ACR Feature request: RAW Histogram

Hello,
I'd like to suggest a new feature for Camera Raw plugin: the ability to switch between "standard" and RAW histogram (which covers the full data range present in RAW file).
Thank you.

ssprengel wrote:
If you mean a histogram in terms of the 12-bit or 14-bit or whatever-bit binary numbers for each of the sensor’s photosites without any camera profile or working colorspace applied, then it would always be very skewed left and, in my opinion, relatively useless.
I don't agree. Raw histograms are quite useful, and I frequently use the freeware program, Rawnalyze to check my raw files for channel clipping. The green channel usually clips first, but clipping in the red and blue channel may take place in the raw file or with white balance. The appearance of the x-axis of the histogram is determined by the scaling, and log base 2 scaling is useful since it related to f/stops.
Here is the raw histogram as shown by Rawnalyze. There is no white balance or demosaicing.
One can also convert the raw file in DCRaw or Iris without white balance or gamma encoding and look at the histogram. I used Histogrammar to se the linear histogram and the log histogram.
One can get a good idea of the status of the raw file histogram after white balance and gamma encoding with ACR by setting the controls to linear (sliders on the main tab all set to zero and the tone curve set to linear). It is necessary to adjust for the baseline exposure offset. For the Nikon D3, the value is +0.5 EV, so the image may apper overexposed without this correction.

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    As it has already been discussed in this thread (and duplicated threads are not allowed in Adobe Forums), the aforementioned feature request is mainly based on the false statement that an editor can either store raw clips in the Project panel or modified clip in the timeline. That's false because an editor can nest modified clip right in the timeline and the nested sequence will be automatically stored in the Project panel, turning into a regular reusable asset.
    Unfortunately, the OP, as was also outlined in the duplicated thread, carefully avoids any mentioning this ability, which becomes your second nature if you use After Effects (which is unlike FCP is a part of Adobe Suite).
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    *******Managing Sequences*******
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    - enabled metadata and ability to handle them like for any other regular asset;
    - ability to remove empty audio or video tracks completely, i.e. get a sequence as an Audio or Video asset only;
    - pop-up dialog box on hitting 'Nest' command, which would allow to give meaning name instead of default 'Nested Sequence XXX', contain 'Delete All Empty Tracks' checkbox and a button for advanced dialog for logging metadata right on a brand new asset creation.
    These features would improve an ability to exploit sequences as reusable assets and preserve consistent applications behaviour throughout the Suite instead of breaking existing workflow by inventing new FCP style 'subclip with effects' type of asset. See this discussion in PrPro Forum for some more details:
    http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1204107?tstart=0

  • Feature requests for LR4 beta from a wedding photographer

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    Sliders to fine tune noise reduction based on tone (ie. shadow, midtone, and highlight) would truly make Lightroom's noise reduction the gold standard.

    As these requests may not make the final release, and we wouldn't want the request to get lost in beta land, might I suggest adding it as a suggestion on the Feature Request forum http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family where it can easily be tracked?  If you post the link to your request here, others can also vote on your request.  You may even find a few of them already requested over there, so you could add your vote.

  • Feature Request: Cloud Based Library Sync

    I'd like to request the following feature for Lightroom 5:
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    Thank you,
    David

    It would be lovely, but even the 100 Mbit lines that are appearing in Korea and other places would be so slow.
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    Q - what is the read / write speed of your card?
    Q - what is your internet speed rated at?
    Q what do you get realistically downloading a large file from a website?
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    A - 1 x 24Mb RAW every 2-4 seconds
    A - rated at 60MB/s
    A - rated at 10Mb
    A - I sometimes get 1000Kb/s
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    realistic workarounds
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  • Feature Requests for BlackBerry​10 OS

