Reset, Undo & Presets





Reset

When you want to undo the current correction settings, you can click on the Reset button. This is helpful if you want to undo a correction or when you start with a new image. The behavior of the Reset button can be defined by the On Reset combo box on the Prefs tab sheet. For more information, please read the Prefs Tab page.

Right clicking (or CTRL-clicking on the Mac) on the Reset button will display a context menu with various options. The four options correspond to the options of the On Reset combo box of the Prefs tab: "Default Settings" activates the default setting and removes any adjustments that you made. ""Preview Settings" loads the settings that were used for correcting the previous image. "Own Defaults" will automatically open the preset file that you have chosen when selecting the "Own Default" in the Prefs tab. "Logged Settings" will open a preset that was automatically saved when you corrected the same image the last time, provided that you had the Log Settings check box in the Prefs tab activated.

If you want to reset only the controls of a certain tab sheet, you can do that by holding down the Shift key and clicking on the tab button.

 


Top Button Menu

If you click on the small icon at the left of the Mode combo box, a menu will be displayed. This menu includes options for opening and saving presets, an Undo/Redo feature and a list of all presets from the Preset sub folder of the LightMachine folder.

 

Open Presets

Several presets are already delivered with LightMachine. They only deliver rough values, but they may be useful as a starting point for a manual color correction or artistic effect.

 

Save Preset

You can save a preset by using the Save Preset option. Please save presets into the Presets sub folder within the LightMachine folder as that is the location where LightMachine looks for them. You can open a preset later again with the Open Preset menu item.

 

Undo / Redo

The Undo / Redo option will restore the control settings that were used before the preview was updated, because you changed a slider value, pressed a button or moved a spot light. If you didn't do any changes to the LightMachine settings and select this command a second time, it will peform a Redo and restore the settings that were used before you used the Undo / Redo command for the first time.