the Smooth Detail Slider
The identical process using the Smooth Detail slider could be
used to smooth the intensity information in each channel. In
addition to smoothing image detail, this process frequently
results in dramatic color shifts. Therefore, this process is
primarily used for creating artistic effects.
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Using Both Sliders
Using both sliders together can yield interesting results for
artistic applications. The image below shows the original image
and the image enhanced as follows:
Red Channel: Smooth Detail slider = 29, Enhance Detail slider
= 45
Green Channel: Smooth Detail slider = 25, Enhance Detail
slider = 55
Blue Channel: Smooth Detail slider = 27, Enhance Detail slider
= 45
Original (unprocessed) image
Smooth Detail slider applied
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Tie Together
The Tie Together feature makes it easy to explore the many
possibilities you image holds for artistic applications. This
feature allows you to set a fixed difference between the values
of the Enhance Detail and Smooth Detail sliders.
With the Tie Together box checked, moving one slider causes
the other slider to move by the same amount. Figure 24 shows
a picture of a moth. The difference between the two slider
values has been set to 20. The Enhance Detail slider is 243
and the Smooth Detail slider is 223.
Original (unprocessed) image
Unprocessed
Both sliders applied
Enhance: 93, Smooth: 1
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By checking Tie Together and moving one slider, you can view
all the possible image variations up and down the slider scale
that result from the difference between the two slider values
being equal to 20. One such variation is shown in Figure 25,
which has the Enhance Detail slider set to 37 and the Smooth
Detail slider set to 17.
Artistic image variation
Enhance: 243, Smooth: 223
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Another artistic image variation
Enhance:37, Smooth: 17
Scan Lines
For the most part, Lucis users leave the Scan Lines alone. If
you reduce the number of Scan Lines, you start to create radial
artifacts. Setting the Scan Lines to 1-3 creates the most
dramatic effect. It can add interesting texture to your image.
There are two boxes for the Scan Lines. The Preview Scan
Lines value controls the Scan Lines used when creating the
image in the preview window. This lets you easily experiment.
But if you want the effect in the Lucis-processed image, you
must also change the number of Processing Scan Lines
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If you drastically smooth an image, you may want to increase
the number of Scan Lines to remove radial artifacts that could
appear.
Below is a description of how Scan Lines work and how you
might want to change them.
Lucis operates by determining relative intensities, the intensity
variations between pixels. When measuring the intensity
differences between pixels Lucis compares each pixel to every
other pixel along hundreds of radial lines called scan lines.
Because pixels are a finite size and the number of scan lines is
not infinite, you can sometimes see radial artifacts in the image
depending on the Lucis processing parameters chosen.
Increasing the number of scan lines will eliminate these radial
artifacts if they are observed.
With Lucis Pro you can alter the number of Scan Lines that
Lucis uses to create the Preview Window image (the Preview
Scan Lines) and the number of Scan Lines that Lucis will use
when processing the image (the Processing Scan Lines). The
values entered for the Scan Lines results in Lucis processing
along 8 times that number of scan lines. The greater the
number of Scan Lines, the more computationally intensive the
image processing and the longer it will take. So, for example, if
you increase the number of Preview Scan Lines you may find
that the preview window changes too slowly when you change
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Lucis UI parameters. This is why users sometimes choose to
look at the preview window with a lower number of Scan Lines
than that chosen for full Lucis processing.
Lucis Pro has a default value of 32 for both Preview and
Processing Scan Lines. This value is actually multiplied by 8
during processing, so this results in the algorithm processing
pixel contrast variations along 256 scan lines. This default value
is usually high enough to eliminate any visible radial artifacts in
the image.
Below is an image that shows just the top of a building and
some sky. If the Enhance Detail and Smooth Detail sliders are
very close together and the Smooth Detail slider value is high,
radial lines can be seen in the sky (next image).
Original (unprocessed) image
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Processed image, with radial artifacts: Enhance: 97, Smooth: 87, 8 Scan Lines
The number of Scan Lines can be set to very low values (1-3)
to deliberately create radial artifacts, as an artistic effect.