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    This thread has been closed and is continued in this new thread here: 
    Feature Requests beyond BlackBerry OS10.3.1
    Please click on that link.
    +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
    Let's use this thread to list BlackBerry10 OS feature requests. There's nothing official to this thread, but one never knows who might view it and get an idea or two to move foward.
    Please let's keep it to feature requests with simple short statements and comments, in this manner:
    1. Ability to lock the volume keys (since they are so easliy pressed when retrieving from holster)
    2. Personal distribution groups Address Book
    4. Add BBM Group icon to home screen
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    There are listed in no order, just as collected.
    Ability to lock the volume keys (since they are so easily pressed when retrieving from holster)
    Personal distribution groups Address Book
    Add BBM Group icon to home screen
    Way to add line carriage to BBM messages
    Why doesn't the most used name come up first? <- In latest OS, there is another line with most common contacts, but when typing it won't provide most commonly emailed contacts.
    Bring back the option "Send As" or include this option in "Share"
    Enable word wrap when zooming in to emails and messages.
    Import Distribution lists from Outlook on your desktop to your Z10?
    *The option* to always show the hub main screen when opening the hub, so when peeking it always shows the hub even if you leave it in another screen.
    Offer Balance without BES to have two workspaces in device.
    Delete on Server/Device/Both
    Delete on Server but Keep on Device (This is going to be tough since EAS does not work like POP, using POP you can do this by deleting on server after sync)
    Auto power on/off or Auto Do Not Disturb / Scheduled Airplane Mode / Scheduled Silence Mode / Scheduled Custom Profile
    Default Currency Option
    More options to lower data usage in e-mail (Headers Only / Roaming Profiles)
    Snooze a notification/reminder for more than 5 minutes.
    Customized Notifications
    Disable certain accounts to stop receiving email or notifications from them temporarily to avoid data usage.
    Way to delete recent pictures, videos.
    Office Hub customization, sorting, editing, etc., on the fly.
    Select which contact groups to sync, and ability delete all contacts.
    Larger text select tabs
    Add more options to dropbar.
    Improve browser functionality and display, add customization and management of Bookmarks.
    Calendar in Landscape mode
    Option to Disable shutter sounds in camera.
    Auto BCC option
    Multiple appointments in lock screen, not only next one.
    Increase email check frequency, custom minutes (possibly battery concern, most accounts use push nowadays)
    Ability to hide "texting" numbers such as Work, home, etc that aren't able to receive texts
    Ability to have multiple mobile numbers, such as mobile1, mobile2, for people with more than one cellphone
    Ability to have multiple work numbers, home numbers, etc
    Ability to have option for actually creating "custom" names for phone numbers, emails, VOIP,
    Ability to have multiple WORK emails fields for same contact ...
    Ability for a custom note field for each contact, for misc information such as store hours, reference numbers, business account numbers,
    Ability for filter or unselect specific Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook contacts so they all don't appear
    Ability to "share" contact info with someone else ... like a vcard or the like
    Ability to have custom Individual text and ringtones for each contact set within contacts app
    Vibrate option for Alarm
    Mail Filters for Priority mails.
    Option to block ringtones from music app (i don't see ringtones in my music app, I guess poster refers to custom mp3 files)
    Swipe down to close, up to minimize (but some apps have menus associated with swipe up gesture)
    Swipe half way up the screen to minimize an application to an active tile.
    Swipe it all the way up the screen to close the application.
    Playbook app switching gestures (swipe sideways, I guess this won't work since there are other gestures associated with side-swiping)
    Lock screen with gesture (or maybe they should just add a button on home screen, somewhere on top or bottom)
    Airplane mode on status bar options.
    Option to customize status bar with select Settings/Options.
    Colors for Hub!
    Face recognition for camera, being able to associate contacts with faces or pull info from Facebook, etc.
    Weather info on Lock Screen (if I may add, and constant info on top status bar, simple temp info should be enough)
    We need groups back in contacts please.
    Import text messages in various formats from various systems.
    Sorting and Ordering of the way contacts are displayed depending on account.
    While editing an entry in calendar, notification about a recent call may cause loss of data in that entry.
    Location for Calendar entries and be able to see it on the map with a tap.
    Being able to see multiple pictures from an email by swiping left and right to see next/previous without having to reopen (I must say the same thing is needed for App World, why can't we just scroll through screenshots??)
    Multiple flags or ability to set a flag date, associate with a reminder.
    Move people from TO to CC or BCC easily (If I may add, also ability to backspace to delete a contact without having to tap the X in blue box).
    Option to add favorites to Hub for easy to reach contact management (I think it is same as going to contacts and choosing Favs)
