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Tone
The Tone effect is a precise way to adjust overall brightness and contrast. It helps to provide tonal
balance and a unique signature style to your photos. Tone is one of the most important filters to
give your photos the necessary look. This filter is similar to the Develop filter. However you may
have only one instance of the Develop filter in a recipe, you can have multiple instances of Tone.

• Exposure. Adjusts the global luminance of the image. Moving this slider to the left results in
a darker image (reduction of exposure value). Moving this slider to the right results in a
brighter image (increase of exposure value).

• Contrast. Adjusts the contrast of the image. Contrast is the difference in luminance or color
that makes an object in an image distinguishable from another. Practically speaking, contrast

is determined by the difference in the color and brightness of an object in relation to other
objects within the same field of view.

• Smart Tone. This slider adjusts the overall brightness of image properly. When moving to
the right, the image is more vivid, but it does not work when bright areas become white, as
in the ordinary exposure. And when you move the slider to the left, the image becomes
darker but there are no completely black areas. This is a very powerful and balanced image

brightness tool.

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