Please visit the Usage Tips page at www.lucispro.com for more
information.
If you see any faint radial lines in the Preview Window image
and you would like to eliminate these artifacts in the final
processed image, try setting the Processing Scan Lines to 40
before processing your image. The image below has the
Preview Scan Lines set to 40, which removes the radial line
artifacts.
However, note that this figure still shows some artifacts, notably
the shadowing around the edges of the roof. This artifact is
explained “The Shadow Artifact” section, below.
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Processed image, with Scan Lines increased to eliminate radial artifacts
Enhance: 97, Smooth: 87, 40 Scan Lines
The Shadow Artifact
The above image shows a shadowing artifact that, when it
occurs, can’t be removed by changing Lucis parameters. This
shadowing artifact is a result of the extreme slider values used
to produce this image, and the abrupt changes from light to
dark from the roof to the sky.
There is a light area in the sky near the dark parts of the roof
and there is a dark area in the sky near the white part of the
roof. This shadow artifact is a result of the relative nature of the
Lucis processing. In order to map out contrast variances each
pixel is being compared to every other pixel along hundreds of
radial lines in two directions. So, in the above image, a blue
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pixel from the sky that is near a dark part of the roof is relatively
brighter than a blue pixel out in the middle of the sky
surrounded by similar blue pixels. Thus, the pixels near the
dark part of the roof are brightened, creating a bright “shadow”.
Similarly, a blue pixel from the sky that is near a bright part of
the roof is relatively darker than a blue pixel out in the middle of
the sky surrounded by similar blue pixels. Therefore, the pixels
near the bright part of the roof are darkened, creating a dark
shadow.
This type of artifact only occurs around discontinuities in the
image (abrupt changes in intensity) and usually when applying
the more extreme Lucis slider settings. For most images the
contrasts vary enough that this artifact is not observable or only
affects a small part of the image.
Mix With Original Image Slider
The Mix with Original Image slider lets you mix the processed
image with a percentage of the original image. The percentages
can be adjusted to control the proportions of the original and
processed image that are mixed to create the final image.
The image below shows an original image of some flowers.
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Original (unprocessed) image
The next image shows the same image where the detail is
greatly enhanced using the Enhance Detail slider.
Over-enhanced image- Enhance:27, Smooth: 1
The image below shows the image that is the result of mixing
25% of the processed image with 75% of the original image.
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Mixed image Enhance: 27, Smooth: 1, Mixed 25%
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Assign Original Image Color Slider
The Lucis algorithm modifies image intensity information.
Grayscale images are processed perfectly. For color images,
there can be color shifts.
The Assign Original Image Color slider allows you to assign all
or a percentage of the original image’s color to the processed
image. The image below shows an original image of an eye.
Original (unprocessed) image
Unprocessed (Preview box unchecked)
The next image shows the same image with the detail
drastically enhanced using the Enhance Detail slider. There are
some areas with orange tones in the eyelid.
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Processed image with some patches of orange color shifts in the skin tones (look at the eyelid at the top left corner.)
Enhance: 51, Smooth: 1
The image below is the same image, only the Assign Original
Image Color slider has been moved to the 100% Original
position. This assigns the original image’s colors to the
processed image and removes the color shifts caused by the
Lucis processing.
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Processed image, color corrected using the Assign Original Image Color slider. Enhance: 51, Smooth: 1, Color Assigned 100%
Display Composite Image
The Display Composite Image check box is available only in
Split Channel mode.
When the Display Composite Image check box is checked (the
default condition), the Preview window shows the result of the
Lucis processing on all the color channels. Uncheck the Display
Composite Image box to view only the selected color channel
as a grayscale image, as shown below.