    Being able to answer and make calls when the phone is locked.
    Add more colors to LED notification (I think they are there now, orange, green, red so far, did not see blue, I don't think blue is needed in my opinion)
    Change the way to add date and time for appointment, rollbar is too slow and too sensitive.
    Dismiss and Snooze buttons for Alarm to be different colors, larger, easier to notice.
    Make it easier to order world clocks, instead of the order they are added.
    Alarms based on days/schedule.
    Easier way to get to the bottom of e-mails (I think it scrolls pretty fast, I think poster wants "B" shortcut)
    Easer way to get to the bottom of web pages (same as above, space or B shortcut?)
    Add option to ask if you really want to dial, instead of just dialing right away every time a phone number is clicked/tapped on.
    Ability to resize image before attaching to an e-mail.
    More than 30 days email sync on device, please!
    Make BB boot up slower, so we can actually get to do something else while waiting for it to start!
    SSH client would be nice.
    Another keyboard like Swipe (honestly, I have never typed faster in my life on any other on screen keyboard, Z10 keyboard is awesome!)
    Volume lock/unlock button on demand.
    Auto Run app on device boot up.
    Lock or Pin apps.
    Ability to run background apps (Google Talk is running in the background, or it is tricking me, I don't know but I am getting messages from it when it is shut down on BB10, I hope they do Skype the same way)
    Ability to have multiple documents of same type open at the same time (tabbed docs2go)
    Calendar sharing of BB10 users in the area/company/group.
    PIN Messaging to return.
    Preview e-mails, calendar and other information on lock screen (privacy?)
    Way to clear anything in any "Recent" menu, videos, pictures, etc..
    Ability to hide apps, docs, pics, videos, folders, etc..
    BBM Group Picture notification.
    Support WhatsApp more.
    Another tap for important numbers (Favorites work for this, and on top of speed dial)
    From Call Menu when going into contacts, it should be ready to search with keyboard out.
    Option to customize volume key to act as page up/down, etc depending on app running.
    Red star in app world (means you need to run Updates, just refresh and check by swiping down from top)
    Better headphones with the phone (hey, we didn't even get any!)
    Better night shots in camera (hardware or software improvement?)
    Ability to choose which address book to sync with bluetooth car.
    When app is opened from a folder three or four pages into apps list, we hope the screen can go back to that spot when the app is closed (sadly it uses active frames at the moment)
    Change acceptance of auto corrected key, instead of space key, make it something else (actually, you can just backspace to un-autocorrect it back to what you typed).
    Ability to load certificates (X 509 S/MIME and/or PGP/MIME) from a computer
    Ability to sign and or encrypt emails (POP3)  before sending (As in MS Office Outlook)
    Ability to receive and recognize signed and or encrypted emails (POP3) (As in MS Office Outlook)
    Add a password/certificate manager that doesn't require manual copy/paste
    Ability to encrypt the memories Device and Media of the Q10 like it is done for the BB9900
    Ability to encrypt selected folders (preferably by Private Key)
    Ability to create Self-Decrypting Archive like in PGP
    Ability to delete email-messages by group as an alternate option to one by one
    Opening Video-chat to non-BBM users (Skype for instance)
    For above encryption request, SecuSmart was suggested...
    Renaming the file without extension can break the file or hide it from pictures list.
    Wallpaper scrolling sideways.
    Standalone e-mail app (not sure how different it is than choosing emails-only for hub)
    Different colors or small tabs in different colors for different accounts in Hub.
    Share webpages with smart tag (I think you can just create it by pasting the URL into create QR)
    Application management (being able to see which app takes up how much space, etc..) CPU/Memory/Battery Usage/Data Usage/Storage Usage in more details
    Custom vibration options.
    Move Send button in BBM to avoid accidental submission of message
    Forward As… SMS, MMS, EMAIL from one to another.
    Send SMS to new numbers (I think you can still do this from call log)
    Single key press to change profiles.
    Insert a picture into an e-mail. (I think he means into the body of email)
    Turning off links of contacts (I think poster did not have multiple accounts, actually BB10 goes ahead and adds all new contacts into all address books in all accounts without user permission.. Create a contact in Hotmail? Gets copied to Gmail.. and then linked, terrible implementation in my opinion)
    Presets for browser bookmarks, faster access to bookmarks. (My suggestion was to create a home screen, select 12 icons 3x4 or 16 icons 4x4 as home screen/start page)
    Being able to allow flash based on website/url/server.
    Ability to adjust different sounds/volumes for different BBM users/groups
    Better Voice Dial and Voice Commands (shorter and easier operation)
    Ability close one or all web pages/tabs, add "Close All" button.
    Call Recording
    Faster way to delete e-mails, such as file icons next to e-mails,  or Swipe to Delete! Swipe to File!?
    Customize email signatures with formatting.
    Phone to stay on screen (dial pad always available in panes)
    More Options for Clock.
    In Playbook we can have a single character password, why not on BB10? "too short" well it is my decision, isn't it?
    There is no way to go next/previous while reading an e-mail. Please add these functions.
