This is the original image before two passes of the light blender.  See the next two images for the first pass, and then the second pass.

This is the first pass of the Light Blender.  Although many images in this gallery are examples of using the Light Blender with other Sagelight functions, this image was edited with just the Light Blender.

The results are a much lighter image with no halos, or blown out highlights. ...

This is the result after the second pass with the Light Blender.  Realistically, this could have been done with one pass since the Light Blender has two layers.

This shows how the Light Blender results (and other Sagelight functions) can be used multiple times to build upon the results ...

This is the result image after using the LightBlender.  The LightBlender was used in the first pass to bring out the definition, which then gave plenty of room to bring it back down.

In certain ways, it is not unlike the original, except that it is much sharper and the face is clearly ...

This picture, taken by Paul Lawrence, is another RAW picture.

RAW pictures often come out dark in order to save the highlight data, which in the case of this picture is the sky that would typically turn white in a JPEG conversion from the camera.

Thre result image, after two passes with the LightBlender and some dodging and burning, shows how the nature of the picture is completely changed.

The eyes come right out of the picture, and the fur is now black and very sharp, creating a much more intense and purposeful look.

The result shows how the Light Blender, which works with the Definition Sliders, can really bring out the detail in an image.

The result image is nicely enhanced and pops out of the screen.

The result shows how the LightBlender can also be used for much more subtle changes.

The contrast was reduced in this image to bring out the tone of the water and the dolphins. Now the image looks more colorful and natural, where the original image was verty bright with a large amoutn of ...

The result image shows a much crisper image with a local contrast that makes the picture pop out of the screen.

The LightBlender was also used on the eyes to help bring them out and make them look more intense.

This example shows how the Local Contrast (Definition) Sliders work ...

This shows how the LightBlender can be used to bring up the light in a picture dramatically while keeping its colors bright and vibrant.

This picture is a very easy function to do in the LightBlender, by just moving one slider.

The result image shows how you can bring up very deep areas (from 8-bit jpegs, at that) without hurting the highlights.

This image shows how the LightBlender can be used to deepen the light in an image, as well as bring out the contrast and the color.

The Definiton Slider, Soft Focus, and Sagelight Vibrance were also used.

This is the result picture after using the LightBlender, as well as the Undo Brush and a couple other functions to help balance the light out aesthetically.

The result is a great example of how the LightBlender can drastically bring up the light without halos.

This image has a couple points that are challenging when it comes to halos, namely the areas of sky next to the bridge.

The result was created with a number of functions to get rid of blemishes, noise, and to colorize the image.

The LightBlender played a primary role in restoring the contrast and general light to the image, without which the image would not look nearly as nice.

The LightBlender was used here to bring out the light, and then the Duotoning, Tone Blender, and other controls were used to give the image definition.

This image is technically a duotone, as it only has one hue running throughout the entire image.

This is the original Mono Lake picture from a RAW file.  The gamma-curve was performed, but no other pre-processing occured.

Sagelight, as an option, usually does more pre-processing to brighten the picture, but this was undone for the example of the LightBlender.

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