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Red channel only (Display Composite Image unchecked)
Channel Weight
When in Split Channel mode you can alter the amount that
each channel will be weighed (count) towards the composite
Lucis-processed image by altering the weight number
associated with each channel. Click on the Weight column and
the value can be altered from 0% (the channel is disabled) to
100% (the color channel is fully enabled and counted when
calculating the composite image). The effect of altering the
channel weight is shown in the Preview Window. This feature is
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particularly useful for Fluorescence Microscopy and for
developing new artistic effects.
User-Defined Presets
User-Defined Presets gives you the ability to save and apply up
to 300 user-defined presets. Lucis Pro 6 processes each image
differently; these presets will save editing time since you can
adjust the settings to ensure the desired result in Lucis.
This feature is easy to use. When you have the processed
image settings you would like, click the Save New button and
enter your Preset Name in the dialog.
Assign a name to a user-defined preset
Click OK to save your defined preset.
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Saved preset
To view and manage the presets you have available, click the
“Manage…” button. A window opens which shows your presets.
You can rearrange them, delete them and move them up and
down the list.
Your Presets are saved in a file that you should back up
(com.lucis.LucisPro.xml). Please note that if you uninstall
Lucis your preset file remains. You can reinstall Lucis and still
have your presets. Lucis Preset File Locations:
Windows 10: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Lucis
Windows 7: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Lucis
Windows 8.1: C:\Documents and
Settings\<username>\Application Data\Lucis
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User-defined preset manager
Memory Tiling
Because the Lucis algorithm processes the entire image at
once, it can consume very large amounts of memory when
used with a large image. In order to process images larger than
can fit into the available memory, Lucis will divide the image
into sections (“tiles”), process each section separately, and then
reassemble them into the final image. This allows processing of
images up to 4 GB in size. For users with at least 4 GB of RAM
(Random Access Memory), images no larger than 250 MB
(CS3) or 350 MB (CS4x64) should not require memory tiling.
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Tiling is best avoided when possible. Processing an image in
tiles takes significantly longer than processing it as a single
piece and in some cases artifacts may appear at the edges of
the tiles in areas of the image where the contrasts do not vary
much, such as a clear blue sky. Because of the possibility of
these artifacts, you will be warned before processing any image
that is large enough to require tiling.
The image below shows the warning dialog that appears when
tiling is required.
Tiling warning
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Thank you very much for your order. Here are some detailed instructions for working with different versions of Photoshop if necessary All the 0s are zeroes. The installation instructions are below and are also posted on the Support page of www.lucispro.com. Creative Cloud: Please note that if you are installing into Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud (CC) you may have to select "Other" as the host application and then navigate to and select the Plug-ins folder of CC during the installation 1. Turn off all versions of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Elements. 2. The software download is a .exe file with the Windows 64-bit version of Lucis Pro 6. 3. Double click on the .exe file to open the installer. 4. You will see the Welcome screen. Click the Next button. The End User License Agreement will be displayed. Indicate your acceptance of the Agreement by checking the "I accept the terms.." check box and then click the Next button. 5. The User Information screen will be displayed. Enter your name, the name of your organization (if applicable), and the serial number in the appropriate fields. Click the Next button. 6. The Choose Host Applications screen will be displayed. Select one of the listed host applications and click the Add button. If you would like to use the Lucis Pro 6 plug-in with multiple Photoshop applications, repeat this process with each such application from the list. If your application is not displayed in the list, select the "Other." entry and click the Add button. Creative Cloud (CC) may not show up as an option so you must choose "Other" if you are installing into CC. 7. Click the Next button. 8. If you selected the "Other." entry on the previous screen, the Destination Folder screen will be displayed. Enter the path to
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your Photoshop software's Plug-ins folder and click the Next button. 9. The Ready to Install page will be displayed. Click the Install button. Start your Photoshop software and open an image. Lucis appears in the drop-down menu under Filters. 10. Backup your Lucis Pro 6 software by copying the setup file to a CD or flash drive and putting it with a printout of the e-mail with the installation instructions and Lucis Pro 6 serial number. You will need this backup in case you need to reinstall Lucis Pro 6 as a download link is not yet available after purchase. Your purchase comes with 4 months of free technical support, but time passes quickly.
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