    Add to the e-mail client, Next Unread / Previous Unread.
    E-mail or Hub should have more buttons at the bottom in landscape mode. Why keep only three (or four in e-mail view) buttons when you have the real estate. It would be extremely handy if you allowed users to edit which buttons should go at the bottom. Next Previous is really needed while reading an e-mail. For example I would love to add "File" button at the bottom as a shortcut instead of forward, I rarely forward, but I file all the time. Maybe allow users to have two row of keys, add next/previous/unread. Or it could be done with a gesture. How about swiping the account name (top blue bar while reading e-mail) left and right?
    When you create a new contact in BlackBerry, it gets synced to all accounts on the Hub. There is no way to limit the new contact to a specific account.
    Sometimes when you file an e-mail to a folder, it stops and waits few seconds with no message. Even when it files immediately, there is a confirmation message that takes time to appear and disappear, and the folder list does not disappear automatically.
    Messages filed automatically by server using server side filter rules are still showing up on Blackberry hub/inbox. In older BB versions the filtered messages did not show up in the list, filed messages still did.
    When you filter your e-mails using Filter / Unread function, new unread e-mails do not show up until you close the filter and re-open. It won't just keep refreshing your screen with unread e-mails. Can BB add a button to the hub "Unread Hub" so when hub shows 8 or 2, you can actually see unread items easily without having to through so many taps.
    Native BB QR scanner (Smart Tags) does not work with barcodes (it only scans with no way to use the information). There is Open In function but it doesn't work properly.
    We need to add more customs search providers, and be able to add custom search strings/wildcards. For example currently there is Google, Bing, Yahoo, Foursquare, etc..
    I hope BB introduces the ability include more standard & custom searches, IMDB, PriceGrabber, Ebay, Youtube, XYZ Forums, ABC Newspaper, 123 Database, Etc.. Most sites nowadays provide search string in their URL Search=?* etc...
    None of the Battery apps can access system settings to add a battery icon to the top. I wish battery percentage was there.
    There is no way to check carrier/mobile signal strength.
    Blackberry, please add the date and carrier / SSID info to the top. Sometimes we just want to glance at the top to see the date without having to swipe.
    Please bring back keyboard shortcuts. Since we can easily swipe up to bring the keyboard, just add keyboard shortcuts in e-mail, phone (true speed dialing, dialing by word?), and browser, etc.. if possible. I could always call 1800SOMETHING# now I have to look up the number or use dial pad.. Please bring it back.
    Camera zoom function needs to be fixed, also please include option of fixed focus by tapping on the screen to focus. The auto focus in video is focusing in and out to various objects all the time. Stabilization feature also causes tearing/ripples, I guess it is good if you are stationary. Or use Volume Keys to Zoom.
    Please allow more than 12 icons in an icon group/folder, I hated Apple for limiting apps per folder, please fix it.
    Auto ON/OFF feature is not there anymore. BB should consider Auto DND (DoNotDisturb) or Auto Silent/Airplane modes instead.
    Please find a way to stop the music app from automatically starting up every time it connects to bluetooth like car audio. This is very annoying.
    No Panaroma mode in Camera app, why not? It is very easy to incorporate. This could be a nice addition to next release, and easy.
    The text selection grips needs to be a little bigger, sometimes I cannot see where I am moving them, they work better in Playbook, nice big tabs.
    Call Functions, before answering a phone add sideways gesture functions, like swiping right will forward the call, swiping left will answer with a test message, etc..
    Or there should be a way to reject the call without sending it to voice mail, phones had this function a decade ago, I don't know what happened to it.
    We used to be able to see the "History" without having to save the contact. Now I don't see any way to "View History" of a certain phone number, it just keeps adding
    them as individual entries to the log. Now I can't see when was the last time they called me, how many times we spoke which day, etc... I loved this feature in BB5.
    Where is BB Traffic? Where is BB Weather, without having to run an active frame? It will eventually disappear if you run too many apps. I liked a little Icon that shows me what the temp is, instead of running a whole app.
    There is no Skype. This day and age with all other platforms having it, please either get skype (Microsoft) to cooperate, or open up BBM to other platforms. If necessary, pay Skype to develop the app, then charge BB users for the app. Most will gladly pay.
    Can we tap and hold on an active frame to pin it, or can we pin two favorite apps between Call and Search & Search and Camera buttons in the bottom bar? How about Close All running Active Frames app to quickly free up ram?
    I hope next generation devices have two speakers or speaker that is facing forward. When playing games or watching videos in landscape mode, I find my palm muting the speaker. I have to hold it gently with fingers to have a gap in between, something I don't want to do when I am on the subway or bus.
    Blackberry Maps should have a Zoom In/Zoom Out buttons, sometimes using it with one hand, it is impossible to zoom in and out. (Zoom in is OK but we can't zoom back out)
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