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Windows Version 1.05
MacOS X Version 1.01
Introduction
General Features
Modes & Effects
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Copyright © 2008-2010 by Harald Heim & The Plugin Site
Support
Credits
Idea and Concept: Harald Heim
Framework Code: Harald Heim, Alex Hunter, Martijn Van
Der Lee
Color Temperature Code : Dan Bruton, William T. Bridgman
Windows Development: Harald Heim
Mac Development: Digital Element
Logo and Artwork : Steve Upham, Harald Heim
Many Thanks to Kay Michael Kuhnlein for giving the initial
inspiration for creating this plugin
Beta Testers: Roberto Muscia, Robin Rowlands, Tom
Manuccia, Andrew Bokelman,
Robert Terrell, Suzy Q, Steve Fisher, Peter Mayer, Shannon
Carnevale
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Description
ContrastMaster lets you perform effective contrast enhancement, creating dramatic contrast looks, photorealistic
paintings and HDR-like effects. It can turn low-contrast photos into vivid and detailed images and transform ordinary
photos into interesting and dynamic shots.
ContrastMaster is available as a Photoshop-compatible plugin for Windows and MacOS X as well as a standalone
application and Lightroom external editor for Windows. The plugin works in dozens of graphics applications, including
Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro, Photo-Paint, PhotoImpact and IrfanView. All versions support batch
processing and process RGB images with 8-bit and 16-bit/channel. The B/W Styler standalone application supports
JPEG, TIFF, PNG, PSD, Camera Raw and DNG image formats among others.
Overview
ContrastMaster offers three local and four global contrast adjustment methods as well as various masking,
saturation and brightness options . The three local adjustment methods allow you to dramatically improve contrast in
small image details without blowing out highlights or damaging the image. You can apply these three methods separately
or use various options to mix them together for even better results.
The four global methods (S/H-Contrast, Stretch, Equalize and Polarize) work on the tonal range of the image and help to
improve the result even further. There is also an option for changing the brightness of the image. The masking options let
you conveniently remove the ContrastMaster effect from an image area where you do not want to have it applied, e.g.
skin areas, a blue sky or a wall . This can be done with the help of shadow/highlight and color masking options.
Additionally, a saturation mask feature lets you improve saturation without oversaturating the image.
Sophisticated Algorithms
ContrastMaster offers three sophisticated methods for enhancing contrast in small image details. They are calledDynamic,
Adaptive and Local. In fact, these three methods utilize five algorithms in total , because the dynamic and adaptive
methods each use another algorithm for certain control settings. Each of these algorithms adjusts the contrast of image
details in its own special way, which makes ContrastMaster useful for different types of images and allows you to produce
a variety of effects and looks.
Each of the three methods lets you adjust the size of the image details that are affected, the effect intensity and the
way the contrast is adjusted . Additionally, the Dynamic Contrast methods lets you avoid artifacts or noise without
lowering the effect intensity, the Adaptive Contrast methods automatically adjusts image details of different size at the
same time, and the Local Contrast methods lets you independently increase and decrease the contrast in image details
as well as influence the brightness character of the effect. Each of the three methods also offers special shadow/highlight
adjustment options as part of the algorithm.
For Beginners as well as Experts
ContrastMaster offers six modes from the simple Novice mode to the sophisticated Expert Mode. Whereas Novice and
Expert mode let you apply all contrast effects at the same time, the remaining four modes let you apply each of the three
local effects and all the global effects individually. Moving the mouse over a control displays a detailed explanation in the
Help box, so you don't need to read the manual before using ContrastMaster.
Each of the seven tab sheets offers a button menu with various local presets for quickly applying useful settings.
Furthermore, there is a global preset feature that allows you to save and reuse useful settings later. Several global
presets are already delivered with ContrastMaster. There is a FX Values check box on the Prefs tab for using strong
instead of medium effect intensities as the defaults. That way people who mainly want to produce special effects with
ContrastMaster do not need to readjust sliders all of the time. ContrastMaster also lets you adjust up to three different
effect settings at the same time and switch between them by using the Preview tab sheets , so you can experiment with
different effect settings and conveniently compare them without leaving the ContrastMaster dialog.
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Why ContrastMaster Is Different
There is no other tool available that offers as many methods for contrast adjustment as ContrastMaster. ContrastMaster is
not only more effective at squeezing image details and contrast out of photos than most other tools, it also offers more
options for fine-tuning and controlling image contrast than any other tool. Additionally, the Adaptive Contrast method is not
available in any other software.
You can also use ContrastMaster to give a single photo the look of a HDR image while avoiding the overhead of HDR
photography. With its masking options you often do not need to create selections or layer masks for selectively applying
the ContrastMaster effect, which saves you a lot of time.
ContrastMaster also offers special features that are not found in most other tools, e.g. spilt views, logged settings, 17
histogram types, own defaults, blown highlights detection, rendering time estimation, novice/expert modes, local presets
and preview tab sheets.

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